Marguerita Elementary

As an average-sized elementary campus in Alhambra, California, Marguerita Elementary educates 445 students from grades K through 8, one of the schools within Alhambra Unified.

Across the 16 schools in Alhambra Unified (14,548 students total), Marguerita Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Marguerita Elementary shows that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 36% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Marguerita Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.8%, the actual is 46.3%, a residual of -0.5 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate 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 Marguerita Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Ramona Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marguerita Elementary at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.1%.

Marguerita Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marguerita Elementary has declined 40%, going from 743 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 52% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Marguerita Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.