Vine Elementary

Located at 1901 East Vine Ave., in West Covina, California, Vine Elementary is a close-knit primary school that caters to 346 students (grades K through 5), part of West Covina Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Vine Elementary sits 26% below that benchmark.

Across the 15 schools in West Covina Unified (7,703 students total), Vine Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Vine Elementary reports that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 18% Asian, 5% multiracial, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Vine Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.3%; actual is 51.6%, +19.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that 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. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Vine Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hollencrest Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vine Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 33%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 346 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 67% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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