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Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 9724 Spry St., Downey, Los Angeles County, 90242

577
Pupils
21.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Downey, Los Angeles County. The school has 577 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sylvia Estrella. It is part of the Downey Unified school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.

School details

Principal
Sylvia Estrella
School district
Downey Unified

Enrollment & staffing

Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary enrolls 577 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.

Male students
282 (49%)
Female students
295 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student-teacher ratio
21.4:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Hispanic or Latino, 4.9% White and 4.7% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino50187%
White284.9%
Black or African American274.7%
Asian101.7%
Two or more races4<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander4<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native3<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

466 of the school's 577 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Kโ€“5Title I

Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.

School district: Downey Unified

Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary is one of 22 schools in Downey Unified, based in Downey, California. The district serves 22,462 students district-wide and employs 935 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 577 students, Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 1,021 students per school.

22,462
District students
22
Schools
935
Teachers (FTE)

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