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Enrollment
948
Elementary
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENDALE UNIFIED·NCES 061524001949
R. D. White Elementary
744 East Doran St., Glendale, CA 91206 · (818) 241-2164 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL948 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
28.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
592 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 160 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 142 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 150 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 173 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 162 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 161 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (160) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (161).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
50.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.1pp since 2014
Math
52.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.7% | 29.4% | 21.8% | 28.1% |
| Math | 25.4% | 27.2% | 25.6% | 21.7% |
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 | 50.1% | 52.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 49.2% |
| 2022-23 | 52.9% | 51.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.4% | 55.2% |
| 2018-19 | 60.0% | 54.3% |
| 2017-18 | 56.5% | 55.7% |
| 2016-17 | 56.3% | 54.6% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 R. D. White Elementary
R. D. White Elementary's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. D. White Elementary this school | 948 | 62.4% | 50.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary Glendale | 815 | 62.7% | 47.4% |
| Balboa Elementary Glendale | 799 | 60.2% | 48.2% |
| Gateway International Sacramento | 628 | 65.6% | N/A |
| Evergreen Elementary Cottonwood | 541 | 60.1% | 52.0% |
| Vista Grande Elementary El Cajon | 633 | 61.3% | 50.9% |
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 R. D. White Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #1,697 of 5,151 | #377 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #1,425 of 5,172 ▲ 141 | #335 of 1,129 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #2,021 of 5,172 ▼ 42 | #460 of 1,129 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.4pp | #865 of 5,116 | #136 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 948 | #122 of 5,915 | #17 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 28.7:1 | #5,282 of 5,352 | #1,203 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #4,441 of 5,354 | #880 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #3,360 of 5,625 | #922 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #964 of 1,139 | #152 of 181 |
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
948
+20 (+2%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 845
Student : Teacher
28.7:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 948 | 33 | 28.7:1 | 62% (592) |
| 2023-24 | 967 | 36 | 26.9:1 | 66% (636) |
| 2022-23 | 956 | 36 | 26.6:1 | 61% (582) |
| 2020-21 | 928 | 38 | 24.4:1 | 58% (541) |
| 2017-18 | 929 | 32 | 29.0:1 | 66% (616) |
| 2015-16 | 897 | 36 | 24.9:1 | 64% (570) |
| 2010-11 | 817 | N/A | N/A | 51% (416) |
| 2000-01 | 842 | 39 | 21.6:1 | 47% (395) |
| 1990-91 | 845 | 29 | 29.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R. D. White Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (929 to 948); teachers up 3% (32 to 33).
About R. D. White Elementary
R. D. White Elementary is a large elementary school serving families in Glendale, California. It reported 948 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 104% higher.
Glendale Unified enrolls 25,294 students, and its 32 schools include R. D. White Elementary.
Of every 100 students at R. D. White Elementary, about 89 are White. It is also 7% Hispanic and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 31% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
R. D. White Elementary has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 28.7:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 6.4 students per teacher. At R. D. White Elementary, 62% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among California public elementary schools, R. D. White Elementary outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 43.0%. R. D. White Elementary scores 50.4%.
In the wider Los Angeles County area, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Angeles County counts 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students.
Woodrow Wilson Middle sits about 0.4 miles from R. D. White Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 50.4% average proficiency ranks 1st among 5 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes R. D. White Elementary as City: Mid-size.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (928) to 2024-25 (948). The ratio of students to teachers went from 24.4:1 to 28.7:1 over the same years.
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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 Glendale Unified
- Crescenta Valley HighHigh · 2,624 students
- Glendale HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Rosemont MiddleMiddle · 1,221 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
Other schools in Glendale
- Glendale HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
- Mark Keppel ElementaryElementary · 955 students
- Thomas Edison ElementaryElementary · 859 students
Nearby schools
- Woodrow Wilson Middle0.4 mi · 1,182
- Jewel City Community Day0.4 mi · 9
- Daily (Allan F.) High (Continuation)0.4 mi · 72
- John Marshall Elementary0.6 mi · 486
- Columbus Elementary0.9 mi · 488
- Glendale High1.0 mi · 2,066
Frequently asked questions
About R. D. White ElementaryHow large is R. D. White Elementary?
R. D. White Elementary enrolls approximately 948 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does R. D. White Elementary serve?
R. D. White Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at R. D. White Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at R. D. White Elementary is approximately 28.7:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at R. D. White Elementary?
At R. D. White Elementary, the student body is approximately 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is R. D. White Elementary in?
R. D. White Elementary is part of Glendale Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.