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What advice would you give to incoming students at Killian Elementary?
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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROWLAND UNIFIED·NCES 063375005205
Killian Elementary
19100 East Killian St., Rowland Heights, CA 91748 · (626) 964-6409 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
27.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
370 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
53%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
48.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.3pp since 2014
Math
47.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.8% | 22.9% | 19.9% | 31.4% |
| Math | 26.3% | 20.9% | 25.5% | 27.3% |
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 | 48.7% | 47.1% |
| 2023-24 | 53.6% | 46.3% |
| 2022-23 | 56.9% | 55.9% |
| 2021-22 | 62.6% | 54.5% |
| 2018-19 | 63.9% | 61.8% |
| 2017-18 | 64.8% | 61.0% |
| 2016-17 | 59.3% | 56.9% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Killian Elementary
Killian Elementary's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killian Elementary this school | 469 | 78.9% | 49.2% |
| Excelsior Elementary Garden Grove | 426 | 80.5% | 71.0% |
| Jessie Hayden Elementary Midway City | 514 | 80.2% | 51.4% |
| Morningside Elementary Garden Grove | 416 | 76.0% | 62.1% |
| Encinita Elementary Rosemead | 418 | 73.9% | 43.4% |
| Emerson (Ralph Waldo) Elementary Rosemead | 390 | 77.2% | 41.3% |
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 Killian Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #1,774 of 5,151 | #404 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #1,782 of 5,172 ▼ 44 | #422 of 1,129 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #2,142 of 5,172 ▼ 496 | #495 of 1,129 ▼ 137 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.6pp | #109 of 5,116 | #14 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #2,814 of 5,915 | #569 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.8:1 | #5,214 of 5,352 | #1,181 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #2,538 of 5,354 | #400 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #2,284 of 5,625 | #718 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #1,600 of 3,837 | #540 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
469
-49 (-9%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
27.8:1
was 25.9:1
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 | 469 | 16.9 | 27.8:1 | 79% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 17.5 | 26.1:1 | 76% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 17.5 | 25.8:1 | 71% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 20 | 25.9:1 | 67% (346) |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 21 | 27.4:1 | 63% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 25 | 25.2:1 | 55% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 649 | N/A | N/A | 48% (310) |
| 2000-01 | 661 | 30 | 22.0:1 | 34% (225) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 22 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Killian Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (575 to 469); teachers down 20% (21 to 16.9).
About Killian Elementary
Killian Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Rowland Heights, California. The school reports 469 students in kindergarten through 6.
Rowland Unified is the district for Killian Elementary. It has 21 schools and 11,541 students.
At Killian Elementary, Asian students make up 59% of the student body. After that, the student body is 36% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 15% Asian. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 16.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 27.8:1. That is 5.5 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Killian Elementary is 79%. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Killian Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 49.2%. Predicted: 33.3%. Difference: 15.8 points.
Los Angeles County has these Census figures: the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools and roughly 1,265,907 students.
Rowland Unified Community Day is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 46.3%, lower than Killian Elementary's 49.2%.
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.
Killian Elementary's enrollment declined from 518 in 2020-21 to 469 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 27.8:1, from 25.9:1.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Rowland Heights
- John A. Rowland HighHigh · 2,016 students
- Blandford ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- Alvarado IntermediateMiddle · 624 students
- Shelyn ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Rowland ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Jellick ElementaryElementary · 376 students
Other Killian Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Killian Elementary. Killian Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Killian ElementaryColumbia, SC · 699 students
Nearby schools
- Rowland Unified Community Day0.2 mi · 28
- John A. Rowland High0.2 mi · 2,016
- Alvarado Intermediate0.5 mi · 624
- Shelyn Elementary0.6 mi · 508
- Blandford Elementary0.9 mi · 643
- Jellick Elementary1.1 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Killian ElementaryHow large is Killian Elementary?
Killian Elementary enrolls approximately 469 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Killian Elementary serve?
Killian Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Killian Elementary?
Approximately 27.8:1 students per teacher at Killian Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Killian Elementary?
At Killian Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 36% Hispanic, 0% Black, 59% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Killian Elementary public or private?
Killian 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.