Villacorta Elementary

Set in La Puente, California, Villacorta Elementary is an intimate elementary school, overseen by Rowland Unified. It instructs 261 students across grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 44% below typical.

Rowland Unified comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 11,541 students; Villacorta Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Villacorta Elementary logs that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 7% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Villacorta Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.7%.

Zooming out to the 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 roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Villacorta 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 Giano Intermediate, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Villacorta Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 25.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 39%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 261 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.