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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEBELLO UNIFIED·NCES 062547003794
Joseph A. Gascon Elementary
630 South Leonard St., Los Angeles, CA 90022 · (323) 721-2025 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
20.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
449 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 103 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
33.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.1pp since 2014
Math
26.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +19.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.0% | 19.1% | 17.1% | 49.8% |
| Math | 10.8% | 15.9% | 26.7% | 46.5% |
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 | 33.1% | 26.7% |
| 2023-24 | 27.4% | 23.1% |
| 2022-23 | 24.6% | 19.1% |
| 2021-22 | 23.9% | 15.8% |
| 2020-21 | 23.4% | 12.9% |
| 2018-19 | 35.7% | 28.3% |
| 2017-18 | 31.3% | 18.1% |
| 2016-17 | 25.7% | 17.0% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Joseph A. Gascon Elementary
Joseph A. Gascon Elementary's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph A. Gascon Elementary this school | 513 | 87.5% | 27.5% |
| Brooklyn Avenue Los Angeles | 510 | 89.2% | 45.4% |
| Horizon Elementary McFarland | 542 | 87.8% | 37.7% |
| Ansgar Larsen Elementary Oxnard | 538 | 87.7% | 18.0% |
| Arthur E. Mills Intermediate Firebaugh | 511 | 86.7% | 28.0% |
| Harrington Elementary Oxnard | 513 | 90.1% | 29.7% |
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 Joseph A. Gascon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #3,806 of 5,151 | #945 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #3,574 of 5,172 ▲ 262 | #921 of 1,129 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #3,657 of 5,172 ▲ 427 | #893 of 1,129 ▲ 76 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.1pp | #608 of 5,116 | #227 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #2,270 of 5,915 | #458 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #1,102 of 5,352 | #340 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.9% | #5,325 of 5,354 | #1,205 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #1,395 of 5,625 | #532 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.3% | #243 of 3,837 | #119 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
513
-113 (-18%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 934
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 513 | 25.2 | 20.3:1 | 88% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 28.2 | 18.1:1 | 79% (403) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 27.5 | 19.0:1 | 73% (385) |
| 2020-21 | 626 | 28 | 22.4:1 | 84% (523) |
| 2017-18 | 805 | 32.5 | 24.8:1 | 81% (650) |
| 2015-16 | 850 | 32 | 26.6:1 | 90% (766) |
| 2010-11 | 1,041 | N/A | N/A | 74% (772) |
| 2000-01 | 1,148 | 58 | 19.8:1 | 87% (998) |
| 1990-91 | 934 | 33 | 28.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph A. Gascon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (805 to 513); teachers down 22% (32.5 to 25.2).
About Joseph A. Gascon Elementary
Joseph A. Gascon Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Los Angeles, California, under Montebello Unified. Its enrollment is 513 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Montebello Unified runs 29 schools with a combined 19,149 students. Joseph A. Gascon Elementary is one of them.
Joseph A. Gascon Elementary is 99% Hispanic by enrollment. In Los Angeles County overall, about 48% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Joseph A. Gascon Elementary scores 2%.
There are about 20.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Joseph A. Gascon Elementary, which has 25.2. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 2.0 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Joseph A. Gascon Elementary is about 88%. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
Joseph A. Gascon Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 37% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Joseph A. Gascon Elementary is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 27.5% actual, 28.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Los Angeles County counts 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students.
Joseph A. Gascon Elementary's nearest public school is KIPP Poder Public (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Joseph A. Gascon Elementary is 4th of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Joseph A. Gascon Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 18% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 22.4 in 2020-21 to 20.3 in 2024-25.
Joseph A. Gascon Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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Nearby schools
- KIPP Poder Public0.0 mi · 203
- Eastmont Intermediate0.2 mi · 562
- Montebello Community Day0.2 mi · 22
- Montebello Park Elementary0.6 mi · 365
- KIPP Raices Academy0.8 mi · 619
- Fourth Street Primary Center0.8 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph A. Gascon ElementaryHow large is Joseph A. Gascon Elementary?
Joseph A. Gascon Elementary enrolls approximately 513 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Joseph A. Gascon Elementary serve?
Joseph A. Gascon Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Joseph A. Gascon Elementary?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at Joseph A. Gascon Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Joseph A. Gascon Elementary?
Student demographics at Joseph A. Gascon Elementary are roughly 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian.
Is Joseph A. Gascon Elementary public or private?
Joseph A. Gascon Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montebello Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.