Maxwell Academy (PK-8)

Maxwell Academy (PK-8) is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Duarte, California, operated by Duarte Unified, caters to 504 students in grades K through 8.

Across the 6 schools in Duarte Unified (2,949 students total), Maxwell Academy (PK-8) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Maxwell Academy (PK-8) lists that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% White, 2% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Maxwell Academy (PK-8) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that 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 Maxwell Academy (PK-8) is one.

The closest other public school is Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8), roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Maxwell Academy (PK-8). Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Maxwell Academy (PK-8) ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.9%.

Maxwell Academy (PK-8) operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Maxwell Academy (PK-8)'s enrollment has grew 28% since 2018, when it stood at 395 (now 504). Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 88% to 82%. Class-load math has rose: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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