Walnut Elementary

Walnut Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in Baldwin Park, California, overseen by Baldwin Park Unified, with 541 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Walnut Elementary is one of 17 schools operated by Baldwin Park Unified, a district that works with 9,856 students overall.

On demographics, Walnut Elementary shows that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Walnut Elementary shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Walnut Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Walnut Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Olive Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Walnut Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 33.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 557 students in 2018 compared to 541 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 24.5:1 in 2025.

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