Ramona Elementary

Set in Alhambra, California, Ramona Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school, overseen by Alhambra Unified. It teaches 650 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Ramona Elementary sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.

Ramona Elementary is one of 16 schools operated by Alhambra Unified, a district that teaches 14,548 students overall.

Demographically, Ramona Elementary records that 54% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 40% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 15% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Ramona Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 60% of students at Ramona Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ramona Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.0%.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Ramona Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Marguerita Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ramona Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.

Ramona Elementary operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ramona Elementary has contracted 23%, going from 839 students in 2018 to 650 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 today.

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