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Enrollment
879
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROWLAND UNIFIED·NCES 063375008956
Stanley G. Oswalt Academy
19501 Shadow Oak Dr., Walnut, CA 91789 · (626) 810-4109 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL879 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
24.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
499 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 | 111 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 99 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 92 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 97 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 14% larger than its 8th grade class (97).
Student demographics
58%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
68.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.6pp since 2014
Math
55.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.5% | 28.1% | 18.4% | 13.0% |
| Math | 31.6% | 24.2% | 21.5% | 22.7% |
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 year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.6% | 55.8% |
| 2023-24 | 69.9% | 55.3% |
| 2022-23 | 70.2% | 51.3% |
| 2021-22 | 68.4% | 52.1% |
| 2018-19 | 66.0% | 52.9% |
| 2017-18 | 64.3% | 56.9% |
| 2016-17 | 64.9% | 58.4% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 60.0% |
| 2014-15 | 66.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Stanley G. Oswalt Academy
Stanley G. Oswalt Academy's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley G. Oswalt Academy this school | 879 | 56.8% | 62.4% |
| Sequoia Elementary Fresno | 696 | 63.5% | 54.9% |
| Guy Jr. Emanuele Elementary Union City | 746 | 62.9% | 39.6% |
| Mesa Elementary West Covina | 753 | 53.7% | 63.8% |
| Orchard Elementary San Jose | 740 | 50.1% | 33.6% |
| John S. Wash Elementary Fresno | 838 | 60.3% | 52.1% |
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 Stanley G. Oswalt Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #1,003 of 5,151 | #230 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #1,268 of 5,172 ▼ 51 | #293 of 1,129 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #813 of 5,172 ▼ 89 | #185 of 1,129 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #2,691 of 5,116 | #669 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 879 | #201 of 5,915 | #30 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #4,307 of 5,352 | #977 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #2,032 of 5,354 | #311 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #3,611 of 5,625 | #953 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #1,466 of 3,837 | #506 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
879
-83 (-9%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 1,035
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 879 | 35.5 | 24.8:1 | 57% (499) |
| 2023-24 | 873 | 34.5 | 25.3:1 | 57% (497) |
| 2022-23 | 868 | 34.8 | 24.9:1 | 58% (504) |
| 2020-21 | 962 | 38 | 25.3:1 | 46% (440) |
| 2017-18 | 1,094 | 42.4 | 25.8:1 | 47% (509) |
| 2015-16 | 1,092 | 41 | 26.6:1 | 36% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 960 | N/A | N/A | 23% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 1,000 | 44 | 22.7:1 | 13% (126) |
| 1990-91 | 1,035 | 37 | 28.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stanley G. Oswalt Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (1,094 to 879); teachers down 16% (42.4 to 35.5).
About Stanley G. Oswalt Academy
Students in Walnut, California, attend Stanley G. Oswalt Academy, a large elementary school. A federal count lists 879 students at the school, in kindergarten through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 89% larger than that.
Rowland Unified includes 21 schools. Together they enroll 11,541 students.
The most common group at Stanley G. Oswalt Academy is Hispanic students, at 47%. It is also 44% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 2% White. That is close to the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. Stanley G. Oswalt Academy's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.8:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 57%. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 13 points higher.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Stanley G. Oswalt Academy receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Stanley G. Oswalt Academy is among the top 10% of schools in California. Predicted: 46.3%. Actual: 62.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, enrolling about 1,265,907 students in all.
The school nearest to Stanley G. Oswalt Academy is Cyrus J. Morris Elementary, at a distance of about 1.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Stanley G. Oswalt Academy is 4th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Stanley G. Oswalt Academy's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment dropped 9% from its 2020-21 level of 962.
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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
- Blandford ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- Ybarra Academy for the Arts and TechnologyElementary · 630 students
- Alvarado IntermediateMiddle · 624 students
- Telesis Academy of Science & MathElementary · 621 students
Other schools in Walnut
- Walnut HighHigh · 2,148 students
- Suzanne MiddleMiddle · 1,190 students
- South Pointe MiddleMiddle · 979 students
- Walnut ElementaryElementary · 706 students
- Leonard G. Westhoff ElementaryElementary · 654 students
- Vejar ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Cyrus J. Morris Elementary1.2 mi · 485
- Vejar Elementary1.3 mi · 631
- Nogales High1.3 mi · 1,535
- Hollingworth Elementary1.3 mi · 382
- Leonard G. Westhoff Elementary1.4 mi · 654
- Telesis Academy of Science & Math1.4 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Stanley G. Oswalt AcademyHow many students attend Stanley G. Oswalt Academy?
Stanley G. Oswalt Academy enrolls approximately 879 students in grades KG-08.
Is Stanley G. Oswalt Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stanley G. Oswalt Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Stanley G. Oswalt Academy have?
Stanley G. Oswalt Academy employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Stanley G. Oswalt Academy?
Student demographics at Stanley G. Oswalt Academy are roughly 2% White, 47% Hispanic, 1% Black, 44% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Stanley G. Oswalt Academy in?
Stanley G. Oswalt Academy is part of Rowland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.