Sanchez (George I.) Elementary

Sanchez (George I.) Elementary, an intimate elementary school in Rosemead, California, part of Garvey Elementary, instructs 293 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 37% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Garvey Elementary comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 4,235 students; Sanchez (George I.) Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Sanchez (George I.) Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 43% Asian.

On the resource side, Sanchez (George I.) Elementary lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Sanchez (George I.) Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Sanchez (George I.) Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Temple (Roger W.) Intermediate, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sanchez (George I.) Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sanchez (George I.) Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sanchez (George I.) Elementary has declined 33%, going from 439 students in 2018 to 293 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 45% to 55%.

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