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Sanchez (George I.) Elementary

8470 East Fern Ave., Rosemead, CA 91770 · (626) 307-3368 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of California public elementary schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-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

Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
236 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5117%
Grade 13512%
Grade 23412%
Grade 33913%
Grade 43713%
Grade 54917%
Grade 64816%

This year's kindergarten class (51) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (48).

Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Hispanic
16155%
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
12643%
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
52%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
15854%
Female
13546%

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
44.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.1pp since 2014
Math
41.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.8pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts20.3%24.7%23.4%31.6%
Math22.4%18.8%29.1%29.7%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2544.9%41.2%
2023-2442.6%47.2%
2022-2350.5%49.5%
2021-2250.7%41.0%
2018-1953.0%51.0%
2017-1853.1%48.8%
2016-1752.1%45.7%
2015-1658.0%51.0%
2014-1552.0%49.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Sanchez (George I.) Elementary

Sanchez (George I.) Elementary's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Sanchez (George I.) Elementary this school29380.5%43.9%
New Lexington Elementary
El Monte
31381.5%45.5%
Dewey Avenue Elementary
San Gabriel
34178.3%37.0%
Savannah Elementary
Rosemead
36577.3%42.8%
Willard (Frances E.) Elementary
Rosemead
28179.7%51.4%
John Marshall Elementary
Westminster
32380.8%56.6%
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 Sanchez (George I.) Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn Los Angeles County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
43.9%#2,163 of 5,151#511 of 1,126
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
41.2%#2,206 of 5,172
▼ 526
#547 of 1,129
▼ 170
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
44.9%#2,453 of 5,172
▲ 9
#580 of 1,129
▼ 14
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-2.8pp#1,003 of 5,116#157 of 1,116
Enrollment
ranked largest first
293#4,823 of 5,915#1,081 of 1,300
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
24.4:1#4,047 of 5,352#924 of 1,213
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
51.3%#2,673 of 5,354#430 of 1,214
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
80.5%#2,142 of 5,625#684 of 1,276
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-33.3%#370 of 3,837#171 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 2024-25
Enrollment
293
-58 (-17%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 23.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252931224.4:181% (236)
2023-243011225.1:176% (230)
2022-2328412.223.3:180% (226)
2020-213511523.4:186% (303)
2017-184391824.4:187% (384)
2015-164451824.7:187% (387)
2010-11454N/AN/A91% (412)
2000-015102322.2:192% (469)
1990-915392125.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sanchez (George I.) Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 33% (439 to 293); teachers down 33% (18 to 12).

About Sanchez (George I.) Elementary

Sanchez (George I.) Elementary is an elementary school located in Rosemead, California, in Los Angeles County. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 293 students in 2024-25. The school is 37% below the average for elementary schools in California.

Within Garvey Elementary, Sanchez (George I.) Elementary is one of 11 schools. The district enrolls 4,235 students.

At Sanchez (George I.) Elementary, 55% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 43% Asian. The diversity index for Sanchez (George I.) Elementary is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Sanchez (George I.) Elementary lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 24.4 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 81% of the student body. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 11 points lower.

On the allk12 Grade, Sanchez (George I.) Elementary lands at B, ahead of 64% of California public elementary schools.

BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Sanchez (George I.) Elementary, the prediction is 32.4% and the result is 43.9%.

For Los Angeles County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.

Sanchez (George I.) Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Sanchez (George I.) Elementary ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 43.9% versus a 57.1% average.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 293, down from 351 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 23.4:1 to 24.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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Los Angeles County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Sanchez (George I.) Elementary
District
Garvey Elementary
Address
8470 East Fern Ave., Rosemead, CA 91770
Phone
(626) 307-3368
County
Los Angeles County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–06
Total enrollment
293
Teachers (FTE)
12
Student–teacher ratio
24.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
236 (81%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
061494001894
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Frequently asked questions

About Sanchez (George I.) Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Sanchez (George I.) Elementary?
Sanchez (George I.) Elementary enrolls approximately 293 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Sanchez (George I.) Elementary serve?
Sanchez (George I.) Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Sanchez (George I.) Elementary?
Approximately 24.4:1 students per teacher at Sanchez (George I.) Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Sanchez (George I.) Elementary?
Student demographics at Sanchez (George I.) Elementary are roughly 55% Hispanic, 0% Black, 43% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Sanchez (George I.) Elementary in?
Sanchez (George I.) Elementary is part of Garvey Elementary.
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