Old River Elementary

Old River Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Downey, California, part of Downey Unified. The school serves 540 students in grades 4 through 5.

Downey Unified comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 22,405 students; Old River Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Old River Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%). Beyond that, the school reports 6% 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 the economic backdrop, Old River Elementary reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 30.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 81% of students at Old River Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Old River 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 31.4%; Old River Elementary posts 50.8%, +19.4 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows 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 Old River Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Stauffer (Mary R.) Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Old River Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Old River Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 711 (now 540).

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