Suva Elementary

Suva Elementary is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in Bell Gardens, California, operated by Montebello Unified, with 562 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Suva Elementary is one of 29 schools operated by Montebello Unified, a district that caters to 19,149 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Suva Elementary logs that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Suva Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Suva Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.7%; this one delivers 16.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household earnings sit near $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%. Suva Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Suva Intermediate, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Suva Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Suva Elementary's enrollment has shrank 38% since 2018, when it stood at 907 (now 562). Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.9:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Suva Elementary community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.