John C. Fremont Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Glendale, California, John C. Fremont Elementary teaches 578 students from grades K through 6, overseen by Glendale Unified. That puts it 24% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Glendale Unified, which oversees 32 schools and 25,294 students, John C. Fremont Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, John C. Fremont Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, John C. Fremont Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, John C. Fremont Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.8%, the actual is 63.3%, a residual of +7.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which John C. Fremont Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is La Crescenta Elementary, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John C. Fremont Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 76.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. John C. Fremont Elementary's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 661 (now 578). Asian enrollment moved from 16% to 9% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 today.

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