Washington Elementary

Set in Pomona, California, Washington Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary school, part of Pomona Unified. It teaches 645 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 39% above the state mean of about 465.

Pomona Unified comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 20,422 students; Washington Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Washington Elementary records that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 2% White, 2% Asian, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at Washington Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Washington Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.9%, the actual is 20.6%, a residual of -2.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Washington Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Alcott Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Washington Elementary at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 22.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Washington Elementary's enrollment has climbed 3% since 2018, when it stood at 625 (now 645). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 97% to 92% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 26.0:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 in 2025.

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