Walnut Elementary

Walnut Elementary is a well-populated elementary campus in Walnut, California, part of Walnut Valley Unified. The school caters to 706 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 52% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 15 schools in Walnut Valley Unified (13,992 students total), Walnut Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Walnut Elementary logs that 78% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 15% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 25% of students at Walnut Elementary qualify 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 below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walnut Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.5%; this one delivers 78.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $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), Walnut Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Ron Hockwalt Academies (Continuation) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walnut Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Walnut Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 63.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 686 students in 2018 compared to 706 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 63% to 78% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.