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Alumni: what's one memory from Loma Vista Elementary that still sticks with you?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WHITTIER ELEMENTARY·NCES 063756006359
Loma Vista Elementary
13463 East Meyer Rd., Whittier, CA 90605 · (562) 941-4712 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% 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.
- A-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
23.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
350 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 82 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 74% larger than its 6th grade class (47).
Student demographics
9%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
39.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.1pp since 2014
Math
36.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +19.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.3% | 23.8% | 27.7% | 33.2% |
| Math | 12.9% | 23.3% | 33.2% | 30.7% |
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 | 39.1% | 36.1% |
| 2023-24 | 38.1% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.8% | 17.9% |
| 2018-19 | 28.6% | 23.7% |
| 2017-18 | 23.0% | 18.7% |
| 2016-17 | 21.4% | 15.7% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Loma Vista Elementary
Loma Vista Elementary's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Vista Elementary this school | 379 | 92.3% | 35.4% |
| Ann Soldo Elementary Watsonville | 377 | 92.8% | 14.7% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary Indio | 390 | 91.3% | 11.6% |
| Starlight Elementary Watsonville | 383 | 91.6% | 22.5% |
| Grace Thille Elementary Santa Paula | 358 | 93.0% | 33.3% |
| George L. Snowden Elementary Farmersville | 356 | 93.0% | 22.0% |
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 Loma Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #2,915 of 5,151 | #731 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #2,629 of 5,172 ▲ 657 | #668 of 1,129 ▲ 153 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #3,023 of 5,172 ▼ 116 | #727 of 1,129 ▼ 40 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.2pp | #172 of 5,116 | #74 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #3,944 of 5,915 | #849 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.7:1 | #3,511 of 5,352 | #830 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.7% | #5,010 of 5,354 | #1,084 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #793 of 5,625 | #345 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.8% | #850 of 3,837 | #341 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
379
-61 (-14%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
was 27.5:1
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 | 379 | 16 | 23.7:1 | 92% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 16.4 | 24.1:1 | 93% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 16.8 | 23.9:1 | 92% (369) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 16 | 27.5:1 | 84% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 21.5 | 23.8:1 | 91% (466) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 21 | 25.5:1 | 94% (505) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | N/A | N/A | 83% (448) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 27 | 21.5:1 | 84% (488) |
| 1990-91 | 587 | 23 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loma Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (511 to 379); teachers down 26% (21.5 to 16).
About Loma Vista Elementary
Loma Vista Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Whittier, California. The school runs kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 379 students.
A total of 6 schools make up South Whittier Elementary, with 2,253 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at Loma Vista Elementary, about 96 are Hispanic. The school is also 2% White. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic 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 9%.
The school's 16 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.7:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Loma Vista Elementary, 92% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Among California public elementary schools, Loma Vista Elementary outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Loma Vista Elementary are 10.0 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (35.4% actual, 25.4% predicted).
Looking at the county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Loma Vista Elementary.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Carmela Elementary, is about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Loma Vista Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 14% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio dropped from 27.5:1 to 23.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Loma Vista Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Carmela ElementaryElementary · 317 students
- Lake Marie ElementaryElementary · 186 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
Other Loma Vista Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 2 states are named Loma Vista Elementary. Loma Vista Elementary is the 7th largest of the 7.
- Loma Vista ElementaryBrentwood, CA · 749 students
- Loma Vista ElementaryMaywood, CA · 498 students
- Loma Vista ElementarySalinas, CA · 445 students
- Loma Vista ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 433 students
- Loma Vista ElementaryVentura, CA · 396 students
Nearby schools
- Carmela Elementary0.5 mi · 317
- Los Altos Elementary0.8 mi · 457
- Howard J. McKibben Elementary0.9 mi · 430
- Ceres Elementary1.2 mi · 492
- Foster Road Elementary1.2 mi · 246
- John H. Glenn High1.3 mi · 882
Frequently asked questions
About Loma Vista ElementaryHow large is Loma Vista Elementary?
Loma Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 379 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Loma Vista Elementary serve?
Loma Vista Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Loma Vista Elementary have?
Loma Vista Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Loma Vista Elementary?
Student demographics at Loma Vista Elementary are roughly 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Loma Vista Elementary?
Loma Vista 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.