Workman Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 17% |
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 22 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.5% | 26.9% | 25.6% | 25.0% |
| Math | 19.3% | 29.8% | 26.7% | 24.2% |
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.4% | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 41.9% |
| 2022-23 | 45.1% | 41.6% |
| 2021-22 | 47.8% | 37.5% |
| 2018-19 | 50.6% | 38.9% |
| 2017-18 | 41.3% | 30.7% |
| 2016-17 | 41.9% | 36.7% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 27.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
Where Workman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #1,973 of 5,151 | #455 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #1,655 of 5,172 | #388 of 1,129 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #2,082 of 5,172 | #478 of 1,129 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.6pp | #1,215 of 5,116 | #383 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #4,308 of 5,915 | #933 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,089 of 5,352 | #751 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #4,174 of 5,354 | #793 of 1,214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #3,238 of 3,837 | #837 of 947 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 347 | 15 | 23.1:1 | 82% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 14 | 22.3:1 | 84% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 14 | 23.5:1 | 74% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 15 | 24.5:1 | 88% (324) |
About Workman Elementary
A low-enrollment elementary school in La Puente, California, Workman Elementary is part of Hacienda la Puente Unified. It educates 347 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Workman Elementary belongs to Hacienda la Puente Unified, a district of 35 schools and 16,260 students.
Most students at Workman Elementary are Hispanic: 86% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 5% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 2% White. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Workman Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 25%.
Staffing totals 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 82%. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
After accounting for student poverty, Workman Elementary is in the top 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.4% is 14.9 points above the 31.4% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
La Puente High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Workman Elementary's average proficiency of 46.4% compares with 29.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
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.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 347 was 6% lower than in 2017-18, when it was 368. The share of Hispanic students decreased 7 points, from 93% to 86%. Students per teacher fell from 24.5 in 2017-18 to 23.1 in 2024-25.
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