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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Price (Maude) Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
757
Elementary
DISTRICT 710 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOWNEY UNIFIED·NCES 061146001271
Price (Maude) Elementary
9525 South Tweedy Ln., Downey, CA 90240 · (562) 904-3575 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
542 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 145 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (145) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
58.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.1pp since 2014
Math
51.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.3% | 28.8% | 24.0% | 17.9% |
| Math | 22.8% | 28.3% | 28.3% | 20.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.1% | 51.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.6% | 56.6% |
| 2022-23 | 59.4% | 53.5% |
| 2021-22 | 54.3% | 53.5% |
| 2018-19 | 61.5% | 58.0% |
| 2017-18 | 62.1% | 55.5% |
| 2016-17 | 57.9% | 51.6% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 45.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Price (Maude) Elementary
Price (Maude) Elementary's state test result (55.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price (Maude) Elementary this school | 757 | 71.6% | 55.7% |
| Rio San Gabriel Elementary Downey | 747 | 72.7% | 50.0% |
| Cesar Chavez Language Academy Santa Rosa | 773 | 74.4% | 25.1% |
| Henry F. Kammann Elementary Salinas | 743 | 73.2% | 19.0% |
| Jim Thorpe Fundamental Santa Ana | 738 | 71.8% | 45.0% |
| Myron D. Witter Elementary Brawley | 741 | 74.8% | 36.5% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Price (Maude) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #1,365 of 5,151 | #310 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #1,515 of 5,172 ▼ 360 | #347 of 1,129 ▼ 88 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #1,461 of 5,172 ▼ 74 | #330 of 1,129 ▼ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #3,122 of 5,116 | #766 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #505 of 5,915 | #88 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #4,045 of 5,352 | #923 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.5% | #4,299 of 5,354 | #825 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #2,867 of 5,625 | #843 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #2,801 of 3,837 | #756 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
757
-87 (-10%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 25.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 757 | 31 | 24.4:1 | 72% (542) |
| 2023-24 | 787 | 30 | 26.2:1 | 64% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 30 | 26.0:1 | 62% (481) |
| 2020-21 | 844 | 33 | 25.6:1 | 56% (470) |
| 2017-18 | 833 | 33 | 25.2:1 | 64% (536) |
| 2015-16 | 881 | 34 | 25.9:1 | 58% (514) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | N/A | N/A | 58% (465) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 35 | 20.1:1 | 54% (380) |
| 1990-91 | 587 | 23 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Price (Maude) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (833 to 757); teachers down 6% (33 to 31).
About Price (Maude) Elementary
Price (Maude) Elementary is a large elementary school in Downey, California. School enrollment was 757 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
The 21 schools of Downey Unified, including Price (Maude) Elementary, enroll 22,405 students.
About 88% of the student body at Price (Maude) Elementary is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 6% White and 4% Asian. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 22% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.4:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 72%. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Price (Maude) Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 84% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 37.6%. Price (Maude) Elementary posts 55.7%, 18.1 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, enrolling about 1,265,907 students in all.
Nearby, Griffiths (Gordon) Middle is about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Price (Maude) Elementary ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 55.7% versus a 40.0% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 757, a 10% decrease from 844 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 25.6:1 to 24.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Price (Maude) Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Downey Unified
- Downey HighHigh · 4,051 students
- Warren (Earl) HighHigh · 3,609 students
- Stauffer (Mary R.) MiddleMiddle · 1,329 students
- Doty (Wendy Lopour) MiddleMiddle · 1,304 students
- Griffiths (Gordon) MiddleMiddle · 1,264 students
- Sussman (Edward A.) MiddleMiddle · 1,240 students
Other schools in Downey
- Downey HighHigh · 4,051 students
- Warren (Earl) HighHigh · 3,609 students
- Stauffer (Mary R.) MiddleMiddle · 1,329 students
- Doty (Wendy Lopour) MiddleMiddle · 1,304 students
- Griffiths (Gordon) MiddleMiddle · 1,264 students
- Sussman (Edward A.) MiddleMiddle · 1,240 students
Nearby schools
- Griffiths (Gordon) Middle0.1 mi · 1,264
- Gallatin Elementary0.7 mi · 788
- Rio Hondo Elementary0.9 mi · 838
- Suva Elementary0.9 mi · 562
- Suva Intermediate1.0 mi · 650
- Unsworth (Edith) Elementary1.2 mi · 633
Frequently asked questions
About Price (Maude) ElementaryHow many students attend Price (Maude) Elementary?
Price (Maude) Elementary enrolls approximately 757 students in grades KG-05.
Is Price (Maude) Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Price (Maude) Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Price (Maude) Elementary have?
Price (Maude) Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Price (Maude) Elementary?
Student demographics at Price (Maude) Elementary are roughly 6% White, 88% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Price (Maude) Elementary public or private?
Price (Maude) Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Downey Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.