Enrollment
217
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMPTON UNIFIED·NCES 060962000970
Ralph Bunche Elementary
16223 South Haskins Ln., Carson, CA 90746 · (310) 898-6120 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL217 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
178 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 5% smaller than its 8th grade class (20).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
50.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +25.4pp since 2014
Math
45.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +31.2pp 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 45 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 25 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.3% | 37.0% | 23.0% | 26.7% |
| Math | 25.9% | 19.3% | 25.9% | 28.9% |
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 | 50.4% | 45.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 29.9% |
| 2022-23 | 37.3% | 35.4% |
| 2021-22 | 38.3% | 20.0% |
| 2018-19 | 40.0% | 35.5% |
| 2017-18 | 32.3% | 19.9% |
| 2016-17 | 32.9% | 14.9% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Ralph Bunche Elementary
Ralph Bunche Elementary's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Bunche Elementary this school | 217 | 82.0% | 40.8% |
| Invictus Leadership Academy Los Angeles | 161 | 79.5% | N/A |
| Johnson Elementary San Diego | 283 | 82.3% | 29.3% |
| Avalon Gardens Elementary Los Angeles | 171 | 93.6% | 26.1% |
| Kelso (William H.) Inglewood | 324 | 89.2% | 14.6% |
| ICEF Innovation Los Angeles Charter Los Angeles | 237 | 98.3% | N/A |
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 Ralph Bunche Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #2,412 of 5,151 | #581 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #1,907 of 5,172 ▲ 1,182 | #466 of 1,129 ▲ 310 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #2,000 of 5,172 ▲ 696 | #458 of 1,129 ▲ 172 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.6pp | #75 of 5,116 | #35 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 217 | #5,280 of 5,915 | #1,197 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,924 of 5,352 | #897 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #2,751 of 5,354 | #447 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.0% | #1,973 of 5,625 | #650 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.3% | #38 of 3,837 | #21 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
217
-130 (-37%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 558
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 26.7:1
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 | 217 | 9 | 24.3:1 | 82% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 235 | 10.1 | 23.3:1 | 91% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 9 | 27.6:1 | 57% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 13 | 26.7:1 | 85% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 14.5 | 29.0:1 | 75% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 369 | 13 | 28.4:1 | 78% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | N/A | N/A | 79% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 99% (464) |
| 1990-91 | 558 | 19 | 29.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ralph Bunche Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (420 to 217); teachers down 38% (14.5 to 9).
About Ralph Bunche Elementary
Students in Carson, California, attend Ralph Bunche Elementary, a small elementary school. It serves 217 students in kindergarten through 8. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 53% smaller than that.
Compton Unified has a total of 36 schools and 16,304 students, Ralph Bunche Elementary among them.
Roughly 59% of students at Ralph Bunche Elementary are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 39% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Ralph Bunche Elementary employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 24.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Ralph Bunche Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 82%. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Ralph Bunche Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 40.8% actual against 31.5% predicted.
Among Los Angeles County residents, the median household income is $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Ralph Bunche Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Ralph Bunche Elementary to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Bursch Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ralph Bunche Elementary comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Ralph Bunche Elementary the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school enrolled 217 students in 2024-25, 130 fewer than the 347 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 26.7:1 to 24.3:1.
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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
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Other Ralph Bunche Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ralph Bunche Elementary. Ralph Bunche Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ralph Bunche Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 841 students
Nearby schools
- Bursch Elementary0.6 mi · 370
- Compton Community Day High0.7 mi · 6
- Compton Community Day Middle0.7 mi · 2
- Ambler Avenue Elementary0.7 mi · 445
- Enterprise Middle0.7 mi · 182
- McKinley Elementary1.1 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Ralph Bunche ElementaryHow large is Ralph Bunche Elementary?
Ralph Bunche Elementary enrolls approximately 217 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Ralph Bunche Elementary serve?
Ralph Bunche Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ralph Bunche Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ralph Bunche Elementary is approximately 24.3:1 (9 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ralph Bunche Elementary?
Ralph Bunche Elementary reports a student body of 0% White, 59% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Ralph Bunche Elementary public or private?
Ralph Bunche Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Compton Unified.
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