Magnolia Elementary

Magnolia Elementary is one of the close-knit elementary campuss in Azusa, California, run under Azusa Unified, with 367 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 21% below typical.

Azusa Unified runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,028 students. Magnolia Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Magnolia Elementary lists that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 3% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 86% of students at Magnolia Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Magnolia Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Magnolia Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sierra High, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Magnolia Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.3%.

Magnolia Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Magnolia Elementary's enrollment has climbed 32% since 2018, when it stood at 279 (now 367). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 today.

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