Is Blandford Elementary a good school?

Blandford Elementary ranks 1582 nd of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Blandford Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 674 students attended Blandford Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Blandford Elementary?

Students at Blandford Elementary are 62% Asian, 31% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 1% African American, 1% White.

What schools do graduates of Blandford Elementary attend?

Students who attend Blandford Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Alvarado Intermediate High : John A. Rowland High

Blandford Elementary

Summary:

Blandford Elementary is a public elementary school located in Rowland Heights, California, serving 674 students in grades K-6. It is part of the Rowland Unified School District, which is ranked 759 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

Blandford Elementary consistently outperforms the district and state in academic assessments, with 56.14% of students proficient or better in Smarter Balanced Assessments/English Language Arts/Literacy for End of Course, compared to 47.81% for Rowland Unified and 47.04% for California. The school also performs particularly well for certain student subgroups, ranking in the top 25% of California elementary schools for male students, Asian students, and low socioeconomic status students. Additionally, Blandford Elementary has relatively low chronic absenteeism rates at 12.3%, compared to the district's 14.5%.

When compared to nearby schools in the Rowland Unified district, such as Yorbita Elementary and Rowland Elementary, Blandford stands out as a high-performing school with consistently strong academic achievement and a diverse student population. While the school has maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and a top 25% statewide ranking, there are still areas for potential improvement, such as the relatively low performance of Asian students and the higher chronic absenteeism rates compared to the state average.

Detail:

Public K-6

2601 Blandford Dr.
Rowland Heights, CA 91748-4816

(626) 965-3410

District: Rowland Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1582^nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Blandford Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Alvarado Intermediate
High:	John A. Rowland High

Student/teacher ratio: 25.4

Number of students: 674

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

61.6%

Hispanic:

31.0%

Two or more races:

4.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 70.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Blandford Elementary ranks better than 73% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 3^rd among 14 ranked elementary schools in the Rowland Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 70.17. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Asian (61.6%), Hispanic (31%), two or more races (4.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 70.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Blandford Elementary is 25.4. 11 elementary schools in the Rowland Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Blandford Elementary employs 26.4 full-time teachers.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Blandford Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Blandford Elementary 1582^nd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Blandford Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Rowland Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Rowland Unified 759^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Blandford Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Blandford Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	90.75	472^nd	4809	90.2%
2005	92.04	380^th	4822	92.1%
2006	92.43	365^th	4818	92.4%
2007	92.95	349^th	5113	93.2%
2008	93.77	259^th	5113	94.9%
2009	91.55	384^th	5193	92.6%
2010	90.55	409^th	5314	92.3%
2011	86.93	644^th	5377	88.0%
2012	86.22	663^rd	5390	87.7%
2013	88.00	580^th	5530	89.5%
2015	91.91	514^th	5611	90.8%
2016	91.73	513^th	5614	90.9%
2017	90.85	591^st	5692	89.6%
2018	90.17	630^th	5662	88.9%
2019	87.41	777^th	5789	86.6%
2022	81.70	1110^th	5883	81.1%
2023	79.43	1188^th	5874	79.8%
2024	70.17	1582^nd	5862	73.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Blandford Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	82.73	291^st	3246	91.0%
2019	78.29	342^nd	3275	89.6%
2022	73.57	418^th	3311	87.4%
2023	72.46	441^st	3250	86.4%
2024	57.43	820^th	3160	74.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Blandford Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	84.75	238^th	2420	90.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Blandford Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	93.50	170^th	5084	96.7%
2019	90.74	276^th	5173	94.7%
2022	89.79	356^th	5264	93.2%
2023	88.30	452^nd	5374	91.6%
2024	77.78	934^th	5511	83.1%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Blandford Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	99.39	3^rd	356	99.2%
2024	83.69	34^th	364	90.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Blandford Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	91.46	476^th	5413	91.2%
2019	88.61	634^th	5492	88.5%
2022	76.87	1249^th	5635	77.8%
2023	71.54	1437^th	5617	74.4%
2024	64.85	1715^th	5605	69.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Blandford Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	86.58	770^th	5431	85.8%
2019	81.04	1018^th	5510	81.5%
2022	83.56	938^th	5663	83.4%
2023	84.08	923^rd	5650	83.7%
2024	72.38	1393^rd	5636	75.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at Blandford Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	68.43	394^th	1071	63.2%
2019	63.72	493^rd	1149	57.1%
2022	51.94	708^th	1154	38.6%
2023	52.90	708^th	1190	40.5%
2024	40.08	852^nd	1203	29.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Blandford Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	73.50	975^th	4830	79.8%
2019	55.49	1942^nd	4963	60.9%
2022	63.54	1451^st	5084	71.5%
2023	52.58	2085^th	5098	59.1%
2024	41.57	2856^th	5102	44.0%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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by a parent
Saturday, February 18, 2017

Blandford is an excellent school. An amazing group of caring, giving, and very efficient teachers and staff. The students are also very dedicated to blandford. Its a safe, secure environment, thanks to all of the quality time and education given to our students. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Blandford Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	247	15	147	154	0	n/a	n/a	0	563
1989	233	12	161	152	0	n/a	n/a	0	558
1990	208	9	162	172	0	n/a	n/a	0	551
1991	198	16	203	184	0	n/a	n/a	0	601
1992	175	17	220	198	0	n/a	n/a	0	610
1993	159	21	210	178	0	n/a	n/a	0	568
1994	126	19	235	166	0	n/a	n/a	0	546
1995	100	31	261	168	0	n/a	n/a	0	560
1996	100	31	261	168	0	n/a	n/a	0	560
1997	104	28	284	164	0	n/a	n/a	0	580
1998	85	26	313	184	0	n/a	n/a	0	608
1999	82	23	333	162	0	n/a	n/a	0	600
2000	77	24	364	164	0	n/a	n/a	0	629
2001	79	18	372	164	0	n/a	n/a	0	633
2002	61	13	393	154	0	n/a	n/a	12	633
2003	61	13	393	154	0	n/a	n/a	12	633
2004	58	13	395	158	0	n/a	n/a	9	633
2005	49	3	405	142	0	n/a	n/a	18	617
2006	43	3	439	138	1	n/a	n/a	22	646
2007	35	2	459	142	0	n/a	n/a	30	668
2008	30	1	466	131	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	628
2009	22	1	481	125	0	0	43	0	672
2010	21	1	462	156	1	0	16	0	657
2011	30	2	476	170	1	0	20	0	699
2012	36	4	435	170	0	1	24	0	670
2013	31	2	443	175	0	1	18	0	670
2014	33	3	450	177	1	1	27	0	692
2015	28	3	479	170	1	0	21	0	702
2016	28	1	469	157	0	2	16	0	673
2017	25	1	478	171	0	1	18	0	694
2018	20	2	448	176	0	2	22	0	670
2019	13	3	428	191	0	1	28	0	664
2020	10	5	449	195	0	1	29	0	689
2021	12	6	428	190	0	1	30	0	667
2022	12	8	430	201	0	4	31	0	686
2023	7	8	415	209	0	4	31	0	674

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Blandford Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	563	18.7	30.1	n/a
1989	558	19.7	28.3	n/a
1990	551	19.8	27.8	n/a
1991	601	21.4	28.0	n/a
1992	610	21.7	28.1	14.1
1993	568	20.0	28.4	16.2
1994	546	19.0	28.7	16.1
1995	560	19.0	29.5	22.5
1996	560	19.0	29.5	22.5
1997	580	23.0	25.2	25.2
1998	608	28.0	21.7	24.5
1999	600	27.2	22.1	18.7
2000	629	28.0	22.5	25
2001	633	28.0	22.6	28.3
2002	633	29.0	21.8	26.7
2003	633	29.0	21.8	26.7
2004	633	28.0	22.6	30.8
2005	617	27.0	22.9	30.1
2006	646	28.6	22.6	29.2
2007	668	30.0	22.3	30.4
2008	628	32.0	19.6	23.7
2009	672	30.2	21.5	27.2
2010	657	30.0	21.9	30.9
2011	699	n/a	n/a	36.2
2012	670	26.6	25.1	n/a
2013	670	27.6	24.2	40
2014	692	29.1	23.7	40.8
2015	702	29.0	24.2	41.3
2016	673	28.0	24.0	44.3
2017	694	26.6	26.0	50.7
2018	670	25.8	25.9	54.3
2019	664	25.0	26.5	55.3
2020	689	n/a	n/a	61.7
2021	667	24.2	27.4	57
2022	686	25.6	26.7	66.2
2023	674	26.4	25.4	70.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Blandford Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	563	18.7	30.1	n/a
1989	558	19.7	28.3	n/a
1990	551	19.8	27.8	n/a
1991	601	21.4	28.0	n/a
1992	610	21.7	28.1	14.1
1993	568	20.0	28.4	16.2
1994	546	19.0	28.7	16.1
1995	560	19.0	29.5	22.5
1996	560	19.0	29.5	22.5
1997	580	23.0	25.2	25.2
1998	608	28.0	21.7	24.5
1999	600	27.2	22.1	18.7
2000	629	28.0	22.5	25
2001	633	28.0	22.6	28.3
2002	633	29.0	21.8	26.7
2003	633	29.0	21.8	26.7
2004	633	28.0	22.6	30.8
2005	617	27.0	22.9	30.1
2006	646	28.6	22.6	29.2
2007	668	30.0	22.3	30.4
2008	628	32.0	19.6	23.7
2009	672	30.2	21.5	27.2
2010	657	30.0	21.9	30.9
2011	699	n/a	n/a	36.2
2012	670	26.6	25.1	n/a
2013	670	27.6	24.2	40
2014	692	29.1	23.7	40.8
2015	702	29.0	24.2	41.3
2016	673	28.0	24.0	44.3
2017	694	26.6	26.0	50.7
2018	670	25.8	25.9	54.3
2019	664	25.0	26.5	55.3
2020	689	n/a	n/a	61.7
2021	667	24.2	27.4	57
2022	686	25.6	26.7	66.2
2023	674	26.4	25.4	70.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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