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If you could change one rule at William Northrup Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
814
Elementary
DISTRICT 656 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALHAMBRA UNIFIED·NCES 060015310945
William Northrup Elementary
409 South Atlantic Blvd., Alhambra, CA 91801 · (626) 943-6620 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL814 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
380 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is 113% larger than its 8th grade class (61).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
60.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.4pp since 2014
Math
55.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.3% | 26.1% | 18.9% | 20.7% |
| Math | 36.0% | 19.6% | 21.5% | 22.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.4% | 55.5% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.2% | 48.3% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 46.8% |
| 2018-19 | 49.0% | 39.1% |
| 2017-18 | 45.6% | 36.1% |
| 2016-17 | 49.0% | 42.8% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like William Northrup Elementary
William Northrup Elementary's state test result (55.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Northrup Elementary this school | 814 | 46.7% | 55.7% |
| Repetto Elementary Monterey Park | 739 | 42.4% | 62.4% |
| Martha Baldwin Elementary Alhambra | 923 | 45.1% | 63.8% |
| Longden Elementary Temple City | 936 | 44.2% | 63.9% |
| Sunset Lane Elementary Fullerton | 700 | 41.9% | 68.9% |
| Michael G. Wickman Elementary Chino Hills | 710 | 45.1% | 79.0% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where William Northrup Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #1,366 of 5,151 | #311 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #1,283 of 5,172 ▲ 66 | #297 of 1,129 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #1,293 of 5,172 ▲ 128 | #290 of 1,129 ▲ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.6pp | #987 of 5,116 | #325 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 814 | #346 of 5,915 | #54 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #2,207 of 5,352 | #609 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #2,493 of 5,354 | #390 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #4,056 of 5,625 | #1,021 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.7% | #123 of 1,139 | #21 of 181 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
814
+378 (+87%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 765
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 25.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 814 | 37 | 22.0:1 | 47% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 766 | 38 | 20.2:1 | 63% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 793 | 35.5 | 22.4:1 | 57% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 17 | 25.6:1 | 72% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 618 | 26.1 | 23.7:1 | 83% (511) |
| 2015-16 | 681 | 27 | 25.2:1 | 81% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 765 | N/A | N/A | 83% (637) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William Northrup Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (618 to 814); teachers up 42% (26.1 to 37).
About William Northrup Elementary
William Northrup Elementary is a large elementary school based in Alhambra, California. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 814 students. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Within Alhambra Unified, William Northrup Elementary is one of 16 schools. The district enrolls 14,548 students.
A majority of students at William Northrup Elementary, 60%, are Asian. Other reported shares: 32% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Los Angeles County's residents are about 15% Asian, 45 points below the school's share. William Northrup Elementary has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 37 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 22.0:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 47% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
William Northrup Elementary scores 55.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 52.2%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. William Northrup Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, which together enroll about 1,265,907 students.
The nearest public school is Alhambra High, at about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. William Northrup Elementary places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
William Northrup Elementary reported 436 students in 2020-21 and 814 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. The school's ratio fell from 25.6:1 to 22.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alhambra Unified
- Mark Keppel HighHigh · 2,201 students
- Alhambra HighHigh · 2,056 students
- San Gabriel HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Martha Baldwin ElementaryElementary · 923 students
- Monterey Highlands ElementaryElementary · 917 students
- Brightwood ElementaryElementary · 804 students
Other schools in Alhambra
- Mark Keppel HighHigh · 2,201 students
- Alhambra HighHigh · 2,056 students
- Martha Baldwin ElementaryElementary · 923 students
- Fremont ElementaryElementary · 654 students
- Ramona ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Park ElementaryElementary · 581 students
Nearby schools
- Alhambra High0.6 mi · 2,056
- Park Elementary0.8 mi · 581
- Ramona Elementary0.8 mi · 650
- Marguerita Elementary0.8 mi · 445
- Garfield Elementary1.0 mi · 577
- Martha Baldwin Elementary1.1 mi · 923
Frequently asked questions
About William Northrup ElementaryHow many students attend William Northrup Elementary?
William Northrup Elementary enrolls approximately 814 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does William Northrup Elementary serve?
William Northrup Elementary serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does William Northrup Elementary have?
William Northrup Elementary employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.0:1.
What is the student diversity at William Northrup Elementary?
Student demographics at William Northrup Elementary are roughly 1% White, 32% Hispanic, 0% Black, 60% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees William Northrup Elementary?
William Northrup Elementary is overseen by Alhambra Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.