R. D. White Elementary

Set in Glendale, California, R. D. White Elementary is a sprawling elementary-level community, operated by Glendale Unified. It educates 948 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 104% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

R. D. White Elementary is one of 32 schools operated by Glendale Unified, a district that instructs 25,294 students overall.

Looking at the student body, R. D. White Elementary reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 7% Hispanic, 3% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, R. D. White Elementary logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 28.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, R. D. White Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.3%; this one delivers 49.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), R. D. White Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Woodrow Wilson Middle, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts R. D. White Elementary at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 36.1%.

R. D. White Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. R. D. White Elementary's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 929 (now 948). Over the same period, the White share increased from 79% to 89%.

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