Rosecrans Elementary

Set in Compton, California, Rosecrans Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school, run under Compton Unified. It hosts 459 students across grades K through 8.

Within Compton Unified, which oversees 36 schools and 16,304 students, Rosecrans Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Rosecrans Elementary records that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 9% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Rosecrans Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 93% of students at Rosecrans Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rosecrans Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Rosecrans Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dickison Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rosecrans Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rosecrans Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 39.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 542 students in 2018 compared to 459 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 5% to 9% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.