La Rosa Elementary

Located at 9301 La Rosa Dr., in Temple City, California, La Rosa Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that educates 543 students (grades K through 3), run under Temple City Unified.

Temple City Unified comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,269 students; La Rosa Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, La Rosa Elementary logs that Asian students make up the majority at 66%; the rest breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% White. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the resource side, On paper, La Rosa Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.7:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), La Rosa Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.3%, the actual is 65.4%, a residual of +12.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), La Rosa Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Temple City Alternative, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), La Rosa Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 621 students in 2018 compared to 543 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 30% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.