Washington Elementary

Located at 325 West Gladstone, in Glendora, California, Washington Elementary is a mid-sized elementary-level community that instructs 421 students (grades K through 6), part of Charter Oak Unified.

Washington Elementary is one of 10 schools operated by Charter Oak Unified, a district that works with 4,296 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Washington Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 16% White, 11% Asian, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Washington Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 41.4%; actual is 58.4%, +17.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Washington Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Whitcomb Continuation High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Washington Elementary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 40.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 444 students in 2018 compared to 421 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 61% to 66% across the same window.

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