Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMPTON UNIFIED·NCES 060962000979
Ronald E. McNair Elementary
1450 West El Segundo Ave., Compton, CA 90222 · (310) 898-6330 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
317 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 76 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 73% larger than its 6th grade class (44).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ronald E. McNair Elementary→Walton Middle
Based on grade levels within Compton Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
58.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +48.4pp since 2014
Math
60.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +55.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 48 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 55 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.5% | 28.9% | 23.5% | 18.1% |
| Math | 31.1% | 29.3% | 23.4% | 16.2% |
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 | 58.4% | 60.5% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 46.7% |
| 2022-23 | 44.2% | 35.5% |
| 2021-22 | 44.6% | 35.7% |
| 2018-19 | 41.8% | 42.0% |
| 2017-18 | 32.5% | 25.5% |
| 2016-17 | 36.4% | 35.8% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 10.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in California's top 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 Ronald E. McNair Elementary
Ronald E. McNair Elementary's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald E. McNair Elementary this school | 358 | 88.5% | 53.1% |
| New Heights Charter Los Angeles | 394 | 87.6% | N/A |
| Hudnall (Claude) Elementary Inglewood | 332 | 94.3% | 17.1% |
| Longfellow Elementary Compton | 450 | 88.7% | 31.7% |
| Edison-Bethune Charter Academy Fresno | 368 | 94.6% | N/A |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary Richmond | 375 | 90.1% | 5.7% |
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 Ronald E. McNair Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #1,507 of 5,151 | #343 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #1,041 of 5,172 ▲ 666 | #246 of 1,129 ▲ 146 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #1,438 of 5,172 ▲ 574 | #324 of 1,129 ▲ 128 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.3pp | #71 of 5,116 | #33 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #4,198 of 5,915 | #910 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #3,587 of 5,352 | #839 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #3,323 of 5,354 | #572 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #1,266 of 5,625 | #495 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #1,214 of 3,837 | #439 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
358
-13 (-4%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 708
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 358 | 15 | 23.8:1 | 89% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 15 | 23.5:1 | 94% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 14.5 | 24.4:1 | 66% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 17 | 21.8:1 | 90% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 20.5 | 22.3:1 | 88% (405) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 21 | 24.1:1 | 80% (408) |
| 2010-11 | 513 | N/A | N/A | 88% (449) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 30 | 20.8:1 | 93% (581) |
| 1990-91 | 708 | 27 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ronald E. McNair Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (458 to 358); teachers down 27% (20.5 to 15).
About Ronald E. McNair Elementary
This page covers Ronald E. McNair Elementary, a small elementary school in Compton, California. Its enrollment is 358 students, spread over kindergarten through 6. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 23% below that mark.
The district, Compton Unified, operates 36 schools serving 16,304 students.
The student body at Ronald E. McNair Elementary is 73% Hispanic. The school is also 23% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
Its ratio of 23.8:1 is based on 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 89%. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
In California, Ronald E. McNair Elementary is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.1% compared with a predicted 27.7%.
Looking at the county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Ronald E. McNair Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
The closest school to Ronald E. McNair Elementary is Centennial High, located about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ronald E. McNair Elementary's average proficiency of 53.1% compares with 51.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
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).
Enrollment was 358 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 371. The ratio of students to teachers went from 21.8:1 to 23.8:1 over the same years.
On allk12, people connected to Ronald E. McNair Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Compton Unified
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- Clinton William JeffersonElementary · 692 students
- Kelly ElementaryElementary · 685 students
- Dickison ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Compton
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- KIPP Compton CommunityElementary · 783 students
- Lifeline Education CharterCombined · 698 students
- Clinton William JeffersonElementary · 692 students
Other Ronald E. McNair Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ronald E. McNair Elementary. Ronald E. McNair Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ronald E. McNair ElementaryBrowns Summit, NC · 447 students
Nearby schools
- Centennial High0.3 mi · 908
- KIPP Compton Community0.4 mi · 783
- Willowbrook Middle0.5 mi · 304
- Compton Early College High0.5 mi · 556
- Carver Elementary0.6 mi · 293
- King/Drew Medical Magnet High0.6 mi · 1,381
Frequently asked questions
About Ronald E. McNair ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ronald E. McNair Elementary?
Ronald E. McNair Elementary enrolls approximately 358 students in grades KG-06.
Is Ronald E. McNair Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ronald E. McNair Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Ronald E. McNair Elementary?
Approximately 23.8:1 students per teacher at Ronald E. McNair Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ronald E. McNair Elementary?
At Ronald E. McNair Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 73% Hispanic, 23% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Ronald E. McNair Elementary?
Ronald E. McNair Elementary is overseen by Compton Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.