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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENDORA UNIFIED·NCES 061527001959
Sutherland Elementary
1330 North Amelia Ave., Glendora, CA 91740 · (626) 852-4614 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
94 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 115 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
64.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.9pp since 2014
Math
59.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 38.5% | 26.4% | 12.6% | 22.5% |
| Math | 29.6% | 29.6% | 25.8% | 15.0% |
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 | 64.9% | 59.2% |
| 2023-24 | 65.9% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.2% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 70.0% | 60.5% |
| 2018-19 | 68.3% | 63.0% |
| 2017-18 | 71.0% | 63.3% |
| 2016-17 | 66.8% | 57.3% |
| 2015-16 | 65.0% | 65.0% |
| 2014-15 | 62.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Sutherland Elementary
Sutherland Elementary's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutherland Elementary this school | 488 | 19.3% | 62.1% |
| Cullen Elementary Glendora | 569 | 19.5% | 65.0% |
| La Fetra Elementary Glendora | 613 | 22.7% | 60.9% |
| Caryn Elementary Alta Loma | 553 | 24.1% | 69.1% |
| Fammatre Elementary San Jose | 482 | 21.8% | 51.5% |
| Arma J. Shull Elementary San Dimas | 633 | 26.1% | 79.8% |
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 Sutherland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #1,020 of 5,151 | #236 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #1,105 of 5,172 ▼ 9 | #261 of 1,129 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #1,025 of 5,172 ▼ 113 | #232 of 1,129 ▼ 29 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.1pp | #934 of 5,116 | #146 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #2,587 of 5,915 | #521 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #807 of 5,352 | #250 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #1,384 of 5,354 | #210 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.3% | #5,176 of 5,625 | #1,213 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #2,409 of 3,837 | #688 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
488
+25 (+5%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 488 | 24.8 | 19.7:1 | 19% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 20.1 | 23.5:1 | 27% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 20.1 | 22.7:1 | 38% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 20 | 23.1:1 | 21% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 22 | 25.3:1 | 26% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 22 | 25.1:1 | 21% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | N/A | N/A | 15% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 480 | 25 | 19.2:1 | 9% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 464 | 18 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sutherland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (556 to 488); teachers up 13% (22 to 24.8).
About Sutherland Elementary
Sutherland Elementary is an elementary school located in Glendora, California, in Los Angeles County. Its 488 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
Glendora Unified has 6,362 students spread across 9 schools.
At 51%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Sutherland Elementary combined. After that, the student body is 22% White, 21% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That is close to the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. Sutherland Elementary has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.7:1, with 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 19% of enrollment. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
Sutherland Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.1% and a predicted 68.3%.
Los Angeles County has these Census figures: median household income is about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Sutherland Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
The closest public school to Sutherland Elementary is Arma J. Shull Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Sutherland Elementary comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Sutherland Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 488, 5% above the 463 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 19.7:1, from 23.1:1.
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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 Glendora Unified
- Glendora HighHigh · 2,069 students
- Goddard MiddleMiddle · 728 students
- Sandburg MiddleMiddle · 695 students
- La Fetra ElementaryElementary · 613 students
- Cullen ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Stanton ElementaryElementary · 551 students
Other schools in Glendora
- Glendora HighHigh · 2,069 students
- Goddard MiddleMiddle · 728 students
- Sandburg MiddleMiddle · 695 students
- La Fetra ElementaryElementary · 613 students
- Cullen ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Stanton ElementaryElementary · 551 students
Other Sutherland Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Sutherland Elementary. Sutherland Elementary is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Sutherland ElementaryStockton, CA · 360 students
- Sutherland Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 641 students
- SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM HARBOR, FL · 564 students
- Sutherland ElementarySutherland, VA · 548 students
- SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSUTHERLAND, NE · 164 students
Nearby schools
- Arma J. Shull Elementary0.6 mi · 633
- Vista (Alternative)0.8 mi · 11
- Chaparral High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 54
- Glendora High1.1 mi · 2,069
- Gladstone Elementary1.2 mi · 518
- Fred Ekstrand Elementary1.4 mi · 475
Frequently asked questions
About Sutherland ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sutherland Elementary?
Sutherland Elementary enrolls approximately 488 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sutherland Elementary serve?
Sutherland Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sutherland Elementary?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at Sutherland Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Sutherland Elementary?
Student demographics at Sutherland Elementary are roughly 22% White, 51% Hispanic, 0% Black, 21% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sutherland Elementary in?
Sutherland Elementary is part of Glendora Unified.
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