Manzanita Elementary

As a mid-sized K-5 school in Covina, California, Manzanita Elementary teaches 425 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Covina-Valley Unified.

Covina-Valley Unified comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 11,028 students; Manzanita Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Manzanita Elementary records that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% White, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Manzanita Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 42.1%; this one delivers 65.0%, a residual of +22.9 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Manzanita Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Monte Vista Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Manzanita Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Manzanita Elementary's enrollment has grew 42% since 2018, when it stood at 299 (now 425). Class-load math has rose: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 in 2025.

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