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Enrollment
459
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMPTON UNIFIED·NCES 060962000995
Rosecrans Elementary
1301 North Acacia Ave., Compton, CA 90227 · (310) 898-6360 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
428 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 122% larger than its 8th grade class (23).
Student demographics
18%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
36.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.8pp since 2014
Math
32.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.7% | 24.1% | 26.1% | 37.1% |
| Math | 12.4% | 20.3% | 25.9% | 41.4% |
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 | 36.8% | 32.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.3% | 31.6% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 27.4% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 24.0% |
| 2018-19 | 38.6% | 38.4% |
| 2017-18 | 37.1% | 30.8% |
| 2016-17 | 37.3% | 31.4% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Rosecrans Elementary
Rosecrans Elementary's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosecrans Elementary this school | 459 | 93.2% | 34.0% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Paramount | 491 | 92.7% | 27.8% |
| Anderson Elementary Compton | 451 | 90.9% | 49.2% |
| Marvin Elementary Los Angeles | 503 | 91.3% | 49.7% |
| Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte Elementary Los Angeles | 449 | 97.8% | 18.8% |
| Del Norte Elementary Ontario | 428 | 93.0% | 27.0% |
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 Rosecrans Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,067 of 5,151 | #769 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #2,940 of 5,172 ▼ 26 | #759 of 1,129 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #3,245 of 5,172 ▼ 152 | #786 of 1,129 ▼ 49 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.2pp | #1,078 of 5,116 | #353 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #2,912 of 5,915 | #592 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #4,386 of 5,352 | #993 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.2% | #4,517 of 5,354 | #902 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #674 of 5,625 | #306 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #1,980 of 3,837 | #613 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
459
-82 (-15%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 459 | 18.4 | 24.9:1 | 93% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 17.9 | 26.2:1 | 98% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 18.5 | 25.8:1 | 67% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 21 | 25.8:1 | 87% (473) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 21 | 25.8:1 | 81% (439) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 20 | 23.5:1 | 83% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | N/A | N/A | 88% (462) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 31 | 22.2:1 | 93% (641) |
| 1990-91 | 645 | 23 | 28.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rosecrans Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (542 to 459); teachers down 12% (21 to 18.4).
About Rosecrans Elementary
Rosecrans Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Compton, California. Its enrollment is 459 students, spread over kindergarten through 8.
Compton Unified (36 schools, 16,304 students) runs Rosecrans Elementary.
Rosecrans Elementary is 90% Hispanic by enrollment. Next come 9% Black. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. The diversity index for Rosecrans Elementary is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Rosecrans Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.9:1, with 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. The school has 93% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Rosecrans Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (34.0%) and its predicted rate (24.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
The school's county is Los Angeles County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Rosecrans Elementary among them.
Rosecrans Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Dickison Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Rosecrans Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Rosecrans Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 541 to 459, a 15% drop.
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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 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
Nearby schools
- Dickison Elementary0.3 mi · 681
- Davis Middle0.4 mi · 520
- Jefferson Elementary0.5 mi · 642
- Washington Elementary0.6 mi · 268
- Anderson Elementary0.7 mi · 451
- Mayo Elementary0.9 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Rosecrans ElementaryHow many students attend Rosecrans Elementary?
Rosecrans Elementary enrolls approximately 459 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Rosecrans Elementary serve?
Rosecrans Elementary serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Rosecrans Elementary?
Approximately 24.9:1 students per teacher at Rosecrans Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rosecrans Elementary?
At Rosecrans Elementary, the student body is approximately 90% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Rosecrans Elementary?
Rosecrans 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.