J. E. Van Wig Elementary

J. E. Van Wig Elementary operates as a close-knit elementary-level community in La Puente, California, one of the schools within Bassett Unified. Current enrollment sits at 334 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so J. E. Van Wig Elementary sits 28% below that benchmark.

Within Bassett Unified, which oversees 7 schools and 2,798 students, J. E. Van Wig Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, J. E. Van Wig Elementary lists that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder comes out to 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, J. E. Van Wig Elementary shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.3:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, J. E. Van Wig Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.4%, the actual is 35.9%, a residual of +10.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which J. E. Van Wig Elementary is one.

Sunkist Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), J. E. Van Wig Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 33.5%.

J. E. Van Wig Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. J. E. Van Wig Elementary's enrollment has shrank 21% since 2018, when it stood at 425 (now 334). Class-load math has tightened: from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the J. E. Van Wig Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.