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Enrollment
955
Elementary
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENDALE UNIFIED·NCES 061524001935
Mark Keppel Elementary
730 Glenwood Rd., Glendale, CA 91202 · (818) 244-2113 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL955 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
469 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 145 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 165 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 158 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 159 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 169 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 159 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (145) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (159).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
60.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.9pp since 2014
Math
56.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.1% | 31.1% | 17.0% | 22.9% |
| Math | 29.0% | 27.6% | 24.9% | 18.6% |
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 | 60.1% | 56.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 58.1% |
| 2022-23 | 64.6% | 59.2% |
| 2021-22 | 66.6% | 62.5% |
| 2018-19 | 70.6% | 63.1% |
| 2017-18 | 73.0% | 57.9% |
| 2016-17 | 69.7% | 58.2% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 59.0% |
| 2014-15 | 65.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Mark Keppel Elementary
Mark Keppel Elementary's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Keppel Elementary this school | 955 | 49.1% | 58.4% |
| Boulder Creek Elementary Redding | 839 | 53.4% | 50.9% |
| Joaquin Miller Elementary Burbank | 730 | 50.7% | 53.0% |
| Verdugo Woodlands Elementary Glendale | 676 | 41.1% | 65.8% |
| Mary Deterding Elementary Carmichael | 670 | 51.3% | 57.7% |
| Cajon Park Elementary Santee | 830 | 48.8% | 46.0% |
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 Mark Keppel Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #1,203 of 5,151 | #277 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #1,229 of 5,172 ▼ 138 | #283 of 1,129 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #1,313 of 5,172 ▲ 19 | #294 of 1,129 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.2pp | #393 of 5,116 | #57 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 955 | #111 of 5,915 | #14 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #4,509 of 5,352 | #1,018 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.1% | #2,762 of 5,354 | #451 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.1% | #3,945 of 5,625 | #1,005 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #2,904 of 3,837 | #783 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
955
-17 (-2%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,228
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 955 | 37.9 | 25.2:1 | 49% (469) |
| 2023-24 | 959 | 38 | 25.3:1 | 46% (438) |
| 2022-23 | 918 | 35.9 | 25.6:1 | 39% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 972 | 38 | 25.6:1 | 37% (355) |
| 2017-18 | 1,042 | 38 | 27.4:1 | 38% (401) |
| 2015-16 | 1,023 | 38 | 26.9:1 | 37% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 882 | N/A | N/A | 43% (380) |
| 2000-01 | 1,143 | 51 | 22.4:1 | 34% (390) |
| 1990-91 | 1,228 | 45 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mark Keppel Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,042 to 955); teachers unchanged (38 to 37.9).
About Mark Keppel Elementary
Mark Keppel Elementary is a large elementary school in Glendale, California. It serves 955 students in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 105% larger than that.
The district for Mark Keppel Elementary is Glendale Unified, with 32 schools and 25,294 students.
Roughly 68% of students at Mark Keppel Elementary are White. Enrollment also includes 18% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the White share is about 31%. Mark Keppel Elementary's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 25.2:1. That is 2.9 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Mark Keppel Elementary reports 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Mark Keppel Elementary is +7.6 points: 58.4% actual, 50.8% predicted.
Los Angeles County census figures show that the median household income is $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Los Angeles County is home to 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 public school students.
Nearby, Eleanor J. Toll Middle is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Mark Keppel Elementary ranks 2nd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 58.4% against a local average of 48.0%.
Federal data place Mark Keppel Elementary in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's size has been steady, with 972 students in 2020-21 and 955 in 2024-25.
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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 Glendale Unified
- Crescenta Valley HighHigh · 2,624 students
- Glendale HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Rosemont MiddleMiddle · 1,221 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
Other schools in Glendale
- Glendale HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
- R. D. White ElementaryElementary · 948 students
- Thomas Edison ElementaryElementary · 859 students
Nearby schools
- Eleanor J. Toll Middle0.1 mi · 1,412
- Herbert Hoover High0.1 mi · 1,590
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary0.9 mi · 815
- Columbus Elementary1.0 mi · 488
- Balboa Elementary1.3 mi · 799
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary1.4 mi · 608
Frequently asked questions
About Mark Keppel ElementaryHow many students attend Mark Keppel Elementary?
Mark Keppel Elementary enrolls approximately 955 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Mark Keppel Elementary serve?
Mark Keppel Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mark Keppel Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mark Keppel Elementary is approximately 25.2:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mark Keppel Elementary?
At Mark Keppel Elementary, the student body is approximately 68% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 18% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Mark Keppel Elementary public or private?
Mark Keppel Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Glendale Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.