Summary:
The city of Commerce, California, is served by three public schools—two elementary schools and one high school—operating under two different districts and primarily serving economically disadvantaged student populations.
Among these schools, Rosewood Park stands out as the highest-performing based on test scores and statewide rankings, showing particular strength in upper-grade mathematics. Bandini Elementary faces significant academic challenges, ranking in the bottom 9% of state elementary schools and having the highest chronic absenteeism rate. The high school, Kirby Dorothy Camp, presents a complex profile with very low test proficiency and graduation rates but exceptional daily attendance and a very low student-teacher ratio.
An interesting finding is the inverse relationship between resources and outcomes at Kirby Dorothy Camp, which receives nearly double the per-student funding of the elementary schools but has the weakest academic results, suggesting factors beyond funding impact performance. All three schools perform below state averages, but Rosewood Park has shown recent improvement while Bandini Elementary has declined. The schools operate in different districts, with the elementary schools in Montebello Unified and the high school in Los Angeles County Office of Education, making direct comparisons between the high school and elementary schools more difficult.
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