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What's one thing La Fetra Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
613
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENDORA UNIFIED·NCES 061527001955
La Fetra Elementary
547 West Bennett Ave., Glendora, CA 91741 · (626) 852-4566 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
25.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
139 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 125 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
64.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.7pp since 2014
Math
59.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 38.2% | 26.5% | 20.1% | 15.2% |
| Math | 25.3% | 34.6% | 27.2% | 12.8% |
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 | 64.7% | 59.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 56.2% |
| 2022-23 | 63.8% | 57.1% |
| 2021-22 | 63.9% | 56.5% |
| 2018-19 | 63.3% | 51.6% |
| 2017-18 | 66.0% | 57.2% |
| 2016-17 | 59.0% | 54.6% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 54.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 La Fetra Elementary
La Fetra Elementary's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Fetra Elementary this school | 613 | 22.7% | 60.9% |
| Cullen Elementary Glendora | 569 | 19.5% | 65.0% |
| Arma J. Shull Elementary San Dimas | 633 | 26.1% | 79.8% |
| Etiwanda Colony Elementary Etiwanda | 571 | 22.4% | 66.3% |
| Valley View Elementary Pleasanton | 629 | 21.1% | 59.0% |
| Caryn Elementary Alta Loma | 553 | 24.1% | 69.1% |
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 La Fetra Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #1,071 of 5,151 | #247 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #1,069 of 5,172 ▲ 103 | #253 of 1,129 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #1,036 of 5,172 ▲ 29 | #236 of 1,129 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #2,605 of 5,116 | #648 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #1,279 of 5,915 | #244 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #4,681 of 5,352 | #1,060 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #1,075 of 5,354 | #167 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #5,053 of 5,625 | #1,189 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #2,575 of 3,837 | #717 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
613
0 (0%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 613 | 24 | 25.5:1 | 23% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 23.5 | 25.3:1 | 34% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 597 | 22.7 | 26.3:1 | 44% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 25 | 24.5:1 | 27% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 688 | 26 | 26.5:1 | 33% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 747 | 29 | 25.8:1 | 30% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | N/A | N/A | 19% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 748 | 35 | 21.4:1 | 15% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 19 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Fetra Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (688 to 613); teachers down 8% (26 to 24).
About La Fetra Elementary
La Fetra Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Glendora, California. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 613 students. The school is 32% bigger than the average for elementary schools in California.
Glendora Unified is responsible for 9 schools, La Fetra Elementary included, with 6,362 students in all.
Hispanic students account for 49% of enrollment at La Fetra Elementary, more than any other group. Other students are 23% White, 17% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, La Fetra Elementary scores 66%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 25.5:1. The school has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Federal data show 23% of students (139) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is lower.
La Fetra Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of California public elementary schools.
Test results at La Fetra Elementary are 5.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (60.9% actual, 66.3% predicted).
In Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including La Fetra Elementary.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Sandburg Middle, is the closest to La Fetra Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, La Fetra Elementary is ahead of the 48.4% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
La Fetra Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 613 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 613. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 25.5:1, from 24.5:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at La Fetra Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Glendora Unified
- Glendora HighHigh · 2,069 students
- Goddard MiddleMiddle · 728 students
- Sandburg MiddleMiddle · 695 students
- Cullen ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Stanton ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- Sellers ElementaryElementary · 545 students
Other schools in Glendora
- Glendora HighHigh · 2,069 students
- Goddard MiddleMiddle · 728 students
- Sandburg MiddleMiddle · 695 students
- Cullen ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Stanton ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- Sellers ElementaryElementary · 545 students
Nearby schools
- Sandburg Middle0.3 mi · 695
- Stanton Elementary1.0 mi · 551
- Whitcomb Continuation High1.1 mi · 104
- Cullen Elementary1.2 mi · 569
- Goddard Middle1.5 mi · 728
- Henry Dalton Elementary1.6 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About La Fetra ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at La Fetra Elementary?
La Fetra Elementary enrolls approximately 613 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does La Fetra Elementary serve?
La Fetra Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does La Fetra Elementary have?
La Fetra Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.5:1.
What is the student diversity at La Fetra Elementary?
Student demographics at La Fetra Elementary are roughly 23% White, 49% Hispanic, 1% Black, 17% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is La Fetra Elementary in?
La Fetra Elementary is part of Glendora Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.