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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROWLAND UNIFIED·NCES 063375005211
Rowland Elementary
2036 South Fullerton Rd., Rowland Heights, CA 91748 · (626) 964-3441 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
24.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
420 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 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 34% larger than its 6th grade class (65).
Student demographics
41%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
22.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.7pp since 2014
Math
16.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.8% | 16.5% | 22.3% | 55.4% |
| Math | 5.4% | 10.9% | 21.8% | 61.9% |
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 | 22.3% | 16.3% |
| 2023-24 | 18.4% | 9.1% |
| 2022-23 | 23.7% | 10.8% |
| 2021-22 | 22.5% | 15.6% |
| 2018-19 | 34.0% | 25.4% |
| 2017-18 | 30.0% | 28.7% |
| 2016-17 | 28.9% | 34.7% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
16.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% 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 Rowland Elementary
Rowland Elementary's state test result (16.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowland Elementary this school | 461 | 91.1% | 16.6% |
| Heritage Elementary Lodi | 432 | 93.3% | 27.6% |
| Gates Street Elementary Los Angeles | 450 | 93.8% | 41.4% |
| Commonwealth Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 504 | 88.7% | 42.0% |
| Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary San Jose | 422 | 92.2% | 38.6% |
| Merlinda Elementary West Covina | 460 | 88.5% | 42.5% |
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 Rowland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #4,846 of 5,151 | #1,108 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #4,627 of 5,172 ▲ 422 | #1,089 of 1,129 ▲ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #4,704 of 5,172 ▲ 145 | #1,089 of 1,129 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #3,255 of 5,116 | #798 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #2,900 of 5,915 | #589 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,933 of 5,352 | #900 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.2% | #3,362 of 5,354 | #583 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #955 of 5,625 | #399 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #2,682 of 3,837 | #740 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
461
-36 (-7%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 461 | 19 | 24.3:1 | 91% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 18.3 | 25.4:1 | 93% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 17.2 | 25.4:1 | 92% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 20 | 24.9:1 | 88% (437) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 19 | 27.0:1 | 93% (478) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 19 | 27.4:1 | 87% (455) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | N/A | N/A | 79% (424) |
| 2000-01 | 632 | 28 | 22.6:1 | 66% (414) |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 22 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rowland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (513 to 461); teachers unchanged (19 to 19).
About Rowland Elementary
Rowland Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in California, with an address in Rowland Heights. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 461 students in kindergarten through 6.
The district for Rowland Elementary is Rowland Unified, with 21 schools and 11,541 students.
Rowland Elementary is 75% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 16% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% White. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 19 full-time-equivalent teachers at Rowland Elementary and a ratio of 24.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 91% of enrollment. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
The allk12 Grade for Rowland Elementary is D. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 7% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rowland Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 16.6% actual against 26.2% predicted.
Within Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Rowland Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
Nearby, Alvarado Intermediate is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 47.6% on proficiency, and Rowland Elementary is below that at 16.6%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Rowland Elementary declined 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 497 to 461 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Rowland Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Rowland Heights
- John A. Rowland HighHigh · 2,016 students
- Blandford ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- Alvarado IntermediateMiddle · 624 students
- Shelyn ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Killian ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Jellick ElementaryElementary · 376 students
Other Rowland Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Rowland Elementary. Rowland Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Rowland Elementary SchoolSouth Euclid, OH · 459 students
- Rowland Elementary SchoolVICTORIA, TX · 452 students
- Rowland Elementary SchoolStone Mountain, GA · 390 students
Nearby schools
- Alvarado Intermediate0.6 mi · 624
- Jellick Elementary0.7 mi · 376
- Blandford Elementary0.9 mi · 643
- Rowland Unified Community Day1.1 mi · 28
- Killian Elementary1.2 mi · 469
- John A. Rowland High1.3 mi · 2,016
Frequently asked questions
About Rowland ElementaryHow many students attend Rowland Elementary?
Rowland Elementary enrolls approximately 461 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Rowland Elementary serve?
Rowland Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Rowland Elementary have?
Rowland Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Rowland Elementary?
Student demographics at Rowland Elementary are roughly 3% White, 75% Hispanic, 2% Black, 16% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Rowland Elementary in?
Rowland Elementary is part of Rowland Unified.
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