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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 459 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN PARK UNIFIED·NCES 060369000332
Kenmore Elementary
3823 Kenmore Ave., Baldwin Park, CA 91706 · (626) 962-8316 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
24.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
379 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
51.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.2pp since 2014
Math
40.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.9% | 26.3% | 18.8% | 30.1% |
| Math | 18.4% | 22.0% | 25.2% | 34.4% |
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 | 51.2% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.2% | 36.3% |
| 2022-23 | 41.7% | 30.2% |
| 2021-22 | 38.5% | 23.4% |
| 2020-21 | 36.7% | 21.6% |
| 2018-19 | 64.1% | 47.0% |
| 2017-18 | 63.1% | 48.2% |
| 2016-17 | 55.6% | 47.0% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Kenmore Elementary
Kenmore Elementary's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenmore Elementary this school | 437 | 86.7% | 42.4% |
| Crowley Elementary Visalia | 413 | 88.1% | 23.4% |
| Monte Vista Elementary West Covina | 448 | 85.5% | 50.0% |
| Legore Elementary El Monte | 516 | 86.2% | 53.5% |
| Lincoln Acres National City | 423 | 86.3% | 22.1% |
| Riverdale Elementary Garden Grove | 501 | 84.2% | 40.5% |
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 Kenmore Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #2,275 of 5,151 | #542 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #2,267 of 5,172 ▲ 213 | #567 of 1,129 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #1,940 of 5,172 ▲ 661 | #443 of 1,129 ▲ 166 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.9pp | #179 of 5,116 | #76 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #3,188 of 5,915 | #664 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,950 of 5,352 | #906 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.4% | #3,884 of 5,354 | #725 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #1,498 of 5,625 | #558 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #2,370 of 3,837 | #680 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
437
-71 (-14%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 437 | 18 | 24.3:1 | 87% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 19 | 23.3:1 | 91% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 19.5 | 23.5:1 | 85% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 20 | 25.4:1 | 91% (461) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 21 | 23.8:1 | 92% (460) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 23 | 23.4:1 | 90% (485) |
| 2010-11 | 664 | N/A | N/A | 87% (578) |
| 2000-01 | 804 | 37 | 21.7:1 | 78% (630) |
| 1990-91 | 671 | 24 | 28.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kenmore Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (499 to 437); teachers down 14% (21 to 18).
About Kenmore Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in Baldwin Park, California, Kenmore Elementary is part of Baldwin Park Unified. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 437 students.
Baldwin Park Unified has 17 schools; together they serve 9,856 students.
The large majority of students at Kenmore Elementary, 81%, are Hispanic. Next come 15% Asian and 2% White. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. Kenmore Elementary has a diversity index of 31%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 18 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 24.3:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
allk12 grades Kenmore Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Kenmore Elementary scores 42.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 28.7%.
Among Los Angeles County residents, median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
Nearest public school: Sierra Vista Middle, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 32.0%; Kenmore Elementary's is 42.4%, ranking 2nd of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Kenmore Elementary went from 508 students to 437. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 25.4:1 to 24.3:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Baldwin Park Unified
- Sierra Vista HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Baldwin Park HighHigh · 1,260 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 709 students
- Ernest R. Geddes ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Vineland ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- BP STEM AcademyMiddle · 565 students
Other schools in Baldwin Park
- Sierra Vista HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Baldwin Park HighHigh · 1,260 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 709 students
- Ernest R. Geddes ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Vineland ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- BP STEM AcademyMiddle · 565 students
Other Kenmore Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Kenmore Elementary. Kenmore Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Kenmore ElementaryKenmore, WA · 396 students
- Kenmore ElementaryElkton, MD · 290 students
Nearby schools
- Sierra Vista Middle0.4 mi · 709
- Sierra Vista High0.5 mi · 1,650
- Charles Bursch Elementary0.6 mi · 409
- Charles D. Jones Middle0.6 mi · 423
- Foster Elementary0.7 mi · 430
- Vineland Elementary0.7 mi · 604
Frequently asked questions
About Kenmore ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Kenmore Elementary?
Kenmore Elementary enrolls approximately 437 students in grades KG-05.
Is Kenmore Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kenmore Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Kenmore Elementary?
Approximately 24.3:1 students per teacher at Kenmore Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kenmore Elementary?
At Kenmore Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 81% Hispanic, 0% Black, 15% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Kenmore Elementary public or private?
Kenmore Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baldwin Park Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.