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Cerritos Elementary

Public Grades K-6

236^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 96% of California elementary schools

Summary

Cerritos Elementary is a top-tier K-6 public school serving 612 students in the ABC Unified School District, consistently ranking among the very best elementary schools in California.

The school achieves exceptional academic results, with over 80% of students proficient in English and Math, significantly outperforming both district and state averages. What truly sets Cerritos Elementary apart is its remarkable success with all student groups and its incredibly low chronic absenteeism rate of just 3.9%, which is a fraction of the state average. This indicates a strong, positive school culture where students are engaged and regularly attending. The school has maintained this elite level of performance for over a decade, demonstrating remarkable consistency.

Interestingly, Cerritos Elementary is part of a cluster of high-performing schools within ABC Unified, including nearby Leal Elementary and Wittmann Elementary. It achieves these outstanding results despite having a higher student-teacher ratio and moderate per-student spending compared to some neighbors, suggesting that effective teaching and a supportive environment are key drivers of its success. While it excels in most areas, like many local schools, it has an opportunity to further strengthen its science curriculum, as proficiency in that subject is relatively lower and more variable year-to-year.

612

Students ?

28.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,584

Per pupil spending ?

35.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

13600 East 183rd St.
Cerritos, CA 90703-8951

(562) 229-7845

District: ABC Unified

Students who attend Cerritos Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Carmenita Middle
High:	Cerritos High

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

66.0%

Hispanic:

16.0%

Two or more races:

7.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 98th percentile in 2013 → 96th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (79% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 4% of California elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in ABC Unified

Worth a look

!Large classes — about 28 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school79%

District avg57%

California avg41%

236^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 4%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 19Elementary Schools in the ABC Unified

415^th of 1,543ABC Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	96.1	236 of 5857	96.0%	★★★★★
2024	97.6	110 of 5869	98.1%	★★★★★
2023	97.5	139 of 5859	97.6%	★★★★★
2022	96.7	226 of 5883	96.2%	★★★★★
2019	95.8	234 of 5789	96.0%	★★★★★
2018	95.2	273 of 5662	95.2%	★★★★★
2017	95.6	284 of 5692	95.0%	★★★★★
2016	95.9	250 of 5614	95.5%	★★★★★
2015	96.7	206 of 5611	96.3%	★★★★★
2013	95.5	84 of 5530	98.5%	★★★★★
2012	93.9	156 of 5390	97.1%	★★★★★
2011	94.8	147 of 5377	97.3%	★★★★★
2010	96.3	59 of 5314	98.9%	★★★★★
2009	95.5	130 of 5193	97.5%	★★★★★
2008	96.5	100 of 5113	98.0%	★★★★★
2007	97.5	83 of 5113	98.4%	★★★★★
2006	97.4	87 of 4818	98.2%	★★★★★
2005	96.7	123 of 4822	97.4%	★★★★★
2004	97.3	115 of 4809	97.6%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	98.0	10 of 663	98.5%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	78.1	217 of 1203	82.0%	★★★★☆
2024	81.5	128 of 1205	89.4%	★★★★☆
2023	79.1	178 of 1190	85.0%	★★★★☆
2022	79.7	158 of 1154	86.3%	★★★★☆
2019	77.2	204 of 1149	82.2%	★★★★☆
2018	81.6	90 of 1071	91.6%	★★★★★

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2018	91.6	153 of 3246	95.3%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	95.1	259 of 5597	95.4%	★★★★★
2024	97.1	106 of 5612	98.1%	★★★★★
2023	96.4	176 of 5609	96.9%	★★★★★
2022	94.9	310 of 5635	94.5%	★★★★★
2019	93.1	350 of 5492	93.6%	★★★★★
2018	94.3	263 of 5413	95.1%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	97.2	82 of 5107	98.4%	★★★★★
2024	97.6	81 of 5107	98.4%	★★★★★
2023	98.5	43 of 5087	99.2%	★★★★★
2022	94.1	225 of 5084	95.6%	★★★★★
2019	91.9	230 of 4963	95.4%	★★★★★
2018	83.9	534 of 4830	88.9%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	98.2	68 of 5460	98.8%	★★★★★
2024	97.9	108 of 5517	98.0%	★★★★★
2023	99.1	31 of 5363	99.4%	★★★★★
2022	97.6	93 of 5264	98.2%	★★★★★
2019	96.6	89 of 5173	98.3%	★★★★★
2018	93.1	180 of 5084	96.5%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	95.2	251 of 5628	95.5%	★★★★★
2024	96.9	130 of 5643	97.7%	★★★★★
2023	97.2	133 of 5638	97.6%	★★★★★
2022	96.9	164 of 5663	97.1%	★★★★★
2019	96.2	166 of 5510	97.0%	★★★★★
2018	94.6	276 of 5431	94.9%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)99th percentile+3 vs school

African American (2022)98th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)98th percentile~ school

Male (2025)96th percentile~ school

Female (2025)95th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2018)95th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)82nd percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy83%+34 vs state

Mathematics80%+43 vs state

Science58%+26 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cerritos Elementary	Public	K-6	13600 East 183rd St.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7845	612	22	28.0	35.6%	19 (3.1%)	42 (6.9%)	98 (16.0%)	404 (66.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	45 (7.4%)	96.1	236^th of 5857 public elementary schools	96.0%		97.6	110^th of 5869 public elementary schools	98.1%	126	58.4	58.4	83.5	76.7	82.8	89.6	83.2	89.4	76.1	71.9	83.3	80.1	97.3	97.3	97.3	$17,584	$2,006	$15,578
Stowers(Cecil B.) Elementary	Public	K-6	13350 Beach St.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7905	547	21	26.0	40.6%	29 (5.3%)	26 (4.8%)	144 (26.3%)	288 (52.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	56 (10.2%)	89.3	700^th of 5857 public elementary schools	88.0%		88.9	756^th of 5869 public elementary schools	87.1%	56	56.1	56.1	70.8	54.4	75.8	81.6	72.4	73.2	70.2	57.6	64.3	66.1				$17,912	$1,988	$15,924
Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary	Public	K-6	13650 Park St.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7860	516	22	23.4	35.5%	19 (3.7%)	22 (4.3%)	93 (18.0%)	330 (64.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	47 (9.1%)	96.9	162^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	97.2%		96.4	231^st of 5869 public elementary schools	96.1%	69	75.7	75.7	77.8	79.7	82.2	86.8	82.1	84.1	75.7	78.1	80.2	79.4				$17,986	$1,988	$15,998
Leal (Frank C.) Elementary	Public	K-6	12920 Droxford St.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7880	774	30	25.8	35.1%	20 (2.6%)	28 (3.6%)	149 (19.3%)	485 (62.7%)	7 (0.9%)	5 (0.6%)	80 (10.3%)	97.9	73^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	98.8%		98	79^th of 5869 public elementary schools	98.7%	6	75.0	75.0	85.4	82.2	88.8	89.4	86.5	89.3	83.9	82.8	74.8	82.4				$17,049	$1,988	$15,061
George B. Miller Elementary	Public	K-6	7751 Furman Rd.	La Palma	90623	Orange County	Centralia Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 228-3270	502	21	23.7	54.4%	72 (14.3%)	12 (2.4%)	206 (41.0%)	170 (33.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (8.2%)	82.3	1062^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	81.9%		84.5	975^th of 5869 public elementary schools	83.4%	87	55.6	55.6	58.1	61.8	66.7	70.6	64.3	59.5	58.2	54.2	58.8	57.6				$16,267	$1,918	$14,349
Wittmann (Helen) Elementary	Public	K-6	16801 Yvette Ave.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7915	561	20	28.0	37.3%	26 (4.6%)	22 (3.9%)	130 (23.2%)	334 (59.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (8.4%)	97.4	123^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	97.9%		97.7	100^th of 5869 public elementary schools	98.3%	23	73.8	73.8	77.9	86.6	88.6	89.6	85.7	82.1	87.8	72.5	76.6	79.8				$17,730	$1,988	$15,742
Arthur F. Corey Elementary	Public	K-5	7351 Holder St.	Buena Park	90620	Orange County	Buena Park Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 522-8389	341	14	24.3	73.9%	34 (10.0%)	18 (5.3%)	201 (58.9%)	69 (20.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.3%)	60.5	2035^th of 5857 public elementary schools	65.3%		67	1730^th of 5869 public elementary schools	70.5%	305	25.4	25.4	49.0	50.9	50.8		50.3	56.9	58.5	43.3		52.1				$21,988	$1,913	$20,075
Steve Luther Elementary	Public	K-6	4631 La Palma Ave.	La Palma	90623	Orange County	Cypress Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 220-6918	403	18	22.3	58.1%	50 (12.4%)	16 (4.0%)	161 (40.0%)	126 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	47 (11.7%)	74.4	1402^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	76.1%		75.3	1354^th of 5869 public elementary schools	76.9%	48	47.6	47.6	59.1	47.7	59.5	63.3	57.9	56.8	47.7	59.5	51.7	53.7				$24,827	$951	$23,876
Los Coyotes Elementary	Public	K-6	8122 Moody St.	La Palma	90623	Orange County	Centralia Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 228-3260	568	21	27.0	38.2%	55 (9.7%)	7 (1.2%)	122 (21.5%)	330 (58.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (9.0%)	97.9	82^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	98.6%		98.1	75^th of 5869 public elementary schools	98.7%	7	71.8	71.8	87.3	82.8	83.3	90.0	85.8	91.1	86.2	75.3	88.8	85.2				$14,278	$1,950	$12,328
Raymond Temple Elementary	Public	K-6	7800 Holder St.	Buena Park	90620	Orange County	Centralia Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 228-3290	431	18	23.9	78.2%	37 (8.6%)	8 (1.9%)	267 (61.9%)	83 (19.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	31 (7.2%)	60.1	2066^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.7%		70	1594^th of 5869 public elementary schools	72.8%	472	28.8	28.8	55.9	49.1	38.6	53.6	49.3	60.0	47.4	42.4	42.9	48.3				$16,612	$1,934	$14,678

Frequently Asked Questions about Cerritos Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Cerritos Elementary?

Students at Cerritos Elementary are 66% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 7% African American, 3% White.

Is Cerritos Elementary a good school?

Yes! Cerritos Elementary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 236^th of 5857 California elementary schools.

What district is Cerritos Elementary in?

ABC Unified

How many students attend Cerritos Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 612 students attended Cerritos Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Cerritos Elementary attend?

Students who attend Cerritos Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Carmenita Middle
High : Cerritos High

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