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Sunkist Elementary

Public Grades K-5
4820th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,817 California Elementary Schools
Better than 17% of California elementary schools
Summary

Sunkist Elementary serves 304 students in grades K–5 in La Puente, within Bassett Unified. Its latest results show lower proficiency than the district and state in all three core subjects: in 2025–2026, 29% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 20% in math and 16% in science. The central concern is that these gaps span all three subjects, rather than being limited to one area.

Compared with nearby K–5 schools, Sunkist had the lowest ELA and math results and the second-lowest science result; its scores were also below the nearby-school averages of 38% in ELA, 32% in math and 25% in science. The 2025–2026 state results were 49%, 38% and 36%, while Bassett Unified results were 45%, 30% and 23%, respectively. Third-grade math is a notable exception: Sunkist reached 48%, above the state’s 47% and district’s 43%, while fourth- and fifth-grade math were 14% and 12%. There are also relative strengths beyond core-subject results: Spanish-assessment listening was 36%, compared with 24% statewide, and writing was 23%, compared with 17%. Chronic absenteeism was 15% in 2025–2026, below the district and state rates of 18%.

Results have not improved consistently over time. From 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, science proficiency fell from 25% to 16%, while ELA moved from 30% to 29% and math from 19% to 20%; the gap with state results widened in all three subjects. SchoolDigger placed Sunkist at the 17th percentile statewide with 1 star in 2025–2026, compared with the district’s 40th percentile and 2 stars. SchoolDigger’s ranking for how well the school serves English Language Learner students dropped from the 51st percentile in 2021–2022 to the 19th in 2023–2024; its ranking for homeless students fell from the 49th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 26th in 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, the student-teacher ratio was 21.7, and 93% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible—a high share among nearby schools. These measures describe school context, not the causes of its results.

304
Students ?
21.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$21,976
Per pupil spending ?
93.4%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
96%
Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)
Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)
 935 Mayland Ave.
       La Puente, CA  91746-1625

(626) 931-7700

District: Bassett Unified


Students who attend Sunkist Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Torch Middle
High:    Bassett Senior High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
91.4%
Asian:
4.9%
White:
1.6%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 27th percentile in 2015 → 17th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (22% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 10 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school22%
District avg35%
California avg42%
4,820th of 5,817
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 17%▼ down 10 pts since 2016
From bottom 27% (2016) to bottom 17% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
4th of 4Elementary Schools in the Bassett Unified
913th of 1,530Bassett 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202619.94820 of 581717.1%★☆☆☆☆
202518.64960 of 585715.3%★☆☆☆☆
202419.84881 of 586916.8%★☆☆☆☆
202326.64205 of 585928.2%★☆☆☆☆
202224.74381 of 588325.5%★☆☆☆☆
201935.23517 of 578939.2%★★☆☆☆
201831.03750 of 566233.8%★★☆☆☆
201723.04428 of 569222.2%★☆☆☆☆
201626.34072 of 561427.5%★☆☆☆☆
201525.64081 of 561127.3%★☆☆☆☆
201326.54310 of 553022.1%★☆☆☆☆
201221.34568 of 539015.3%★☆☆☆☆
201127.44168 of 537722.5%★☆☆☆☆
201027.84023 of 531424.3%★☆☆☆☆
200939.53071 of 519340.9%★★☆☆☆
200850.42345 of 511354.1%★★★☆☆
200739.12965 of 511342.0%★★☆☆☆
200630.03308 of 481831.3%★★☆☆☆
200524.63649 of 482224.3%★☆☆☆☆
200433.33042 of 480936.7%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
201920.42326 of 258510.0%★☆☆☆☆
201820.91922 of 21289.7%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202429.72570 of 316218.7%★☆☆☆☆
202342.71643 of 324549.4%★★☆☆☆
202242.71632 of 331150.7%★★★☆☆
201940.21771 of 327545.9%★★☆☆☆
201836.71954 of 324639.8%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202618.64791 of 558114.2%★☆☆☆☆
202518.14847 of 559713.4%★☆☆☆☆
202417.24941 of 561212.0%★☆☆☆☆
202331.53625 of 560935.4%★★☆☆☆
202226.84044 of 563528.2%★☆☆☆☆
201933.73517 of 549236.0%★★☆☆☆
201825.04173 of 541322.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202624.74113 of 509419.3%★☆☆☆☆
202526.83982 of 510722.0%★☆☆☆☆
202424.24169 of 510718.4%★☆☆☆☆
202333.13457 of 508732.0%★★☆☆☆
202229.73731 of 508426.6%★☆☆☆☆
201949.12342 of 496352.8%★★★☆☆
201844.02618 of 483045.8%★★☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202632.0272 of 36625.7%★☆☆☆☆
202545.4220 of 42948.7%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202626.74203 of 542322.5%★☆☆☆☆
202527.24197 of 546023.1%★☆☆☆☆
202423.14526 of 551718.0%★☆☆☆☆
202331.13813 of 536328.9%★☆☆☆☆
202231.33724 of 526429.3%★☆☆☆☆
201950.62363 of 517354.3%★★★☆☆
201846.12607 of 508448.7%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202625.44261 of 560324.0%★☆☆☆☆
202522.04552 of 562819.1%★☆☆☆☆
202426.34148 of 564326.5%★☆☆☆☆
202323.64387 of 563822.2%★☆☆☆☆
202224.14314 of 566323.8%★☆☆☆☆
201937.03251 of 551041.0%★★☆☆☆
201837.83170 of 543141.6%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202632.01964 of 292732.9%★★☆☆☆
202422.72254 of 263514.5%★☆☆☆☆
202330.11642 of 242032.1%★★☆☆☆
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)
Special Education (2026)33rd percentile+16 vs school
Homeless (2026)26th percentile+9 vs school
Male (2026)24th percentile+7 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)22nd percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2026)19th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2024)19th percentile~ school
Female (2026)14th percentile-3 vs school
Disabled (2019)10th percentile-29 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
Listening36%+12 vs state
English Language Arts/Literacy29%-20 vs state
Writing23%+5 vs state
Mathematics20%-19 vs state
Science16%-20 vs state
Overall9%~ state avg
Reading9%~ state avg

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Frequently Asked Questions about Sunkist Elementary

Sunkist Elementary ranks in the bottom 17.1% of California elementary schools.

Students who attend Sunkist Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Torch Middle
High : Bassett Senior High

In the 2024-25 school year, 304 students attended Sunkist Elementary.

Students at Sunkist Elementary are 91% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 2% White.

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Latest California data All new data »
2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)NewOct 19, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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