Stanley G. Oswalt Academy

Stanley G. Oswalt Academy is a primary school of heavily attended scale in Walnut, California, overseen by Rowland Unified, caters to 879 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Stanley G. Oswalt Academy sits 89% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 21 schools in Rowland Unified (11,541 students total), Stanley G. Oswalt Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stanley G. Oswalt Academy lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 44% Asian, 5% multiracial, 2% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stanley G. Oswalt Academy 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 45.7%; this one delivers 62.7%, a residual of +17.0 points.

Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Stanley G. Oswalt Academy is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Cyrus J. Morris Elementary, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stanley G. Oswalt Academy. On composite proficiency, Stanley G. Oswalt Academy comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Stanley G. Oswalt Academy's enrollment has fell 20% since 2018, when it stood at 1,094 (now 879). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 43% to 47%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 24.8:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Stanley G. Oswalt Academy typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.