Mildred B. Janson Elementary

Mildred B. Janson Elementary is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Rosemead, California, one of the schools within Rosemead Elementary, instructing 575 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 24% bigger than typical.

Rosemead Elementary comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,319 students; Mildred B. Janson Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Mildred B. Janson Elementary reports that 72% of the student body identifies as Asian. The remainder comes out to 26% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.1:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Mildred B. Janson Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 40.1%; Mildred B. Janson Elementary posts 62.9%, +22.7 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Mildred B. Janson Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Willard (Frances E.) Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mildred B. Janson Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.2%.

Mildred B. Janson Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 580 students in 2018 compared to 575 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 60% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 today.

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