William Northrup Elementary

Located at 409 South Atlantic Blvd., in Alhambra, California, William Northrup Elementary is a heavily attended primary school that teaches 814 students (grades K through 8), run under Alhambra Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 75% above the state mean of about 465.

Alhambra Unified comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 14,548 students; William Northrup Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, William Northrup Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 32% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, William Northrup Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.7%, the actual is 53.5%, a residual of +1.8 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that 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. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), William Northrup Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Alhambra High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts William Northrup Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 50.4%.

William Northrup Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 32%: 618 students in 2018 compared to 814 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 54% to 32%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 in 2025.

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