Washington Elementary

Located at 9725 East Jefferson St., in Bellflower, California, Washington Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school that caters to 579 students (grades K through 6), operated by Bellflower Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 25% bigger than typical.

Washington Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Bellflower Unified, a district that teaches 9,573 students overall.

On demographics, Washington Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment; the rest consists of 8% Black, 7% Asian, 5% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Washington Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.4%, the actual is 19.6%, a residual of -5.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Washington Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Frank E. Woodruff Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Washington Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.8%.

Washington Elementary operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 724 students in 2018 compared to 579 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 84% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

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