Willard Elementary

Willard Elementary is a small elementary school in Pasadena, California, part of Pasadena Unified. The school serves 394 students in grades K through 5.

Within Pasadena Unified, which oversees 23 schools and 13,639 students, Willard Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Willard Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 11% White, 10% Asian, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Willard Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Willard Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.2%, the actual is 46.1%, a residual of +4.9 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Willard Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Rose City High (Continuation) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Willard Elementary. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Willard Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 76.9%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Willard Elementary has shrank 38%, going from 640 students in 2018 to 394 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.