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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFIED·NCES 061632502054
Los Molinos Elementary
3112 Las Marias Ave., Hacienda Heights, CA 91745 · (626) 933-2200 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% 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.
- FThree-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
24.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
290 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 114 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 44% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
68.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.2pp since 2014
Math
63.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 41.7% | 27.1% | 18.4% | 12.8% |
| Math | 35.6% | 28.3% | 20.1% | 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 year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.8% | 63.9% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 64.6% |
| 2022-23 | 73.6% | 64.1% |
| 2021-22 | 77.5% | 69.5% |
| 2018-19 | 80.9% | 78.3% |
| 2017-18 | 84.9% | 79.2% |
| 2016-17 | 79.3% | 69.3% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 74.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in California's top 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 Los Molinos Elementary
Los Molinos Elementary's state test result (67.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Molinos Elementary this school | 505 | 57.4% | 67.1% |
| Longfellow Elementary San Francisco | 466 | 57.5% | 25.5% |
| Anderson (Alex) Elementary San Jose | 492 | 55.9% | 25.6% |
| Hayes Elementary San Jose | 470 | 56.4% | 36.5% |
| Coyote Hills Elementary Newark | 440 | 51.8% | 35.4% |
| John Blacow Elementary Fremont | 557 | 50.8% | 40.0% |
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 Los Molinos Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #777 of 5,151 | #174 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #882 of 5,172 ▼ 53 | #197 of 1,129 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #800 of 5,172 ▼ 187 | #182 of 1,129 ▼ 43 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.1pp | #286 of 5,116 | #39 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #2,366 of 5,915 | #477 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #3,793 of 5,352 | #877 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #2,316 of 5,354 | #358 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.4% | #3,586 of 5,625 | #952 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #1,134 of 1,139 | #181 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
505
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 505 | 21 | 24.1:1 | 57% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 20 | 24.6:1 | 58% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 20 | 25.0:1 | 49% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 22 | 23.6:1 | 38% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 21.2 | 23.8:1 | 40% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 18 | 24.1:1 | 39% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 300 | N/A | N/A | 36% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 20 | 19.6:1 | 17% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 411 | 15 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Molinos Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (504 to 505); teachers down 1% (21.2 to 21).
About Los Molinos Elementary
Los Molinos Elementary is an elementary school located in Hacienda Heights, California, in Los Angeles County. The school reports 505 students in kindergarten through 5.
Los Molinos Elementary sits within Hacienda la Puente Unified, which has 35 schools and 16,260 students.
At 61%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Los Molinos Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 27% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 4% White. County-wide, 48% of Los Angeles County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Los Molinos Elementary comes in at 55%.
The school employs the equivalent of 21 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 24.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Los Molinos Elementary is 57%. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
allk12 grades Los Molinos Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Los Molinos Elementary does better than predicted by 21.2 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.1%; the prediction is 45.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Los Molinos Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
The nearest other public school, Los Altos Elementary, is about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.0%; Los Molinos Elementary's is 67.1%, ranking 1st of 8.
NCES describes the area around Los Molinos Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 519 to 505 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Los Molinos Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Hacienda la Puente Unified
- Los Altos HighHigh · 1,592 students
- Glen A. Wilson HighHigh · 1,456 students
- Mesa RoblesElementary · 1,246 students
- Cedarlane AcademyElementary · 878 students
- La Puente HighHigh · 813 students
- Fairgrove AcademyElementary · 749 students
Other schools in Hacienda Heights
- Los Altos HighHigh · 1,592 students
- Glen A. Wilson HighHigh · 1,456 students
- Mesa RoblesElementary · 1,246 students
- Cedarlane AcademyElementary · 878 students
- Wedgeworth ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Grazide ElementaryElementary · 606 students
Other Los Molinos Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Los Molinos Elementary. Los Molinos Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Los Molinos ElementaryLos Molinos, CA · 266 students
Nearby schools
- Los Altos Elementary0.4 mi · 391
- Grazide Elementary0.9 mi · 606
- Newton Middle1.0 mi · 565
- Mesa Robles1.2 mi · 1,246
- Kwis Elementary1.2 mi · 305
- Los Altos High1.7 mi · 1,592
Frequently asked questions
About Los Molinos ElementaryHow large is Los Molinos Elementary?
Los Molinos Elementary enrolls approximately 505 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Los Molinos Elementary serve?
Los Molinos Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Los Molinos Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Los Molinos Elementary is approximately 24.1:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Los Molinos Elementary?
Student demographics at Los Molinos Elementary are roughly 4% White, 61% Hispanic, 1% Black, 27% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Los Molinos Elementary?
Los Molinos Elementary is overseen by Hacienda la Puente Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.