Ronald E. McNair Elementary

Located at 1450 West El Segundo Ave., in Compton, California, Ronald E. McNair Elementary is an intimate primary school that serves 358 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Compton Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Ronald E. McNair Elementary sits 23% below that benchmark.

Across the 36 schools in Compton Unified (16,304 students total), Ronald E. McNair Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Ronald E. McNair Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%; the rest reads as 23% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Ronald E. McNair Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Ronald E. McNair Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 26.7%; actual is 48.5%, +21.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Ronald E. McNair Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Centennial High, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ronald E. McNair Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ronald E. McNair Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.2%.

Ronald E. McNair Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ronald E. McNair Elementary has contracted 22%, going from 458 students in 2018 to 358 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 in 2025.

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