Vejar Elementary

Located at 20222 Vejar Rd., in Walnut, California, Vejar Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that serves 631 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Walnut Valley Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 36% above typical.

Walnut Valley Unified comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 13,992 students; Vejar Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Vejar Elementary lists that 61% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Vejar Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at Vejar Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Vejar Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.3%; this one delivers 68.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Vejar Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Cyrus J. Morris Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Vejar Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.4%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 10%: 573 students in 2018 compared to 631 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 28.6:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.