Enrollment
304
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BASSETT UNIFIED·NCES 060411000376
Sunkist Elementary
935 Mayland Ave., La Puente, CA 91746 · (626) 931-7700 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
284 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Bassett Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
25.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.0pp since 2014
Math
20.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.6% | 16.4% | 28.9% | 46.0% |
| Math | 9.4% | 11.3% | 28.1% | 51.3% |
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 | 25.0% | 20.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.8% | 22.4% |
| 2022-23 | 30.2% | 18.7% |
| 2021-22 | 28.2% | 16.7% |
| 2018-19 | 41.3% | 30.6% |
| 2017-18 | 36.4% | 31.2% |
| 2016-17 | 28.0% | 24.1% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Sunkist Elementary
Sunkist Elementary's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunkist Elementary this school | 304 | 93.4% | 23.2% |
| Esplanade Elementary Orange | 288 | 94.8% | 28.5% |
| Arminta Street Elementary North Hollywood | 317 | 93.7% | 34.6% |
| International Community Elementary Oakland | 301 | 94.0% | 15.8% |
| Fullbright Avenue Elementary Canoga Park | 321 | 91.3% | 29.9% |
| A. J. Dorsa Elementary San Jose | 284 | 90.1% | 15.7% |
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 Sunkist Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #4,264 of 5,151 | #1,031 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #4,238 of 5,172 ▼ 324 | #1,035 of 1,129 ▼ 75 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #4,475 of 5,172 ▼ 159 | #1,050 of 1,129 ▼ 39 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #3,205 of 5,116 | #779 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #4,726 of 5,915 | #1,049 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #1,961 of 5,352 | #558 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.1% | #4,646 of 5,354 | #952 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #649 of 5,625 | #296 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.0% | #428 of 3,837 | #191 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
304
-99 (-25%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 304 | 14 | 21.7:1 | 93% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 15 | 21.3:1 | 92% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 15 | 23.6:1 | 89% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 17 | 23.7:1 | 88% (354) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 18 | 24.8:1 | 89% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 19 | 24.9:1 | 93% (440) |
| 2010-11 | 628 | N/A | N/A | 90% (568) |
| 2000-01 | 791 | 36 | 22.0:1 | 87% (689) |
| 1990-91 | 713 | 27 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunkist Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (447 to 304); teachers down 22% (18 to 14).
About Sunkist Elementary
Sunkist Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school found in La Puente, California. The school's 304 students are in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 35% lower than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Besides Sunkist Elementary, Bassett Unified runs 6 other schools. The district enrolls 2,798 students.
Sunkist Elementary enrolls a student body that is 91% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 5% Asian. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Sunkist Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 21.7:1, with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 93% of enrollment. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
The allk12 Grade for Sunkist Elementary is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 22% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Sunkist Elementary's results are 1.6 points below predicted: 23.2% against 24.8%.
Across Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Sunkist Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
The shortest distance from Sunkist Elementary to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to J. E. Van Wig Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Sunkist Elementary ranks 7th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 25%, from 403 to 304. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 21.7:1, from 23.7:1.
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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 Bassett Unified
- Bassett Senior HighHigh · 747 students
- Don Julian ElementaryElementary · 544 students
- Edgewood AcademyElementary · 478 students
- Torch MiddleMiddle · 345 students
- J. E. Van Wig ElementaryElementary · 334 students
- Nueva Vista Continuation HighHigh · 46 students
Other schools in La Puente
- Nogales HighHigh · 1,535 students
- La Puente HighHigh · 813 students
- Fairgrove AcademyElementary · 749 students
- Bassett Senior HighHigh · 747 students
- Sparks MiddleMiddle · 600 students
- Don Julian ElementaryElementary · 544 students
Other Sunkist Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Sunkist Elementary. Sunkist Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Sunkist ElementaryAnaheim, CA · 665 students
- Sunkist ElementaryPort Hueneme, CA · 523 students
Nearby schools
- J. E. Van Wig Elementary0.3 mi · 334
- Nueva Vista Continuation High0.3 mi · 46
- Bassett Senior High0.3 mi · 747
- Edgewood Academy0.4 mi · 478
- Torch Middle0.5 mi · 345
- Lassalette0.9 mi · 279
Frequently asked questions
About Sunkist ElementaryHow large is Sunkist Elementary?
Sunkist Elementary enrolls approximately 304 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sunkist Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sunkist Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Sunkist Elementary have?
Sunkist Elementary employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Sunkist Elementary?
Student demographics at Sunkist Elementary are roughly 2% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Sunkist Elementary?
Sunkist Elementary is overseen by Bassett Unified in Los Angeles County.
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