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La Rosa Elementary

9301 La Rosa Dr., Temple City, CA 91780 · (626) 548-5076 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 710 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
239 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten14627%
Grade 111922%
Grade 211822%
Grade 316029%
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
204%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
12423%
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
35866%
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
377%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
28352%
Female
26048%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
La Rosa Elementary→Cloverly Elementary→Oak Avenue Intermediate
Based on grade levels within Temple City Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
70.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.2pp since 2014
Math
67.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.7pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts39.1%31.1%11.3%18.5%
Math34.6%32.7%16.7%16.0%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2570.2%67.3%
2023-2465.5%65.3%
2022-2369.5%76.3%
2021-2274.4%73.8%
2018-1968.4%70.9%
2017-1863.5%75.9%
2016-1762.3%75.3%
2015-1659.0%71.0%
2014-1561.0%77.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Rosa Elementary

La Rosa Elementary's state test result (67.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
La Rosa Elementary this school54344.0%67.1%
Pantera Elementary
Diamond Bar
51247.9%79.8%
William Burnett Elementary
Milpitas
45646.1%61.4%
Emperor Elementary
San Gabriel
65040.2%71.5%
Tom Maloney Elementary
Fremont
55138.8%61.6%
Michael G. Wickman Elementary
Chino Hills
71045.1%79.0%
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 La Rosa Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn Los Angeles County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
67.1%#780 of 5,151#176 of 1,126
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
67.3%#717 of 5,172
▲ 84
#158 of 1,129
▲ 11
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
70.2%#743 of 5,172
▲ 195
#169 of 1,129
▲ 40
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-5.3pp#518 of 5,116#82 of 1,116
Enrollment
ranked largest first
543#1,949 of 5,915#389 of 1,300
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
21.7:1#1,977 of 5,352#564 of 1,213
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
50.7%#2,709 of 5,354#438 of 1,214
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
44.0%#4,180 of 5,625#1,036 of 1,276
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-12.6%#2,353 of 3,837#677 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 2024-25
Enrollment
543
-44 (-7%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 21.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-255432521.7:144% (239)
2023-245682721.0:145% (258)
2022-235442620.9:141% (224)
2020-215872721.7:139% (230)
2017-186213120.0:142% (262)
2015-166093020.3:147% (288)
2010-11547N/AN/A43% (233)
2000-016543618.2:130% (196)
1990-915552126.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Rosa Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 13% (621 to 543); teachers down 19% (31 to 25).

About La Rosa Elementary

Among the schools in Temple City, California, is La Rosa Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 543 students enrolled in kindergarten through 3 in 2024-25.

Enrollment across the 8 schools in Temple City Unified totals 5,269 students.

The share of Asian students at La Rosa Elementary is 66%, a majority. The school is also 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% White. That is higher than the 15% Asian share among all Los Angeles County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.

La Rosa Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 21.7:1. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 44%. That is lower than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.

La Rosa Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 67.1%, compared with a predicted 53.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.

For the population of Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. La Rosa Elementary shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.

Temple City Alternative is the nearest public school to La Rosa Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, La Rosa Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 7%, from 587 to 543.

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Los Angeles County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
La Rosa Elementary
District
Temple City Unified
Address
9301 La Rosa Dr., Temple City, CA 91780
Phone
(626) 548-5076
County
Los Angeles County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–03
Total enrollment
543
Teachers (FTE)
25
Student–teacher ratio
21.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
239 (44%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
063898006536
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Other La Rosa Elementary schools

One other US public school is named La Rosa Elementary. La Rosa Elementary is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About La Rosa Elementary
How many students attend La Rosa Elementary?
La Rosa Elementary enrolls approximately 543 students in grades KG-03.
Is La Rosa Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
La Rosa Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many students per teacher at La Rosa Elementary?
Approximately 21.7:1 students per teacher at La Rosa Elementary.
What is the student diversity at La Rosa Elementary?
Student demographics at La Rosa Elementary are roughly 4% White, 23% Hispanic, 1% Black, 66% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is La Rosa Elementary in?
La Rosa Elementary is part of Temple City Unified.
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