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Blandford Elementary

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Blandford Elementary ranks 1411 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

1411^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 76% of California elementary schools

Summary

Blandford Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 643 students in the Rowland Unified School District in Rowland Heights, consistently performing above state and district averages with a 4-star rating.

The school stands out for its exceptional effectiveness with students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, achieving proficiency rates in English and math that are significantly higher than both the district and state, despite a high percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Blandford has also dramatically improved student attendance, now boasting the lowest chronic absenteeism rate among nearby schools like Yorbita Elementary and Rowland Elementary. Its strength in mathematics is particularly notable, with proficiency rates over 20 points higher than the district average.

Compared to other schools in the area, Blandford achieves these strong results efficiently, spending less per student than neighbors like Jellick Elementary while outperforming them academically. Within Rowland Unified, it is a top performer alongside Shelyn Elementary, though it trails higher-performing schools in more affluent neighboring districts like Brea-Olinda Unified. Overall, Blandford demonstrates that strong academic outcomes are achievable for all students through effective support and resourcefulness.

643

Students ?

26.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,738

Per pupil spending ?

74.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2601 Blandford Dr.
Rowland Heights, CA 91748-4816

(626) 965-3410

District: Rowland Unified

Students who attend Blandford Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Alvarado Intermediate
High:	John A. Rowland High

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

61.3%

Hispanic:

30.5%

Two or more races:

5.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 90th percentile in 2013 → 76th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (56% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 24% of California elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Rowland Unified

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2013

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 26 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school56%

District avg40%

California avg41%

1,411^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 24%▼ down 15 pts since 2015

From top 9% (2015) to top 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 14Elementary Schools in the Rowland Unified

770^th of 1,543Rowland 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	74.3	1411 of 5857	75.9%	★★★★☆
2024	70.2	1585 of 5869	73.0%	★★★★☆
2023	79.4	1185 of 5859	79.8%	★★★★☆
2022	81.7	1110 of 5883	81.1%	★★★★☆
2019	87.4	777 of 5789	86.6%	★★★★☆
2018	90.2	630 of 5662	88.9%	★★★★☆
2017	90.8	591 of 5692	89.6%	★★★★☆
2016	91.7	513 of 5614	90.9%	★★★★★
2015	91.9	514 of 5611	90.8%	★★★★★
2013	88.0	580 of 5530	89.5%	★★★★☆
2012	86.2	663 of 5390	87.7%	★★★★☆
2011	86.9	644 of 5377	88.0%	★★★★☆
2010	90.6	409 of 5314	92.3%	★★★★★
2009	91.5	384 of 5193	92.6%	★★★★★
2008	93.8	259 of 5113	94.9%	★★★★★
2007	93.0	349 of 5113	93.2%	★★★★★
2006	92.4	365 of 4818	92.4%	★★★★★
2005	92.0	380 of 4822	92.1%	★★★★★
2004	90.7	472 of 4809	90.2%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.5	849 of 1203	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	40.1	854 of 1205	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	52.9	708 of 1190	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	51.9	708 of 1154	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	63.7	493 of 1149	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	68.4	394 of 1071	63.2%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	57.4	821 of 3162	74.0%	★★★★☆
2023	72.5	441 of 3245	86.4%	★★★★☆
2022	73.6	418 of 3311	87.4%	★★★★☆
2019	78.3	342 of 3275	89.6%	★★★★☆
2018	82.7	291 of 3246	91.0%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	73.0	1370 of 5597	75.5%	★★★★☆
2024	64.9	1719 of 5612	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	71.5	1436 of 5609	74.4%	★★★★☆
2022	76.9	1249 of 5635	77.8%	★★★★☆
2019	88.6	634 of 5492	88.5%	★★★★☆
2018	91.5	476 of 5413	91.2%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	55.2	1963 of 5107	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.6	2860 of 5107	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.6	2084 of 5087	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	63.5	1451 of 5084	71.5%	★★★★☆
2019	55.5	1942 of 4963	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	73.5	975 of 4830	79.8%	★★★★☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.8	30 of 429	93.0%	★★★★★
2024	83.7	34 of 364	90.7%	★★★★★
2022	99.4	3 of 356	99.2%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	80.6	746 of 5460	86.3%	★★★★☆
2024	77.8	936 of 5517	83.0%	★★★★☆
2023	88.3	451 of 5363	91.6%	★★★★★
2022	89.8	356 of 5264	93.2%	★★★★★
2019	90.7	276 of 5173	94.7%	★★★★★
2018	93.5	170 of 5084	96.7%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	72.9	1391 of 5628	75.3%	★★★★☆
2024	72.4	1396 of 5643	75.3%	★★★★☆
2023	84.1	921 of 5638	83.7%	★★★★☆
2022	83.6	938 of 5663	83.4%	★★★★☆
2019	81.0	1018 of 5510	81.5%	★★★★☆
2018	86.6	770 of 5431	85.8%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	84.7	238 of 2420	90.2%	★★★★★

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)93rd percentile+17 vs school

Special Education (2023)90th percentile+10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)86th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)76th percentile~ school

Male (2025)75th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)74th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)62nd percentile-14 vs school

Asian (2025)29th percentile-46 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy59%+10 vs state

Mathematics57%+20 vs state

Science38%+6 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, February 18, 2017

Blandford is an excellent school. An amazing group of caring, giving, and very efficient teachers and staff. The students are also very dedicated to blandford. Its a safe, secure environment, thanks to all of the quality time and education given to our students. Close Quote

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Blandford Elementary	Public	K-6	2601 Blandford Dr.	Rowland Heights	91748	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 965-3410	643	25	26.2	74.3%	4 (0.6%)	9 (1.4%)	196 (30.5%)	394 (61.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	37 (5.8%)	74.3	1411^th of 5857 public elementary schools	75.9%		70.2	1585^th of 5869 public elementary schools	73.0%	174																					38.4		38.4	49.5	60.4	54.3	72.5			58.7	57.6	61.0	46.5	64.6			57.1	98.3	98.3		98.3	98.3	98.3	$13,738	$13,694	$44
Killian Elementary	Public	K-6	19100 East Killian St.	Rowland Heights	91748	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 964-6409	469	17	27.7	78.9%	5 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	167 (35.6%)	275 (58.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.6%)	59.7	2081^st of 5857 public elementary schools	64.5%		63.4	1910^th of 5869 public elementary schools	67.5%	171																					33.3		33.3	46.3	54.3	48.7	44.9			48.7	55.4	56.5	34.5	46.4			47.1							$12,907	$12,466	$441
Rowland Elementary	Public	K-6	2036 South Fullerton Rd.	Rowland Heights	91748	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 964-3441	461	19	24.2	91.1%	12 (2.6%)	9 (2.0%)	345 (74.8%)	74 (16.1%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	15 (3.3%)	14.3	5324^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.1%		10.7	5647^th of 5869 public elementary schools	3.8%	323																					8.2		8.2	27.1	9.4	26.7	25.4			22.3	23.5	11.7	14.8	16.4			16.3	96.8		96.8				$13,864	$12,996	$868
Jellick Elementary	Public	K-6	1400 South Jellick Ave.	Rowland Heights	91748	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 964-1275	376	19	19.4	91.2%	9 (2.4%)	2 (0.5%)	261 (69.4%)	95 (25.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	48	2700^th of 5857 public elementary schools	53.9%		36.4	3407^th of 5869 public elementary schools	41.9%	707																					27.3		27.3	61.2	44.2	38.7	44.7			48.2	53.1	34.1	12.1	31.4			34.5	94.7			96.1	96.1		$13,288	$12,072	$1,216
Shelyn Elementary	Public	K-6	19500 East Nacora St.	Rowland Heights	91748	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 444-0584	508	23	21.8	64.0%	13 (2.6%)	2 (0.4%)	108 (21.3%)	352 (69.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	29 (5.7%)	77.9	1245^th of 5857 public elementary schools	78.7%		75.8	1341^st of 5869 public elementary schools	77.2%	96																					34.4		34.4	83.3	62.7	61.3	56.7			65.5	78.0	67.7	53.1	41.8			59.6							$13,720	$13,544	$176
Ybarra Academy for the Arts and Technology	Public	K-8	1300 South Brea Canyon Cutoff	Walnut	91789	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 598-3744	630	25	25.0	66.8%	27 (4.3%)	9 (1.4%)	354 (56.2%)	222 (35.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	16 (2.5%)	63.7	1894^th of 5857 public elementary schools	67.7%		66.7	1745^th of 5869 public elementary schools	70.3%	149																					50.8	37.4	43.1	46.3	56.3	76.3	53.1	73.0	53.2	60.0	34.7	49.2	57.4	26.2	42.9	47.0	42.8	95.7			97.1	97.1	97.1	$15,319	$15,292	$27
Rorimer Elementary	Public	K-6	18750 East Rorimer St.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 965-3333	405	20	20.7	91.6%	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	376 (92.8%)	19 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	24.8	4428^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.4%		26.8	4224^th of 5869 public elementary schools	28.0%	204																					11.5		11.5	23.8	23.1	38.5	42.6			31.3	32.8	28.9	19.2	19.2			25.6	96.7			96.7	96.7	96.7	$17,001	$16,148	$853
Ladera Palma Elementary	Public	K-6	2151 East Brookdale Ave.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	La Habra City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 690-2348	583	23	25.3	70.3%	29 (5.0%)	3 (0.5%)	526 (90.2%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	13 (2.2%)	58.7	2133^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	63.6%		55.1	2282^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	61.1%	149	25.0	27.5	3.9	15.3	18.2	50.0	29.0	25.6	30.5	35.1	29.2	36.2	7.7	20.3	23.5	18.8	26.1	2.6	10.2	14.6	34.6		34.6	43.8	46.4	50.0	66.1			50.3	51.0	40.6	35.9	50.9			44.7	97.8						$23,414	$14,618	$8,796
Telesis Academy of Science & Math	Public	K-8	2800 East Hollingworth St.	West Covina	91792	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 965-1696	621	26	23.8	81.6%	7 (1.1%)	10 (1.6%)	495 (79.7%)	90 (14.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.9%)	48	2703^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	53.9%		47.9	2671^st of 5869 public elementary schools	54.5%	32																					26.2	26.7	26.5	37.5	35.3	53.3	50.0	45.9	52.2	47.2	43.8	30.9	35.4	42.0	26.5	17.0	29.4							$14,981	$14,308	$673
Yorbita Elementary	Public	K-6	502 South Vidalia St.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 964-3486	374	20	19.1	90.1%	6 (1.6%)	6 (1.6%)	331 (88.5%)	24 (6.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	17	5101^st of 5857 public elementary schools	12.9%		14.9	5312^th of 5869 public elementary schools	9.5%	211																					9.1		9.1	25.5	44.2	22.2	20.0			28.2	15.4	24.1	5.5	11.1			14.1	97.3			97.3		97.3	$14,234	$12,878	$1,356

Frequently Asked Questions about Blandford Elementary

Is Blandford Elementary a good school?

Blandford Elementary ranks 1411^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Blandford Elementary in?

Rowland Unified

What schools do graduates of Blandford Elementary attend?

Students who attend Blandford Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Alvarado Intermediate
High : John A. Rowland High

How many students attend Blandford Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 643 students attended Blandford Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Blandford Elementary?

Students at Blandford Elementary are 61% Asian, 30% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 1% African American.

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