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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Ramona Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
650
Elementary
DISTRICT 656 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALHAMBRA UNIFIED·NCES 060015310943
Ramona Elementary
509 West Norwood Pl., Alhambra, CA 91803 · (626) 943-3660 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL650 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
390 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (94).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
65.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.8pp since 2014
Math
56.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 9 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 | 38.0% | 27.8% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Math | 37.8% | 18.9% | 19.6% | 23.7% |
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 | 65.8% | 56.7% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 50.3% |
| 2022-23 | 57.4% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.5% | 49.2% |
| 2018-19 | 59.8% | 53.5% |
| 2017-18 | 63.1% | 54.9% |
| 2016-17 | 59.0% | 55.6% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Ramona Elementary
Ramona Elementary's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramona Elementary this school | 650 | 60.0% | 56.8% |
| Grazide Elementary Hacienda Heights | 606 | 56.8% | 63.8% |
| Charles G. Emery Elementary Buena Park | 646 | 55.3% | 65.0% |
| Alpha: Cornerstone Academy Preparatory San Jose | 554 | 55.2% | N/A |
| Guy Jr. Emanuele Elementary Union City | 746 | 62.9% | 39.6% |
| Alexander Rose Elementary Milpitas | 518 | 56.2% | 47.0% |
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 Ramona Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #1,281 of 5,151 | #289 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #1,218 of 5,172 ▲ 275 | #281 of 1,129 ▲ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #972 of 5,172 ▲ 453 | #213 of 1,129 ▲ 102 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #838 of 5,116 | #293 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 650 | #1,014 of 5,915 | #185 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,270 of 5,352 | #965 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #2,388 of 5,354 | #372 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.0% | #3,483 of 5,625 | #938 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #1,130 of 3,837 | #415 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
650
-123 (-16%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 911
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 650 | 26.3 | 24.7:1 | 60% (390) |
| 2023-24 | 656 | 27.8 | 23.6:1 | 70% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 701 | 29.5 | 23.8:1 | 60% (424) |
| 2020-21 | 773 | 30 | 25.8:1 | 64% (498) |
| 2017-18 | 839 | 31.8 | 26.4:1 | 78% (652) |
| 2015-16 | 880 | 32 | 27.5:1 | 77% (680) |
| 2010-11 | 911 | N/A | N/A | 76% (694) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ramona Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (839 to 650); teachers down 17% (31.8 to 26.3).
About Ramona Elementary
Ramona Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Alhambra, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 8, with 650 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Ramona Elementary is one of 16 schools in Alhambra Unified, which enrolls 14,548 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Ramona Elementary is Asian: 54%. The next largest groups are 40% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. The school's Asian share is 39 points above the 15% share among Los Angeles County residents. The diversity index for Ramona Elementary is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 24.7:1. The school has 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.4 students per teacher. In all, 60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Ramona Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (56.8%) and its predicted rate (44.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
In Los Angeles County, home to about 9,808,667 people, median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Los Angeles County's 2,244 public schools enroll about 1,265,907 students and include Ramona Elementary.
About 0.6 miles separate Ramona Elementary from the closest public school, Marguerita Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ramona Elementary is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21, Ramona Elementary enrolled 773 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 650. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 25.8:1 in 2020-21 to 24.7:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Ramona Elementary is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Alhambra Unified
- Mark Keppel HighHigh · 2,201 students
- Alhambra HighHigh · 2,056 students
- San Gabriel HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Martha Baldwin ElementaryElementary · 923 students
- Monterey Highlands ElementaryElementary · 917 students
- William Northrup ElementaryElementary · 814 students
Other schools in Alhambra
- Mark Keppel HighHigh · 2,201 students
- Alhambra HighHigh · 2,056 students
- Martha Baldwin ElementaryElementary · 923 students
- William Northrup ElementaryElementary · 814 students
- Fremont ElementaryElementary · 654 students
- Park ElementaryElementary · 581 students
Other Ramona Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 1 state are named Ramona Elementary. Ramona Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Ramona ElementaryHemet, CA · 702 students
- Ramona ElementaryOxnard, CA · 568 students
- Ramona ElementaryMontclair, CA · 556 students
- Ramona ElementaryMoreno Valley, CA · 528 students
- Ramona ElementaryBellflower, CA · 454 students
Nearby schools
- Marguerita Elementary0.6 mi · 445
- William Northrup Elementary0.8 mi · 814
- Mark Keppel High0.8 mi · 2,201
- Martha Baldwin Elementary0.9 mi · 923
- Ynez Elementary1.0 mi · 695
- Alhambra High1.2 mi · 2,056
Frequently asked questions
About Ramona ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ramona Elementary?
Ramona Elementary enrolls approximately 650 students in grades KG-08.
Is Ramona Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ramona Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Ramona Elementary?
Approximately 24.7:1 students per teacher at Ramona Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ramona Elementary?
At Ramona Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 40% Hispanic, 0% Black, 54% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Ramona Elementary public or private?
Ramona Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alhambra Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.