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If you could change one rule at Kingsley Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
656
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POMONA UNIFIED·NCES 063132004848
Kingsley Elementary
1170 Washington St., Pomona, CA 91767 · (909) 397-4609 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL656 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
22.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
550 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 138 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (138) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
22.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.5pp since 2014
Math
15.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.0% | 13.5% | 18.6% | 58.8% |
| Math | 3.2% | 12.7% | 25.5% | 58.6% |
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 | 22.5% | 15.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.4% | 15.6% |
| 2022-23 | 21.3% | 13.6% |
| 2021-22 | 23.3% | 13.7% |
| 2018-19 | 26.3% | 18.5% |
| 2017-18 | 29.6% | 15.8% |
| 2016-17 | 21.2% | 14.2% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Kingsley Elementary
Kingsley Elementary's state test result (19.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsley Elementary this school | 656 | 83.8% | 19.2% |
| Samuel W. Simpson Elementary Rialto | 638 | 82.4% | 56.3% |
| Pleasant Elementary Tulare | 668 | 84.4% | 38.2% |
| West Riverside Elementary Jurupa Valley | 648 | 84.3% | 14.0% |
| Good Hope Elementary Perris | 648 | 84.1% | 19.5% |
| Rio Vista Elementary Anaheim | 647 | 83.9% | 28.0% |
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 Kingsley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #4,636 of 5,151 | #1,086 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #4,661 of 5,172 ▼ 39 | #1,093 of 1,129 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #4,688 of 5,172 ▼ 230 | #1,086 of 1,129 ▼ 47 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #3,086 of 5,116 | #761 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 656 | #983 of 5,915 | #177 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,696 of 5,352 | #700 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.5% | #4,342 of 5,354 | #842 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #1,788 of 5,625 | #620 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.2% | #640 of 1,139 | #107 of 181 |
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
656
+116 (+21%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 921
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 656 | 29 | 22.6:1 | 84% (550) |
| 2023-24 | 713 | 30 | 23.8:1 | 95% (676) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 23 | 23.1:1 | 95% (507) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 25 | 21.6:1 | 96% (517) |
| 2017-18 | 612 | 25 | 24.5:1 | 95% (580) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 25 | 24.6:1 | 95% (584) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | N/A | N/A | 91% (611) |
| 2000-01 | 986 | 48 | 20.5:1 | 84% (824) |
| 1990-91 | 921 | 34 | 27.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kingsley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (612 to 656); teachers up 16% (25 to 29).
About Kingsley Elementary
Kingsley Elementary is an elementary school in Pomona, California, and it is part of Pomona Unified. The student body numbers 656 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 41% bigger than that.
Kingsley Elementary belongs to Pomona Unified, a district of 37 schools and 20,422 students.
Federal enrollment data show Kingsley Elementary is 88% Hispanic. The school is also 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. Kingsley Elementary's diversity index is 21%, against a US figure of 70%.
Kingsley Elementary operates with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 22.6:1. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Kingsley Elementary reports 84% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
The allk12 Grade for Kingsley Elementary is D. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 8% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Kingsley Elementary is 11.2 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 19.2% actual, 30.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Census estimates describe Los Angeles County this way: 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. Besides Kingsley Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Emerson Middle, about 0.5 miles away. Kingsley Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Kingsley Elementary at 6th of 6.
Kingsley 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.
Over 4 years, Kingsley Elementary's enrollment climbed 21%, to 656. The school's ratio rose from 21.6:1 to 22.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Pomona Unified
- Garey HighHigh · 1,567 students
- Diamond Ranch HighHigh · 1,542 students
- School of Extended Educational OptionsCombined · 1,204 students
- Pomona HighHigh · 993 students
- Ganesha HighHigh · 895 students
- Vejar ElementaryElementary · 741 students
Other schools in Pomona
- Garey HighHigh · 1,567 students
- Diamond Ranch HighHigh · 1,542 students
- School of Extended Educational OptionsCombined · 1,204 students
- Pomona HighHigh · 993 students
- Ganesha HighHigh · 895 students
- Vejar ElementaryElementary · 741 students
Other Kingsley Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 4 states are named Kingsley Elementary. Kingsley Elementary is the largest of the 9.
- Kingsley ElementaryMontclair, CA · 494 students
- Kingsley ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 288 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolNaperville, IL · 415 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolDunwoody, GA · 386 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolDowners Grove, IL · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Emerson Middle0.5 mi · 664
- Allison Elementary0.5 mi · 427
- Village Academy High School at Indian Hill0.8 mi · 270
- Park West High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 225
- Pomona Alternative0.8 mi · 10
- Barfield Elementary0.9 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Kingsley ElementaryHow large is Kingsley Elementary?
Kingsley Elementary enrolls approximately 656 students in grades KG-05.
Is Kingsley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kingsley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Kingsley Elementary have?
Kingsley Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Kingsley Elementary?
Student demographics at Kingsley Elementary are roughly 2% White, 88% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Kingsley Elementary in?
Kingsley Elementary is part of Pomona Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.