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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Vejar Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
631
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALNUT VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 064128006841
Vejar Elementary
20222 Vejar Rd., Walnut, CA 91789 · (909) 594-1434 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL631 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
203 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 | 129 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
67.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.0pp since 2014
Math
66.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.2% | 26.8% | 16.2% | 16.8% |
| Math | 40.6% | 26.0% | 21.2% | 12.2% |
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 | 67.0% | 66.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 70.7% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 60.6% |
| 2021-22 | 65.3% | 65.5% |
| 2018-19 | 68.9% | 76.7% |
| 2017-18 | 73.1% | 79.4% |
| 2016-17 | 66.3% | 74.8% |
| 2015-16 | 66.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Vejar Elementary
Vejar Elementary's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vejar Elementary this school | 631 | 32.2% | 67.8% |
| Hugo Reid Elementary Arcadia | 583 | 34.5% | 64.5% |
| Vinci Park Elementary San Jose | 529 | 31.2% | 63.3% |
| Collegewood Elementary Walnut Valley | 606 | 26.4% | 62.9% |
| Millbrook Elementary San Jose | 503 | 30.8% | 68.3% |
| Brightwood Elementary Monterey Park | 804 | 31.3% | 68.5% |
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 Vejar Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #753 of 5,151 | #168 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #750 of 5,172 ▼ 182 | #166 of 1,129 ▼ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #906 of 5,172 ▼ 18 | #203 of 1,129 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #2,887 of 5,116 | #713 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 631 | #1,150 of 5,915 | #219 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #3,014 of 5,352 | #741 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #2,509 of 5,354 | #393 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.2% | #4,674 of 5,625 | #1,118 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.1% | #512 of 1,139 | #85 of 181 |
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
631
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 631 | 27.4 | 23.0:1 | 32% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 636 | 25 | 25.4:1 | 34% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 24 | 26.8:1 | 31% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 627 | 25 | 25.1:1 | 27% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 20 | 28.6:1 | 25% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 575 | 22 | 26.1:1 | 18% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | N/A | N/A | 23% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 606 | 30 | 20.2:1 | 9% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 642 | 25 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vejar Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (573 to 631); teachers up 37% (20 to 27.4).
About Vejar Elementary
Vejar Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Walnut, California. The student body numbers 631 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 36% larger than that.
Federal data list 15 schools in Walnut Valley Unified, with 13,992 students enrolled.
A majority of students at Vejar Elementary, 61%, are Asian. The rest of enrollment is 31% Hispanic, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Asian share is about 15%. The chance that two students picked at random at Vejar Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Federal data list 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Vejar Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 23.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 32%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Vejar Elementary is 7.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (67.8% versus 60.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Vejar Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, which together enroll about 1,265,907 students.
The closest public school, Cyrus J. Morris Elementary, is about 0.5 miles from Vejar Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Vejar Elementary ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (627) to 2024-25 (631). The ratio of students to teachers went from 25.1:1 to 23.0:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Vejar Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Walnut Valley Unified
- Diamond Bar HighHigh · 2,563 students
- Walnut HighHigh · 2,148 students
- Chaparral MiddleMiddle · 1,349 students
- Suzanne MiddleMiddle · 1,190 students
- South Pointe MiddleMiddle · 979 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 709 students
Other schools in Walnut
- Walnut HighHigh · 2,148 students
- Suzanne MiddleMiddle · 1,190 students
- South Pointe MiddleMiddle · 979 students
- Stanley G. Oswalt AcademyElementary · 879 students
- Walnut ElementaryElementary · 706 students
- Leonard G. Westhoff ElementaryElementary · 654 students
Other Vejar Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Vejar Elementary. Vejar Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Vejar ElementaryPomona, CA · 741 students
Nearby schools
- Cyrus J. Morris Elementary0.5 mi · 485
- Ron Hockwalt Academies (Continuation)0.7 mi · 36
- Walnut High0.7 mi · 2,148
- Suzanne Middle0.9 mi · 1,190
- Walnut Elementary1.1 mi · 706
- Hollingworth Elementary1.2 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About Vejar ElementaryHow large is Vejar Elementary?
Vejar Elementary enrolls approximately 631 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Vejar Elementary serve?
Vejar Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Vejar Elementary have?
Vejar Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Vejar Elementary?
Student demographics at Vejar Elementary are roughly 4% White, 31% Hispanic, 1% Black, 61% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Vejar Elementary in?
Vejar Elementary is part of Walnut Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.