Willow Elementary

As an average-sized elementary campus in South Gate, California, Willow Elementary works with 420 students from grades K through 5, part of Los Angeles Unified.

Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), Willow Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Willow Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, Willow Elementary logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Willow Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Willow Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 23.9%; Willow Elementary posts 44.2%, +20.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the 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%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Willow Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: KIPP Corazon Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Willow Elementary. On composite proficiency, Willow Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 31.9%.

Willow Elementary operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Willow Elementary has ticked down 24%, going from 550 students in 2018 to 420 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

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