Ramona Elementary

Set in Bellflower, California, Ramona Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community, part of Bellflower Unified. It instructs 454 students across grades K through 6.

Ramona Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Bellflower Unified, a district that works with 9,573 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Ramona Elementary reports that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 8% Black, 6% Asian, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Ramona Elementary shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ramona Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.6%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Ramona Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Somerset High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ramona Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ramona Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 552 students in 2018 compared to 454 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 13% to 8%. Class-load math has fell: from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 in 2025.

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