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What's the most underrated thing about Rorimer Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROWLAND UNIFIED·NCES 063375005210
Rorimer Elementary
18750 East Rorimer St., La Puente, CA 91744 · (626) 965-3333 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
371 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 81% larger than its 6th grade class (47).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.7pp since 2014
Math
25.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.4% | 22.9% | 24.3% | 44.4% |
| Math | 5.6% | 20.0% | 30.2% | 44.2% |
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 | 31.3% | 25.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 25.5% |
| 2022-23 | 35.5% | 24.5% |
| 2021-22 | 38.8% | 25.9% |
| 2018-19 | 44.4% | 36.6% |
| 2017-18 | 36.9% | 27.3% |
| 2016-17 | 30.8% | 27.6% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Rorimer Elementary
Rorimer Elementary's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rorimer Elementary this school | 405 | 91.6% | 28.0% |
| Clifford D. Murray Elementary Azusa | 397 | 90.9% | 18.4% |
| Fremont Elementary Delano | 440 | 91.8% | 27.5% |
| Miramonte Elementary El Monte | 438 | 92.2% | 18.9% |
| Corona Elementary Ontario | 414 | 91.1% | 46.0% |
| Shirpser Elementary El Monte | 440 | 90.5% | 38.2% |
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 Rorimer Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #3,751 of 5,151 | #931 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #3,703 of 5,172 ▼ 132 | #949 of 1,129 ▼ 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,843 of 5,172 ▼ 62 | #942 of 1,129 ▼ 40 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.9pp | #764 of 5,116 | #115 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #3,645 of 5,915 | #777 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #1,362 of 5,352 | #410 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.6% | #4,771 of 5,354 | #996 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.6% | #886 of 5,625 | #372 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #1,128 of 3,837 | #414 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
405
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 676
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 26.5:1
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 | 405 | 19.5 | 20.8:1 | 92% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 19 | 21.3:1 | 93% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 20.5 | 20.4:1 | 94% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 15 | 26.5:1 | 87% (345) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 21 | 24.9:1 | 94% (490) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 25 | 22.4:1 | 91% (511) |
| 2010-11 | 721 | N/A | N/A | 88% (634) |
| 2000-01 | 608 | 27 | 22.5:1 | 79% (482) |
| 1990-91 | 676 | 27 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rorimer Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (523 to 405); teachers down 7% (21 to 19.5).
About Rorimer Elementary
The public elementary school Rorimer Elementary is located in La Puente, California. The school counted 405 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6.
The 21 schools in Rowland Unified enroll 11,541 students altogether, Rorimer Elementary among them.
The share of Hispanic students at Rorimer Elementary is 93%. Other groups include 5% Asian. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. The diversity index for Rorimer Elementary is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Rorimer Elementary, there are about 20.8 students; the school has 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 92%. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Rorimer Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 29% of California public elementary schools.
Rorimer Elementary is 2.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (28.0% versus 25.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Rorimer Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
Nogales High, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Rorimer Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Rorimer Elementary is 6th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Rorimer Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 397 in 2020-21 and 405 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.8:1) than in 2020-21 (26.5:1).
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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 Rowland Unified
- John A. Rowland HighHigh · 2,016 students
- Nogales HighHigh · 1,535 students
- Stanley G. Oswalt AcademyElementary · 879 students
- Blandford ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- Ybarra Academy for the Arts and TechnologyElementary · 630 students
- Alvarado IntermediateMiddle · 624 students
Other schools in La Puente
- Nogales HighHigh · 1,535 students
- La Puente HighHigh · 813 students
- Fairgrove AcademyElementary · 749 students
- Bassett Senior HighHigh · 747 students
- Sparks MiddleMiddle · 600 students
- Don Julian ElementaryElementary · 544 students
Nearby schools
- Nogales High0.4 mi · 1,535
- Santana High (Continuation)0.5 mi · 89
- Rowland Virtual Learning Academy0.5 mi · 21
- Telesis Academy of Science & Math0.6 mi · 621
- Yorbita Elementary0.7 mi · 374
- Hollingworth Elementary0.9 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About Rorimer ElementaryHow many students attend Rorimer Elementary?
Rorimer Elementary enrolls approximately 405 students in grades KG-06.
Is Rorimer Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rorimer Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rorimer Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rorimer Elementary is approximately 20.8:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rorimer Elementary?
Student demographics at Rorimer Elementary are roughly 0% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Rorimer Elementary in?
Rorimer Elementary is part of Rowland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.