Baldwin Stocker Elementary, Arcadia CA

Original Research by School Decision on Baldwin Stocker Elementary

Baldwin Stocker Elementary is a small K-5 public school in Arcadia, a San Gabriel Valley suburb northeast of Los Angeles. The school serves about that many students, with particularly strong enrollment in upper elementary grades. The student body is heavily Asian, reflecting Arcadia's broader demographic makeup. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Recent state test results show math proficiency well above the median among county districts. Across tested grades and both math and English language arts, overall proficiency sits in the top quartile for Los Angeles County schools. Math proficiency in grade five, as well as language arts in grades four and five, runs particularly strong. Grade three shows the widest gap between math and language arts performance, with math considerably higher. Science proficiency in grade five, the only grade assessed in that subject, sits above the median. These results reflect a school where the majority of students are meeting grade-level standards, though a meaningful share in earlier grades, particularly in grade-three language arts, are still below that mark.

Arcadia sits in a transit-accessible part of the San Gabriel Mountains foothill zone with established single-family neighborhoods and a walkable downtown core along Huntington Drive. The local economy centers on healthcare, retail, hospitality, and recreation. The city is pursuing mixed-use and transit-oriented development near the Metro A Line station. Housing costs are high. Median home values in the 91007 zip code run substantially above the state benchmark, and monthly rents have climbed notably year-over-year. Mortgage payments on a median home would consume a large share of household income, and rent similarly. For families considering the area, housing affordability is a significant factor even within a relatively affluent region.

The parent district, Arcadia Unified, faces aging facilities across many campuses built in the nineteen-fifties. In November 2024, voters approved a bond measure to fund modernization, safety upgrades, and infrastructure repairs across the district. That decision will raise property taxes for homeowners over a multiyear period while reshaping school facilities. Parents weighing a move to the district should account for both the property-tax increase and the resulting facility improvements that will unfold over time.

Baldwin Stocker's academic standing is solid and its peer environment reflects the town's demographic character. The school's location within a well-served suburban community with organized civic spaces, parks, and transit access offers a stable residential context, though the cost of entry into the housing market is steep.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 375%

School 75% · District 76%

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 471%

School 71% · District 72% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 68% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 362%

School 62% · District 69% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 473%

School 73% · District 72% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 574%

School 74% · District 75% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Science

Grade 574%

School 74% · District 65% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

This schoolArcadia Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income49%Higher-income70%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income63%Higher-income77%14 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income69%Higher-income78%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income60%Higher-income85%25 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income64%Higher-income74%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income56%Higher-income81%24 pp gap