Mesa Elementary

Mesa Elementary is a primary school of big scale in West Covina, California, operated by Covina-Valley Unified, instructing 753 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 62% above typical.

Across the 17 schools in Covina-Valley Unified (11,028 students total), Mesa Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mesa Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 34% Asian, 8% White, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Mesa Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 47.5%; actual is 64.0%, +16.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, 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%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Mesa Elementary is one campus in the mix.

South Hills High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mesa Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.

Mesa Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Mesa Elementary's enrollment has expanded 9% since 2018, when it stood at 688 (now 753). Asian enrollment moved from 18% to 34% across the same window.

On this page, members of the Mesa Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.