Vineland Elementary

Vineland Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Baldwin Park, California, overseen by Baldwin Park Unified. The school hosts 604 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 30% bigger than typical.

Within Baldwin Park Unified, which oversees 17 schools and 9,856 students, Vineland Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Vineland Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Other groups include 6% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Vineland Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.6%; this one delivers 22.6%.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Vineland Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Charles D. Jones Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Vineland Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 34.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Vineland Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 674 (now 604). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.