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What's the biggest difference between Hurley Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROWLAND UNIFIED·NCES 063375005202
Hurley Elementary
535 South Dora Guzman Ave., La Puente, CA 91744 · (626) 965-2429 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
371 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
28.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.9pp since 2014
Math
27.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.1% | 17.8% | 26.2% | 44.9% |
| Math | 8.8% | 19.0% | 28.8% | 43.4% |
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 | 28.9% | 27.9% |
| 2023-24 | 33.6% | 32.2% |
| 2022-23 | 33.1% | 33.9% |
| 2021-22 | 35.4% | 33.2% |
| 2018-19 | 44.8% | 44.2% |
| 2017-18 | 42.8% | 37.4% |
| 2016-17 | 37.2% | 32.9% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Hurley Elementary
Hurley Elementary's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurley Elementary this school | 387 | 95.9% | 30.5% |
| Northam Elementary La Puente | 369 | 94.9% | 24.0% |
| Diamond Elementary Santa Ana | 367 | 93.7% | 26.3% |
| Sylmar Elementary Sylmar | 393 | 96.2% | 36.6% |
| El Dorado Avenue Elementary Sylmar | 364 | 95.6% | 33.8% |
| Lopez Elementary Pomona | 394 | 97.7% | 15.2% |
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 Hurley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #3,443 of 5,151 | #860 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #3,432 of 5,172 ▼ 570 | #886 of 1,129 ▼ 174 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #4,086 of 5,172 ▼ 698 | #979 of 1,129 ▼ 165 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.9pp | #438 of 5,116 | #66 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #3,850 of 5,915 | #826 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,480 of 5,352 | #445 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.4% | #4,873 of 5,354 | #1,033 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.9% | #335 of 5,625 | #171 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #860 of 3,837 | #344 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
387
-98 (-20%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 801
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 25.5:1
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 | 387 | 18.5 | 21.0:1 | 96% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 18 | 22.0:1 | 95% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 20 | 20.8:1 | 88% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 19 | 25.5:1 | 96% (464) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 21 | 24.8:1 | 97% (506) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 24 | 23.8:1 | 92% (526) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | N/A | N/A | 96% (650) |
| 2000-01 | 885 | 41 | 21.6:1 | 100% (882) |
| 1990-91 | 801 | 28 | 28.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hurley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (520 to 387); teachers down 12% (21 to 18.5).
About Hurley Elementary
Hurley Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in La Puente, California. The latest federal count shows 387 students in kindergarten through 6.
Rowland Unified has a total of 21 schools and 11,541 students, Hurley Elementary among them.
About 94% of the student body at Hurley Elementary is Hispanic. The remaining students are 4% Asian. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. Hurley Elementary's diversity index is 11%, against a US figure of 70%.
Hurley Elementary operates with 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 21.0:1. That is lower than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 96% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
The allk12 Grade for Hurley Elementary is C+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 39% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Hurley Elementary is +7.1 points: 30.5% actual, 23.4% predicted.
Among Los Angeles County residents, the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Hurley Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Northam Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Hurley Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Hurley Elementary at 4th of 9.
The federal government classifies Hurley Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 20% enrollment decrease, from 485 in 2020-21 to 387 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 25.5:1 to 21.0:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Hurley Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Rowland Unified
- John A. Rowland HighHigh · 2,016 students
- Nogales HighHigh · 1,535 students
- Stanley G. Oswalt AcademyElementary · 879 students
- Blandford ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- Ybarra Academy for the Arts and TechnologyElementary · 630 students
- Alvarado IntermediateMiddle · 624 students
Other schools in La Puente
- Nogales HighHigh · 1,535 students
- La Puente HighHigh · 813 students
- Fairgrove AcademyElementary · 749 students
- Bassett Senior HighHigh · 747 students
- Sparks MiddleMiddle · 600 students
- Don Julian ElementaryElementary · 544 students
Other Hurley Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Hurley Elementary. Hurley Elementary is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Hurley ElementaryVisalia, CA · 574 students
- Hurley Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 748 students
- Hurley ElementarySalisbury, NC · 466 students
- Hurley ElementaryHurley, WI · 235 students
- HURLEY ELEM.HURLEY, MO · 124 students
Nearby schools
- Northam Elementary0.8 mi · 369
- Villacorta Elementary1.0 mi · 261
- Wing Lane Elementary1.1 mi · 384
- Giano Intermediate1.2 mi · 463
- William Workman High1.2 mi · 723
- Grandview College Preparatory Academy1.2 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About Hurley ElementaryHow large is Hurley Elementary?
Hurley Elementary enrolls approximately 387 students in grades KG-06.
Is Hurley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hurley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Hurley Elementary have?
Hurley Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Hurley Elementary?
Student demographics at Hurley Elementary are roughly 1% White, 94% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Hurley Elementary public or private?
Hurley Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rowland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.