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Sunkist Elementary

Public Grades K-5

4960^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 15% of California elementary schools

Summary

Sunkist Elementary is a public elementary school located in La Puente, California, serving grades K-5 with a student population of 320. It is part of the Bassett Unified School District, which is ranked 889 out of 1,565 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sunkist Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of California elementary schools over the past 10 years, with a ranking between 3,517 and 4,960 out of around 5,800 schools. It has maintained a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of this period, indicating very low performance compared to other schools in the state. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 20.4% to 27.0% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. Sunkist Elementary's proficiency rates on standardized tests are consistently lower than the Bassett Unified School District and the state of California across all grade levels and subject areas.

When comparing Sunkist Elementary to other nearby schools in the same district, such as J.E. Van Wig Elementary and Edgewood Academy, as well as schools in the neighboring Hacienda la Puente Unified School District, it becomes clear that Sunkist is an outlier in terms of performance. These nearby schools generally have higher proficiency rates, lower chronic absenteeism, and better overall rankings compared to Sunkist. Additionally, Sunkist Elementary's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, such as English Language Learners and Special Education students, whose rankings are in the bottom 25% of California elementary schools.

304

Students ?

21.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,277

Per pupil spending ?

93.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

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 — 22nd percentile in 2013 → 15th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (22% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school22%

District avg35%

California avg41%

4,960^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 15%▼ down 12 pts since 2015

From bottom 27% (2015) to bottom 15% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 4Elementary Schools in the Bassett Unified

891^st of 1,543Bassett 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	18.6	4960 of 5857	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	4881 of 5869	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.6	4205 of 5859	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.7	4381 of 5883	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.2	3517 of 5789	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.0	3750 of 5662	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2017	23.0	4428 of 5692	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	26.3	4072 of 5614	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	25.6	4081 of 5611	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	26.5	4310 of 5530	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	21.3	4568 of 5390	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	27.4	4168 of 5377	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	27.8	4023 of 5314	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	39.5	3071 of 5193	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	50.4	2345 of 5113	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2007	39.1	2965 of 5113	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	30.0	3308 of 4818	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2005	24.6	3649 of 4822	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	33.3	3042 of 4809	36.7%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	20.4	2326 of 2585	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	1922 of 2128	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	29.7	2570 of 3162	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	42.7	1643 of 3245	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.7	1632 of 3311	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	40.2	1771 of 3275	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.7	1954 of 3246	39.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.1	4847 of 5597	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.2	4941 of 5612	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.5	3625 of 5609	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.8	4044 of 5635	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.7	3517 of 5492	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	25.0	4173 of 5413	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.8	3982 of 5107	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.2	4169 of 5107	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.1	3457 of 5087	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.7	3731 of 5084	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	49.1	2342 of 4963	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.0	2618 of 4830	45.8%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	45.4	220 of 429	48.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.2	4197 of 5460	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.1	4526 of 5517	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.1	3813 of 5363	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.3	3724 of 5264	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	50.6	2363 of 5173	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.1	2607 of 5084	48.7%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.0	4552 of 5628	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.3	4148 of 5643	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.6	4387 of 5638	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.1	4314 of 5663	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.0	3251 of 5510	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.8	3170 of 5431	41.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	22.7	2254 of 2635	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.1	1642 of 2420	32.1%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Homeless (2025)49th percentile+33 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)23rd percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)22nd percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)19th percentile+4 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)19th percentile~ school

Special Education (2024)14th percentile~ school

Female (2025)13th percentile~ school

Disabled (2019)10th percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy25%-24 vs state

Mathematics21%-17 vs state

Science19%-14 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)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (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 8th 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 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th 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 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sunkist Elementary	Public	K-5	935 Mayland Ave.	La Puente	91746	Los Angeles County	Bassett Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 931-7700	304	14	21.7	93.4%	5 (1.6%)	3 (1.0%)	278 (91.4%)	15 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	18.6	4960^th of 5857 public elementary schools	15.3%		19.8	4881^st of 5869 public elementary schools	16.8%	79	19.2		19.2	25.5	22.2	27.7				25.0	22.8	14.3	25.5				20.6	93.4	96.1	97.4	96.1	94.7	96.1	$24,277	$4,445	$19,832
J. E. Van Wig Elementary	Public	K-5	1151 North Van Wig Ave.	La Puente	91746	Los Angeles County	Bassett Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 931-8000	334	15	22.2	90.7%	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	301 (90.1%)	25 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	41.3	3133^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	46.5%		39.8	3186^th of 5869 public elementary schools	45.7%	53	33.3		33.3	41.7	41.4	58.0				46.8	22.9	29.3	25.5				26.1	97.2				97.2		$24,919	$4,603	$20,316
Edgewood Academy	Public	K-8	14135 East Fairgrove Ave.	La Puente	91746	Los Angeles County	Bassett Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 931-7800	478	22	21.6	83.9%	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.3%)	421 (88.1%)	49 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60	2068^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.7%		58.6	2122^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	63.8%	54	34.8	17.9	25.5	47.1	51.2	50.0	37.7	45.2	59.3	48.0	54.0	52.3	34.8	60.7	34.9	35.7	45.3	94.1	95.6			95.6		$23,742	$4,560	$19,182
Lassalette	Public	K-5	14333 Lassalette St.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-3000	279	12	23.2	77.4%	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	252 (90.3%)	20 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.1%)	27	4218^th of 5857 public elementary schools	28.0%		31.4	3817^th of 5869 public elementary schools	35.0%	401	34.0		34.0	22.2	21.3	41.5				28.6	16.7	12.8	34.0				21.4	88.9						$20,556	$1,704	$18,852
San Jose Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2021 West Alwood St.	West Covina	91790	Los Angeles County	San Jose Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 856-1693	1,255	55	22.8	53.7%	50 (4.0%)	9 (0.7%)	850 (67.7%)	332 (26.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	12 (1.0%)	89.8	673^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	88.5%		88.9	754^th of 5869 public elementary schools	87.2%	81	62.2	41.8	52.0	72.1	67.7	73.3	78.5	81.6	73.9	74.5	72.1	62.5	55.6	66.7	61.0	59.7	62.9							$16,359	$1,892	$14,467
Foster Elementary	Public	K-5	13900 Foster Ave.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 962-8111	430	22	19.6	89.3%	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	409 (95.1%)	19 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38.5	3312^th of 5857 public elementary schools	43.5%		30.8	3877^th of 5869 public elementary schools	33.9%	565	25.4		25.4	41.3	33.3	38.8				38.4	43.1	34.1	28.4				35.2	95.4	96.6		96.6	96.6		$26,596	$6,243	$20,353
Tracy Elementary	Public	K-5	13350 Tracy St.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 962-9718	498	20	24.9	91.4%	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	438 (88.0%)	53 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	28.7	4077^th of 5857 public elementary schools	30.4%		25.2	4346^th of 5869 public elementary schools	25.9%	269	9.4		9.4	29.7	47.8	39.6				39.0	33.8	33.8	15.0				25.9							$27,503	$6,280	$21,223
Orangewood Elementary	Public	K-5	1440 South Orange Ave.	West Covina	91790	Los Angeles County	West Covina Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 939-4820	580	23	25.0	80.0%	10 (1.7%)	13 (2.2%)	450 (77.6%)	89 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.1%)	46.6	2792^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	52.3%		53.9	2349^th of 5869 public elementary schools	60.0%	443	42.4		42.4	33.0	37.9	50.0				40.4	41.2	34.5	35.4				37.1							$19,672	$1,931	$17,741
California Elementary	Public	K-5	1111 California Ave.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-5200	317	15	21.1	75.1%	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	276 (87.1%)	23 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (3.2%)	30.3	3934^th of 5857 public elementary schools	32.8%		43.7	2945^th of 5869 public elementary schools	49.8%	989	20.4		20.4	43.6	22.0	42.9				34.7	39.5	28.8	18.4				28.1							$18,719	$1,549	$17,170
De Anza Elementary	Public	K-5	12820 Bess St.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 338-4019	421	20	21.0	94.3%	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	368 (87.4%)	41 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	33	3729^th of 5857 public elementary schools	36.3%		43.7	2948^th of 5869 public elementary schools	49.8%	781	20.9		20.9	34.9	45.0	41.5				40.3	33.8	31.7	16.2				27.1	96.6						$27,128	$6,705	$20,423

Frequently Asked Questions about Sunkist Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Sunkist Elementary?

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

What district is Sunkist Elementary in?

Bassett Unified

What schools do graduates of Sunkist Elementary attend?

Students who attend Sunkist Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Torch Middle
High : Bassett Senior High

How many students attend Sunkist Elementary?

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

Is Sunkist Elementary a good school?

Sunkist Elementary ranks in the bottom 15.3% of California elementary schools.

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