Rowland Avenue Elementary

Rowland Avenue Elementary is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in West Covina, California, operated by Covina-Valley Unified, with 423 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Covina-Valley Unified runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 11,028 students. Rowland Avenue Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Rowland Avenue Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 15% Asian, 4% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Rowland Avenue Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rowland Avenue Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 34.1%; this one delivers 57.4%, a residual of +23.3 points.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Rowland Avenue Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Grovecenter Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rowland Avenue Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 39.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rowland Avenue Elementary has ticked down 23%, going from 549 students in 2018 to 423 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged up from 9% to 15%.

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