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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 655 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARCADIA UNIFIED·NCES 060297000233
Longley Way Elementary
2601 Longley Way, Arcadia, CA 91007 · (626) 821-8357 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of California public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- DThree-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
23.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
164 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 123 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
65.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.5pp since 2014
Math
67.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 37.4% | 28.1% | 20.1% | 14.5% |
| Math | 37.7% | 30.2% | 22.0% | 10.1% |
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 | 65.5% | 67.9% |
| 2023-24 | 75.1% | 72.7% |
| 2022-23 | 75.6% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 74.5% | 68.9% |
| 2018-19 | 78.0% | 79.3% |
| 2017-18 | 84.8% | 83.6% |
| 2016-17 | 83.8% | 80.2% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 71.0% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Longley Way Elementary
Longley Way Elementary's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longley Way Elementary this school | 541 | 30.3% | 70.3% |
| Norwood Creek Elementary San Jose | 530 | 27.0% | 70.1% |
| Millbrook Elementary San Jose | 503 | 30.8% | 68.3% |
| Cyrus J. Morris Elementary Walnut | 485 | 28.5% | 67.9% |
| Steven Millard Elementary Fremont | 455 | 31.0% | 61.3% |
| Oliveira Elementary Fremont | 496 | 33.3% | 65.5% |
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 Longley Way Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #639 of 5,151 | #142 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #692 of 5,172 ▼ 200 | #153 of 1,129 ▼ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #994 of 5,172 ▼ 528 | #223 of 1,129 ▼ 118 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #556 of 5,116 | #89 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #1,962 of 5,915 | #394 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #3,374 of 5,352 | #803 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #2,796 of 5,354 | #457 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.3% | #4,745 of 5,625 | #1,131 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #388 of 1,139 | #68 of 181 |
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
541
+52 (+11%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 25.7:1
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 | 541 | 23 | 23.5:1 | 30% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 21 | 24.6:1 | 36% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 507 | 19 | 26.7:1 | 34% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 19 | 25.7:1 | 29% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 18.5 | 25.6:1 | 29% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 21 | 23.5:1 | 28% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | N/A | N/A | 23% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 26 | 21.4:1 | 11% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 24 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longley Way Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (474 to 541); teachers up 24% (18.5 to 23).
About Longley Way Elementary
Longley Way Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Arcadia, California. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 541 students in kindergarten through 5.
Arcadia Unified includes 11 schools. Together they enroll 9,061 students.
At 68%, Asian students outnumber all other groups at Longley Way Elementary combined. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% White. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 15%. Longley Way Elementary has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 23.5 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 30% of students. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Longley Way Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Longley Way Elementary are 8.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (70.3% actual, 61.8% predicted).
In the county around the school, Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Longley Way Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
Of nearby public schools, Baldwin Stocker Elementary is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 70.3% is above the 60.8% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Longley Way Elementary as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Longley Way Elementary had 489 students in 2020-21 and 541 in 2024-25, an 11% gain. Its ratio of students to teachers was 25.7:1 in 2020-21, and 23.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Arcadia Unified
- Arcadia HighHigh · 2,939 students
- Holly Avenue ElementaryElementary · 789 students
- First Avenue MiddleMiddle · 771 students
- Richard Henry Dana MiddleMiddle · 710 students
- Camino Grove ElementaryElementary · 695 students
- Baldwin Stocker ElementaryElementary · 664 students
Other schools in Arcadia
- Arcadia HighHigh · 2,939 students
- Holly Avenue ElementaryElementary · 789 students
- First Avenue MiddleMiddle · 771 students
- Richard Henry Dana MiddleMiddle · 710 students
- Camino Grove ElementaryElementary · 695 students
- Baldwin Stocker ElementaryElementary · 664 students
Nearby schools
- Baldwin Stocker Elementary0.7 mi · 664
- Cleminson Elementary0.8 mi · 316
- Gidley Elementary1.2 mi · 454
- Holly Avenue Elementary1.3 mi · 789
- Richard Henry Dana Middle1.3 mi · 710
- Rio Hondo Elementary1.3 mi · 636
Frequently asked questions
About Longley Way ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Longley Way Elementary?
Longley Way Elementary enrolls approximately 541 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Longley Way Elementary serve?
Longley Way Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Longley Way Elementary?
Approximately 23.5:1 students per teacher at Longley Way Elementary.
How diverse is Longley Way Elementary?
Longley Way Elementary reports a student body of 5% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 68% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Longley Way Elementary?
Longley Way Elementary is overseen by Arcadia Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.