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How has Hugo Reid Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 655 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARCADIA UNIFIED·NCES 060297000232
Hugo Reid Elementary
1000 Hugo Reid Dr., Arcadia, CA 91007 · (626) 821-8346 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
201 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 117 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
64.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -9.3pp since 2014
Math
62.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 37.5% | 27.3% | 16.7% | 18.6% |
| Math | 38.5% | 24.1% | 22.3% | 15.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.7% | 62.5% |
| 2023-24 | 65.3% | 63.9% |
| 2022-23 | 72.5% | 71.4% |
| 2021-22 | 78.5% | 71.1% |
| 2018-19 | 72.2% | 72.6% |
| 2017-18 | 76.3% | 67.8% |
| 2016-17 | 74.6% | 73.7% |
| 2015-16 | 79.0% | 75.0% |
| 2014-15 | 74.0% | 74.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hugo Reid Elementary
Hugo Reid Elementary's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Reid Elementary this school | 583 | 34.5% | 64.5% |
| Los Coyotes Elementary La Palma | 568 | 38.2% | 86.1% |
| Vinci Park Elementary San Jose | 529 | 31.2% | 63.3% |
| Vejar Elementary Walnut | 631 | 32.2% | 67.8% |
| Wittmann (Helen) Elementary Cerritos | 561 | 37.3% | 82.9% |
| Oliveira Elementary Fremont | 496 | 33.3% | 65.5% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hugo Reid Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #902 of 5,151 | #204 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #942 of 5,172 ▼ 90 | #214 of 1,129 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #1,034 of 5,172 ▼ 93 | #235 of 1,129 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.2pp | #87 of 5,116 | #11 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #1,540 of 5,915 | #300 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,955 of 5,352 | #908 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #1,735 of 5,354 | #258 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.5% | #4,583 of 5,625 | #1,100 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #2,838 of 3,837 | #763 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
583
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 25.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 583 | 24 | 24.3:1 | 34% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 23 | 24.4:1 | 35% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 21 | 26.4:1 | 36% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 23 | 25.2:1 | 31% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 25 | 25.6:1 | 26% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 20 | 28.1:1 | 25% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | N/A | N/A | 18% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 612 | 27 | 22.7:1 | 12% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 625 | 24 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hugo Reid Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (639 to 583); teachers down 4% (25 to 24).
About Hugo Reid Elementary
Hugo Reid Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in California, with an address in Arcadia. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 583 students. The school is 25% bigger than the average for elementary schools in California.
Arcadia Unified oversees Hugo Reid Elementary and 10 other schools, with 9,061 students in total.
About 56% of the student body at Hugo Reid Elementary is Asian. Enrollment also includes 24% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 7% White. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Asian share is about 15%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 24.3:1. The school has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. In all, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 36 points higher.
On BeatsExpectations, Hugo Reid Elementary is 5.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
In Los Angeles County, home to about 9,808,667 people, median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Hugo Reid Elementary among them.
Hugo Reid Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Rose City High (Continuation), about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Hugo Reid Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Hugo Reid Elementary falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (580) to 2024-25 (583).
This page is set up for the Hugo Reid Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Arcadia Unified
- Arcadia HighHigh · 2,939 students
- Holly Avenue ElementaryElementary · 789 students
- First Avenue MiddleMiddle · 771 students
- Richard Henry Dana MiddleMiddle · 710 students
- Camino Grove ElementaryElementary · 695 students
- Baldwin Stocker ElementaryElementary · 664 students
Other schools in Arcadia
- Arcadia HighHigh · 2,939 students
- Holly Avenue ElementaryElementary · 789 students
- First Avenue MiddleMiddle · 771 students
- Richard Henry Dana MiddleMiddle · 710 students
- Camino Grove ElementaryElementary · 695 students
- Baldwin Stocker ElementaryElementary · 664 students
Nearby schools
- Rose City High (Continuation)1.0 mi · 113
- CIS Academy1.0 mi · 234
- Aveson Global Leadership Academy1.0 mi · 200
- Willard Elementary1.1 mi · 394
- Holly Avenue Elementary1.3 mi · 789
- Temple City High1.3 mi · 1,779
Frequently asked questions
About Hugo Reid ElementaryHow large is Hugo Reid Elementary?
Hugo Reid Elementary enrolls approximately 583 students in grades KG-05.
Is Hugo Reid Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hugo Reid Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Hugo Reid Elementary?
Approximately 24.3:1 students per teacher at Hugo Reid Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hugo Reid Elementary?
At Hugo Reid Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 56% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Hugo Reid Elementary?
Hugo Reid Elementary is overseen by Arcadia Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.