Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL RANCHO UNIFIED·NCES 061218001373
Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences
8200 Serapis Ave., Pico Rivera, CA 90660 · (562) 801-7620 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of California public elementary schools
- BTest 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
26.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
309 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
46.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +28.7pp since 2014
Math
45.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +33.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 29 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.8% | 23.9% | 23.4% | 29.9% |
| Math | 16.4% | 28.9% | 28.9% | 25.9% |
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 | 46.7% | 45.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 34.6% |
| 2022-23 | 35.5% | 31.3% |
| 2021-22 | 37.1% | 27.4% |
| 2018-19 | 39.9% | 28.4% |
| 2017-18 | 38.5% | 30.8% |
| 2016-17 | 33.5% | 22.3% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences
Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences this school | 376 | 82.2% | 42.2% |
| Desert Garden Elementary El Centro | 358 | 81.8% | 34.8% |
| Rio Vista Elementary Pico Rivera | 370 | 83.5% | 42.5% |
| Valencia Academy of the Arts Pico Rivera | 398 | 82.4% | 46.9% |
| Voices College-Bound Language Acad at W. Contra Costa Co Richmond | 343 | 81.0% | N/A |
| Birney Tech Academy Pico Rivera | 344 | 80.8% | 39.1% |
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 Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #2,289 of 5,151 | #545 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #1,901 of 5,172 ▲ 731 | #464 of 1,129 ▲ 180 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #2,301 of 5,172 ▲ 221 | #545 of 1,129 ▲ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.8pp | #243 of 5,116 | #97 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #3,982 of 5,915 | #857 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.9:1 | #5,086 of 5,352 | #1,144 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.2% | #5,184 of 5,354 | #1,156 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.2% | #1,957 of 5,625 | #647 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #2,552 of 3,837 | #714 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
376
-23 (-6%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 711
Student : Teacher
26.9:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 376 | 14 | 26.9:1 | 82% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 15 | 26.2:1 | 82% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 15 | 26.3:1 | 79% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 16 | 24.9:1 | 73% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 14 | 30.2:1 | 76% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 17 | 26.0:1 | 79% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | N/A | N/A | 80% (449) |
| 2000-01 | 603 | 28 | 21.5:1 | 62% (374) |
| 1990-91 | 711 | 26 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (423 to 376); teachers unchanged (14 to 14).
About Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences
Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences is a low-enrollment elementary school in Pico Rivera, California. The school enrolls 376 students in kindergarten through 5.
El Rancho Unified (13 schools, 6,716 students) runs Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences.
The share of students at Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences who are Hispanic is 97%. County-wide, 48% of Los Angeles County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 5% means there is a 5% chance two randomly chosen students at Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences are from different groups.
The school has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 26.9 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. The school reported 82% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences lands at A-, ahead of 76% of California public elementary schools.
Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences is 10.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (42.2% versus 31.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
The county, Los Angeles County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences is closest to STEAM Academy @ Burke, about 0.5 miles away. Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences at 5th of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences enrolled 399 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 376. Federal data show the ratio rising from 24.9:1 to 26.9:1.
This page is set up for the Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 El Rancho Unified
- El Rancho HighHigh · 1,995 students
- Rivera MiddleMiddle · 544 students
- STEAM Academy @ BurkeMiddle · 534 students
- North Park Academy of the ArtsMiddle · 512 students
- Rivera ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Valencia Academy of the ArtsElementary · 398 students
Other schools in Pico Rivera
- El Rancho HighHigh · 1,995 students
- Rivera MiddleMiddle · 544 students
- STEAM Academy @ BurkeMiddle · 534 students
- North Park Academy of the ArtsMiddle · 512 students
- Rivera ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Valencia Academy of the ArtsElementary · 398 students
Nearby schools
- STEAM Academy @ Burke0.5 mi · 534
- Birney Tech Academy0.6 mi · 344
- Unsworth (Edith) Elementary0.7 mi · 633
- Rivera Elementary0.8 mi · 473
- Rivera Middle0.9 mi · 544
- Gallatin Elementary1.1 mi · 788
Frequently asked questions
About Magee Academy of Arts & SciencesWhat is the total enrollment at Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences?
Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences enrolls approximately 376 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences serve?
Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences?
Approximately 26.9:1 students per teacher at Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences?
At Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences, the student body is approximately 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences public or private?
Magee Academy of Arts & Sciences is a public K-12 school, overseen by El Rancho Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.