Rio Hondo Elementary

Located in Downey, California, Rio Hondo Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school. It enrolls 838 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That is 80% bigger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.

Downey Unified is the district for Rio Hondo Elementary. It has 21 schools and 22,405 students.

Of every 100 students at Rio Hondo Elementary, about 91 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 6% White. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at Rio Hondo Elementary are from different groups.

With 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.3:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Rio Hondo Elementary, 83% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.

Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Rio Hondo Elementary does better than predicted by 16.6 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.7%; the prediction is 31.2%.

The county, Los Angeles County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Rio Hondo Elementary.

Of the public schools around it, Rio Hondo Elementary is closest to Griffiths (Gordon) Middle, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Rio Hondo Elementary is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The school's student count increased 5% between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 23.3 students per teacher, compared with 24.8 in 2017-18.

The discussion board for Rio Hondo Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.