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Cerritos Elementary

Public Grades K-6
3875th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,817 California Elementary Schools
Better than 33% of California elementary schools
Summary

Cerritos Elementary is a K–6 school in Glendale Unified serving 490 students in Glendale, California. Its 2025–2026 proficiency rates were below both state and district results in English language arts (ELA), math, and science. The clearest concern is that Cerritos ranked second-lowest among nine nearby schools with results in all three subjects, ahead only of Fletcher Drive Elementary.

ELA is Cerritos’s strongest subject relative to its comparison groups, but the school still trails both benchmarks: it scored 38% in ELA, 26% in math, and 22% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38%, and 36%, and Glendale Unified results of 61%, 55%, and 48%. The gaps to the district were 23 points in ELA, 28 in math, and 25 in science. Cerritos also fell below nearby-school averages by 21 points in ELA, 27 in math, and 25 in science. There is a grade-level bright spot: sixth-grade ELA was 53%, above the state’s 48%. Sixth-grade math was just 18%, below every nearby K–6 peer with a reported result, which ranged from 33% to 63%.

Results have declined since 2022–2023: ELA fell 13 points, math 11, and science 4, while state results rose in all three subjects. SchoolDigger’s overall rating also dropped from 3 stars and the 61st percentile to 2 stars and the 33rd percentile. Its statewide ranking for how well Cerritos serves White students was especially low, at the 6th percentile in 2025–2026, compared with the schoolwide 33rd; for special education students, it was higher, at the 56th percentile. As context, 63% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, close to the nearby-school median of 60%. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 24.5, compared with a nearby-school average of 21.7.

490
Students ?
24.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,411
Per pupil spending ?
63.3%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
94%
Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)
Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)
 120 East Cerritos Ave.
       Glendale, CA  91205-3107

(818) 244-7207

District: Glendale Unified


Students who attend Cerritos Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Theodore Roosevelt Middle
High:    Glendale High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
48.8%
White:
32.9%
Asian:
13.7%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 67th percentile in 2015 → 33rd in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (31% vs 42% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 34 percentile points since 2015
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school31%
District avg56%
California avg42%
3,875th of 5,817
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 33%▼ down 25 pts since 2016
From top 42% (2016) to bottom 33% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
19th of 20Elementary Schools in the Glendale Unified
363rd of 1,530Glendale 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
202631.53875 of 581733.4%★★☆☆☆
202540.93159 of 585746.1%★★☆☆☆
202450.42534 of 586956.8%★★★☆☆
202354.72292 of 585960.9%★★★☆☆
202262.01947 of 588366.9%★★★☆☆
201955.12305 of 578960.2%★★★☆☆
201845.22823 of 566250.1%★★★☆☆
201744.02866 of 569249.6%★★☆☆☆
201653.32333 of 561458.4%★★★☆☆
201562.31840 of 561167.2%★★★☆☆
201378.61130 of 553079.6%★★★★☆
201262.11933 of 539064.1%★★★☆☆
201140.53206 of 537740.4%★★☆☆☆
201048.32665 of 531449.8%★★☆☆☆
200933.53468 of 519333.2%★★☆☆☆
200829.33649 of 511328.6%★☆☆☆☆
200737.43084 of 511339.7%★★☆☆☆
200632.73127 of 481835.1%★★☆☆☆
200536.32931 of 482239.2%★★☆☆☆
200427.93369 of 480929.9%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202441.81692 of 316246.5%★★☆☆☆
202372.3445 of 324586.3%★★★★☆
202279.5302 of 331190.9%★★★★★
201963.4722 of 327578.0%★★★★☆
201844.31553 of 324652.2%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202631.83727 of 558133.2%★★☆☆☆
202537.33266 of 559741.6%★★☆☆☆
202445.82674 of 561252.4%★★★☆☆
202347.82536 of 560954.8%★★★☆☆
202256.52080 of 563563.1%★★★☆☆
201942.62941 of 549246.4%★★☆☆☆
201844.52805 of 541348.2%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202634.13422 of 509432.8%★★☆☆☆
202551.72168 of 510757.5%★★★☆☆
202457.81803 of 510764.7%★★★☆☆
202366.41340 of 508773.7%★★★★☆
202272.21055 of 508479.2%★★★★☆
201964.71424 of 496371.3%★★★★☆
201853.91976 of 483059.1%★★★☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202243.9183 of 35648.6%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202638.53300 of 542339.1%★★☆☆☆
202554.22189 of 546059.9%★★★☆☆
202454.82069 of 551762.5%★★★☆☆
202365.01474 of 536372.5%★★★★☆
202277.3858 of 526483.7%★★★★☆
201967.91284 of 517375.2%★★★★☆
201856.71921 of 508462.2%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202632.63657 of 560334.7%★★☆☆☆
202545.12810 of 562850.1%★★★☆☆
202453.52288 of 564359.5%★★★☆☆
202359.71958 of 563865.3%★★★☆☆
202264.81734 of 566369.4%★★★☆☆
201963.61793 of 551067.5%★★★☆☆
201844.72738 of 543149.6%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202644.81291 of 292755.9%★★★☆☆
202561.9744 of 284773.9%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20269.02373 of 25366.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.72367 of 25988.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.82223 of 265116.1%★☆☆☆☆
202319.72234 of 266116.0%★☆☆☆☆
202237.41815 of 272633.4%★★☆☆☆
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)56th percentile+23 vs school
Homeless (2022)49th percentile-18 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)46th percentile-10 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)39th percentile+6 vs school
Male (2026)35th percentile~ school
Female (2026)33rd percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)33rd percentile~ school
White (2026)6th percentile-27 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy38%-11 vs state
Mathematics26%-12 vs state
Science22%-14 vs state

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Students who attend Cerritos Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Theodore Roosevelt Middle
High : Glendale High

Students at Cerritos Elementary are 49% Hispanic, 33% White, 14% Asian, 3% African American, 1% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 490 students attended Cerritos Elementary.

Cerritos Elementary ranks 3875th of 5817 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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Latest California data All new data »
2024–25 school spending data (updated)NewNov 2, 2026
2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresOct 15, 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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