Is Yorbita Elementary a good school?

Yorbita Elementary ranks in the bottom 9.5% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Yorbita Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 410 students attended Yorbita Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Yorbita Elementary?

Students at Yorbita Elementary are 89% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 2% African American, 1% White, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Yorbita Elementary attend?

Students who attend Yorbita Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Giano Intermediate High : Nogales High

Yorbita Elementary

Summary:

Yorbita Elementary is a public elementary school in La Puente, California, serving 410 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.

Yorbita Elementary faces significant challenges, including a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism rates, from 7.6% in 2017-2018 to 37.4% in 2022-2023. The school also consistently underperforms compared to the district and state in standardized test scores, with only 21.26% of Yorbita students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy in 2023-2024, compared to 47.81% for the district and 47.04% for the state. Yorbita struggles to support various student subgroups, with its English Language Learners and Special Education students ranking in the bottom 10% of California elementary schools.

While Yorbita Elementary faces these challenges, some nearby schools within the Rowland Unified District, such as Hollingworth Elementary and Rowland Elementary, perform significantly better on various metrics, including test scores and student group rankings. Addressing the issues at Yorbita, such as improving attendance and providing targeted academic support, presents an opportunity for the school and district to improve the quality of education for its students.

Detail:

Public K-6

502 South Vidalia St.
La Puente, CA 91744-5946

(626) 964-3486

District: Rowland Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5305^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Yorbita Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Giano Intermediate
High:	Nogales High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.9

Number of students: 410

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

89.0%

Asian:

5.6%

African American:

2.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 91.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Yorbita Elementary ranks worse than 90.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 13^th among 14 ranked elementary schools in the Rowland Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.92. (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: Hispanic (89%), Asian (5.6%), African American (2.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 91.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Yorbita Elementary is 21.9. 9 elementary schools in the Rowland Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Yorbita Elementary employs 18.6 full-time teachers.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Yorbita Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Yorbita Elementary 5305^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Yorbita 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 Yorbita Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Yorbita Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	34.72	2955^th	4809	38.6%
2005	43.16	2534^th	4822	47.4%
2006	39.45	2743^rd	4818	43.1%
2007	41.88	2791^st	5113	45.4%
2008	41.68	2840^th	5113	44.5%
2009	42.82	2888^th	5193	44.4%
2010	42.04	3052^nd	5314	42.6%
2011	20.10	4679^th	5377	13.0%
2012	22.23	4496^th	5390	16.6%
2013	30.59	3998^th	5530	27.7%
2015	30.58	3664^th	5611	34.7%
2016	34.25	3462^nd	5614	38.3%
2017	33.27	3580^th	5692	37.1%
2018	27.25	4054^th	5662	28.4%
2019	25.03	4358^th	5789	24.7%
2022	16.96	5165^th	5883	12.2%
2023	13.38	5458^th	5874	7.1%
2024	14.92	5305^th	5862	9.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Yorbita Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.78	1890^th	3246	41.8%
2019	28.55	2600^th	3275	20.6%
2022	35.68	2146^th	3311	35.2%
2023	26.98	2750^th	3250	15.4%
2024	24.48	2867^th	3160	9.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Yorbita Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	22.75	2047^th	2420	15.4%
2024	20.44	2372^nd	2634	9.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Yorbita Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	38.88	3106^th	5084	38.9%
2019	36.33	3399^th	5173	34.3%
2022	24.38	4300^th	5264	18.3%
2023	18.01	4835^th	5374	10.0%
2024	18.70	4885^th	5511	11.4%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Yorbita Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	36.37	235^th	356	34.0%
2023	32.29	252^nd	336	25.0%
2024	27.93	293^rd	364	19.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Yorbita Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	32.80	3558^th	5413	34.3%
2019	23.85	4317^th	5492	21.4%
2022	17.64	4928^th	5635	12.5%
2023	16.18	5035^th	5617	10.4%
2024	14.57	5154^th	5605	8.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Yorbita Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.00	1040^th	2128	51.1%
2019	39.35	1336^th	2585	48.3%
2022	21.92	1922^nd	2227	13.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Yorbita Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.34	4160^th	5431	23.4%
2019	27.58	3976^th	5510	27.8%
2022	18.38	4889^th	5663	13.7%
2023	12.56	5338^th	5650	5.5%
2024	17.08	4971^st	5636	11.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Yorbita Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.73	3292^nd	4830	31.8%
2019	32.78	3497^th	4963	29.5%
2022	20.90	4451^st	5084	12.5%
2023	15.46	4763^rd	5098	6.6%
2024	19.54	4485^th	5102	12.1%

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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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Enrollment information for Yorbita Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	204	81	87	373	0	n/a	n/a	0	745
1989	170	78	97	448	2	n/a	n/a	0	795
1990	133	77	92	445	2	n/a	n/a	0	749
1991	125	103	83	501	2	n/a	n/a	0	814
1992	126	72	82	530	1	n/a	n/a	0	811
1993	109	76	84	538	0	n/a	n/a	0	807
1994	103	73	94	539	3	n/a	n/a	0	812
1995	68	75	81	534	4	n/a	n/a	0	762
1996	68	75	81	534	4	n/a	n/a	0	762
1997	66	75	73	562	0	n/a	n/a	0	776
1998	62	81	79	575	0	n/a	n/a	0	797
1999	53	62	65	597	1	n/a	n/a	0	778
2000	53	55	54	606	1	n/a	n/a	0	769
2001	39	48	83	628	1	n/a	n/a	0	799
2002	37	40	80	663	0	n/a	n/a	3	823
2003	37	40	80	663	0	n/a	n/a	3	823
2004	28	34	80	656	1	n/a	n/a	6	805
2005	21	33	80	674	0	n/a	n/a	3	811
2006	22	23	66	683	0	n/a	n/a	5	799
2007	19	17	55	672	0	n/a	n/a	7	770
2008	21	13	50	624	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	708
2009	15	5	48	590	1	1	5	0	665
2010	8	8	43	579	2	1	9	0	650
2011	17	11	42	661	1	0	7	0	739
2012	12	5	42	614	0	1	6	0	680
2013	13	6	40	545	0	1	5	0	610
2014	12	13	32	524	0	1	4	0	586
2015	9	8	30	489	0	1	2	0	539
2016	7	7	23	434	0	1	5	0	477
2017	8	8	29	416	0	1	2	0	464
2018	6	10	28	434	0	1	3	0	482
2019	13	7	30	421	1	0	3	0	475
2020	8	4	33	413	1	3	4	0	466
2021	7	3	35	392	1	0	4	0	442
2022	6	6	30	378	2	0	5	0	427
2023	6	9	23	365	1	0	6	0	410

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 Yorbita Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	745	26.0	28.6	n/a
1989	795	28.0	28.3	n/a
1990	749	27.7	27.0	n/a
1991	814	30.5	26.6	n/a
1992	811	31.0	26.1	52.9
1993	807	28.5	28.3	41.3
1994	812	28.5	28.5	43.6
1995	762	27.5	27.7	53
1996	762	27.5	27.7	53
1997	776	31.7	24.5	75.1
1998	797	35.0	22.8	66.2
1999	778	37.2	20.9	63.4
2000	769	37.8	20.3	75.7
2001	799	36.8	21.7	84
2002	823	37.8	21.8	75.1
2003	823	37.8	21.8	75.1
2004	805	35.8	22.5	76.6
2005	811	36.0	22.5	82.3
2006	799	35.0	22.8	82.6
2007	770	35.0	22.0	87.8
2008	708	38.0	18.6	69.2
2009	665	32.0	19.6	85
2010	650	29.0	22.4	87.8
2011	739	n/a	n/a	90
2012	680	28.0	24.2	n/a
2013	610	25.0	24.4	89
2014	586	25.0	23.4	94
2015	539	24.0	22.4	91.3
2016	477	21.0	22.7	91.4
2017	464	21.0	22.0	94.4
2018	482	19.0	25.3	95.9
2019	475	18.0	26.3	95.8
2020	466	n/a	n/a	91.6
2021	442	17.6	25.0	91.9
2022	427	19.5	21.8	78.9
2023	410	18.6	21.9	91.5

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 Yorbita Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	745	26.0	28.6	n/a
1989	795	28.0	28.3	n/a
1990	749	27.7	27.0	n/a
1991	814	30.5	26.6	n/a
1992	811	31.0	26.1	52.9
1993	807	28.5	28.3	41.3
1994	812	28.5	28.5	43.6
1995	762	27.5	27.7	53
1996	762	27.5	27.7	53
1997	776	31.7	24.5	75.1
1998	797	35.0	22.8	66.2
1999	778	37.2	20.9	63.4
2000	769	37.8	20.3	75.7
2001	799	36.8	21.7	84
2002	823	37.8	21.8	75.1
2003	823	37.8	21.8	75.1
2004	805	35.8	22.5	76.6
2005	811	36.0	22.5	82.3
2006	799	35.0	22.8	82.6
2007	770	35.0	22.0	87.8
2008	708	38.0	18.6	69.2
2009	665	32.0	19.6	85
2010	650	29.0	22.4	87.8
2011	739	n/a	n/a	90
2012	680	28.0	24.2	n/a
2013	610	25.0	24.4	89
2014	586	25.0	23.4	94
2015	539	24.0	22.4	91.3
2016	477	21.0	22.7	91.4
2017	464	21.0	22.0	94.4
2018	482	19.0	25.3	95.9
2019	475	18.0	26.3	95.8
2020	466	n/a	n/a	91.6
2021	442	17.6	25.0	91.9
2022	427	19.5	21.8	78.9
2023	410	18.6	21.9	91.5

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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