Enrollment
186
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WHITTIER ELEMENTARY·NCES 063756006358
Lake Marie Elementary
10001 Carmenita Rd., Whittier, CA 90605 · (562) 944-0208 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL186 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
23.3:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
162 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 36 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 20% larger than its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
52.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +23.3pp since 2014
Math
33.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +19.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 23 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.4% | 34.9% | 22.0% | 25.7% |
| Math | 17.4% | 16.5% | 32.1% | 33.9% |
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 | 52.3% | 33.9% |
| 2023-24 | 30.3% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 24.4% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 12.6% |
| 2018-19 | 50.7% | 36.3% |
| 2017-18 | 56.9% | 36.3% |
| 2016-17 | 41.3% | 28.9% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Lake Marie Elementary
Lake Marie Elementary's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Marie Elementary this school | 186 | 87.1% | 34.1% |
| Soto Street Elementary Los Angeles | 186 | 87.1% | 44.4% |
| Malaga Elementary Fresno | 192 | 89.1% | 33.1% |
| Monte Vista Street Elementary Los Angeles | 181 | 88.4% | 31.4% |
| Mountain View San Diego | 195 | 87.2% | 30.2% |
| Equitas Academy 5 Los Angeles | 184 | 89.7% | N/A |
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 Lake Marie Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #3,054 of 5,151 | #764 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #2,838 of 5,172 ▲ 1,226 | #727 of 1,129 ▲ 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #1,866 of 5,172 ▲ 1,885 | #418 of 1,129 ▲ 475 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.3pp | #58 of 5,116 | #29 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 186 | #5,405 of 5,915 | #1,226 of 1,300 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #1,460 of 5,625 | #552 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #1,603 of 3,837 | #541 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
186
-27 (-13%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 26.6:1
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 | 186 | 8 | 23.3:1 | 87% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 181 | 8.6 | 21.0:1 | 91% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 181 | 8 | 22.6:1 | 92% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | 8 | 26.6:1 | 83% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 228 | 9 | 25.3:1 | 86% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 242 | 11 | 22.0:1 | 86% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 276 | N/A | N/A | 63% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 352 | 19 | 18.5:1 | 66% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 18 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Marie Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (228 to 186); teachers down 11% (9 to 8).
About Lake Marie Elementary
Lake Marie Elementary is a small elementary school in Whittier, California. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 186 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 60% smaller than that.
South Whittier Elementary enrolls 2,253 students, and its 6 schools include Lake Marie Elementary.
The large majority of students at Lake Marie Elementary, 93%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 4% White. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Lake Marie Elementary comes in at 13%.
Dividing enrollment by its 8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 23.3:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. Eligible students account for 87% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Lake Marie Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Lake Marie Elementary's results are 5.6 points above predicted: 34.1% against 28.5%.
In Los Angeles County (population about 9,808,667), median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Lake Marie Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, which together enroll about 1,265,907 students.
The closest other public school is Richard L. Graves Middle, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Lake Marie Elementary is behind the 38.3% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
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.
Federal counts put enrollment at 213 in 2020-21 and 186 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 26.6:1 to 23.3:1.
The Lake Marie Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 South Whittier Elementary
- Richard L. Graves MiddleMiddle · 484 students
- Los Altos ElementaryElementary · 457 students
- Howard J. McKibben ElementaryElementary · 430 students
- Loma Vista ElementaryElementary · 379 students
- Carmela ElementaryElementary · 317 students
Other schools in Whittier
- La Serna HighHigh · 2,372 students
- California HighHigh · 2,261 students
- Whittier HighHigh · 1,652 students
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,000 students
- Granada MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- East Whittier MiddleMiddle · 985 students
Nearby schools
- Richard L. Graves Middle0.2 mi · 484
- Frontier High (Continuation)0.6 mi · 364
- Sierra Vista High (Alternative)0.6 mi · 284
- Howard J. McKibben Elementary0.7 mi · 430
- Carmela Elementary0.8 mi · 317
- Mulberry Elementary1.0 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Marie ElementaryHow large is Lake Marie Elementary?
Lake Marie Elementary enrolls approximately 186 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Lake Marie Elementary serve?
Lake Marie Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake Marie Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lake Marie Elementary is approximately 23.3:1 (8 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lake Marie Elementary?
Lake Marie Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 93% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Marie Elementary?
Lake Marie Elementary is overseen by South Whittier Elementary in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.