Stanton Elementary

As a moderately sized elementary campus in Glendora, California, Stanton Elementary serves 551 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Glendora Unified.

Glendora Unified runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 6,362 students. Stanton Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Stanton Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school shows 15% White, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Stanton Elementary lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.5:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 41% of students at Stanton Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Stanton Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 55.2%; this one comes in at 40.4%, -14.8 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Stanton Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Whitcomb Continuation High, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stanton Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.5%.

Stanton Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stanton Elementary has edged down 4%, going from 571 students in 2018 to 551 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 22% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

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