Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary

Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary is a sprawling K-5 school in Downey, California, one of the schools within Downey Unified. The school educates 810 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 74% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Downey Unified runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 22,405 students. Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary records that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 5% White, 5% Asian, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 77% of students at Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 33.9%; this one delivers 49.8%, a residual of +15.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Carpenter (C. C.) Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.4%.

Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 816 students in 2018 to 810 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.