La Pluma Elementary

La Pluma Elementary is an elementary-level community of modestly sized scale in La Mirada, California, operated by Norwalk-La Mirada Unified, works with 284 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so La Pluma Elementary sits 39% leaner than that benchmark.

La Pluma Elementary is one of 25 schools operated by Norwalk-La Mirada Unified, a district that works with 14,560 students overall.

Looking at the student body, La Pluma Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school logs 14% White, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at La Pluma Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, La Pluma Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.5%.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. La Pluma Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: La Mirada High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts La Pluma Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.2%.

La Pluma Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. La Pluma Elementary's enrollment has shrank 40% since 2018, when it stood at 476 (now 284). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 22% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 today.

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