McKinley Elementary

McKinley Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in San Gabriel, California, part of San Gabriel Unified. Current enrollment sits at 618 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so McKinley Elementary sits 33% larger than that benchmark.

McKinley Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by San Gabriel Unified, a district that enrolls 4,482 students overall.

Looking at the student body, McKinley Elementary lists that the largest single group is Asian, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 30% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting McKinley Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at McKinley Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, McKinley Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 35.9%; actual is 50.6%, +14.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 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 McKinley Elementary is one.

Gabrielino High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McKinley Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McKinley Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 59.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. McKinley Elementary's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 576 (now 618). Over the same period, the Asian share fell from 70% to 64%.

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