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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Victor F. Hodge Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AZUSA UNIFIED·NCES 060360000275
Victor F. Hodge Elementary
700 West 11th St., Azusa, CA 91702 · (626) 815-4800 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% 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.
- B-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
20.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
366 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 110 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 67% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Victor F. Hodge Elementary→Gladstone Middle
Based on grade levels within Azusa Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.0pp since 2014
Math
36.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.1% | 19.9% | 22.2% | 39.8% |
| Math | 12.9% | 23.5% | 29.0% | 34.6% |
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 | 38.0% | 36.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.9% | 32.6% |
| 2022-23 | 32.8% | 33.4% |
| 2021-22 | 34.4% | 37.4% |
| 2018-19 | 41.9% | 41.9% |
| 2017-18 | 43.8% | 39.8% |
| 2016-17 | 39.8% | 42.1% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Victor F. Hodge Elementary
Victor F. Hodge Elementary's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor F. Hodge Elementary this school | 460 | 79.6% | 34.2% |
| Christian Sorensen Science Academy Whittier | 446 | 79.6% | 39.6% |
| Laurel Elementary Whittier | 465 | 81.3% | 40.0% |
| Mar Vista Elementary Oxnard | 464 | 81.5% | 27.4% |
| Sunflower Elementary El Centro | 427 | 79.2% | 42.5% |
| Hemet Dual Language Academy Hemet | 476 | 81.7% | 35.8% |
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 Victor F. Hodge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #3,045 of 5,151 | #759 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #2,601 of 5,172 ▲ 221 | #660 of 1,129 ▲ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,130 of 5,172 ▲ 661 | #755 of 1,129 ▲ 148 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #2,894 of 5,116 | #715 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #2,903 of 5,915 | #590 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,444 of 5,352 | #435 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #4,689 of 5,354 | #972 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #2,227 of 5,625 | #704 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #1,101 of 3,837 | #406 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
460
-160 (-26%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 460 | 22 | 20.9:1 | 80% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 23.1 | 20.9:1 | 81% (390) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 25.1 | 21.6:1 | 78% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 26 | 23.9:1 | 69% (428) |
| 2017-18 | 596 | 24 | 24.8:1 | 68% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 629 | 25 | 25.2:1 | 68% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 639 | N/A | N/A | 72% (461) |
| 2000-01 | 505 | 25 | 20.2:1 | 65% (328) |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 17 | 28.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Victor F. Hodge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (596 to 460); teachers down 8% (24 to 22).
About Victor F. Hodge Elementary
Victor F. Hodge Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Azusa, California. Enrollment totals 460 students across kindergarten through 5.
Victor F. Hodge Elementary belongs to Azusa Unified, a district of 10 schools and 6,028 students.
By race and ethnicity, Victor F. Hodge Elementary is 92% Hispanic. Other groups include 3% White and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Victor F. Hodge Elementary is 20.9:1, based on 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Lunch program data show 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
Victor F. Hodge Elementary holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of California public elementary schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 32.9%. Victor F. Hodge Elementary scores 34.2%.
The county, Los Angeles County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
About 0.8 miles separate Victor F. Hodge Elementary from the closest public school, Henry Dalton Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Victor F. Hodge Elementary ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 34.2% versus a 36.6% average.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 620 to 460, a 26% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.9:1) than in 2020-21 (23.9:1).
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Azusa Unified
- Azusa HighHigh · 1,609 students
- Gladstone MiddleMiddle · 1,326 students
- Valleydale ElementaryElementary · 526 students
- Paramount ElementaryElementary · 513 students
- Clifford D. Murray ElementaryElementary · 397 students
- Charles H. Lee ElementaryElementary · 378 students
Other schools in Azusa
- Azusa HighHigh · 1,609 students
- Valleydale ElementaryElementary · 526 students
- Paramount ElementaryElementary · 513 students
- Clifford D. Murray ElementaryElementary · 397 students
- Charles H. Lee ElementaryElementary · 378 students
- Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 367 students
Nearby schools
- Henry Dalton Elementary0.8 mi · 333
- Charles H. Lee Elementary1.2 mi · 378
- Azusa High1.5 mi · 1,609
- Valley View Acad of Tech and Creative Lrng (TK-6)1.5 mi · 317
- Paramount Elementary1.6 mi · 513
- Sandburg Middle2.1 mi · 695
Frequently asked questions
About Victor F. Hodge ElementaryHow many students attend Victor F. Hodge Elementary?
Victor F. Hodge Elementary enrolls approximately 460 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Victor F. Hodge Elementary serve?
Victor F. Hodge Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Victor F. Hodge Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Victor F. Hodge Elementary is approximately 20.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Victor F. Hodge Elementary?
At Victor F. Hodge Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Victor F. Hodge Elementary public or private?
Victor F. Hodge Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Azusa Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.