Kwis Elementary

Kwis Elementary is one of the cozy elementary-level communitys in Hacienda Heights, California, run under Hacienda la Puente Unified, with 305 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Kwis Elementary sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Hacienda la Puente Unified, which oversees 35 schools and 16,260 students, Kwis Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Kwis Elementary lists that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 12% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Kwis Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.6%; this one delivers 35.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Kwis Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Newton Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kwis Elementary comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kwis Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 310 students in 2018 to 305 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 90% to 84% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.