The top reported proficiency rate is 70% in English language arts. The lowest is 67% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on La Rosa Elementary
La Rosa Elementary is a small kindergarten-through-third-grade school in Temple City, a residential San Gabriel Valley community with a large and growing Asian population. The school sits on a campus separate from the downtown Las Tunas Drive corridor; Temple City is small and flat enough that many families can access it by short car or bike trips from nearby neighborhoods.
The school's enrollment is small by county standards, and the student body reflects Temple City's demographics: a majority Asian student population, with a substantial Hispanic enrollment and smaller shares of white and multiracial students. A meaningful share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The data did not include the school's English learner or special education enrollment rates, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those populations and the support available to them.
In the most recent testing year, La Rosa's third graders showed proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math that place the school in the top quartile of county elementary schools when compared across tested grades and subjects. This is a genuine strength. The school's performance on the proficiency index is notably higher than the county median. The data came from a single year, so no trend is available yet, but the snapshot shows solid foundational skills in the early grades.
The school serves only kindergarten through third grade, so there is no graduation rate or high school trajectory to consider. Students move on to intermediate school elsewhere in the district.
Temple City itself is a largely built-out, family-oriented suburban city with incremental growth concentrated as mixed-use infill downtown. Housing values in the zip code are well above the state average and reflect the region's desirability. The rental market is also tight and expensive. The city's economy is small-business and retail driven, anchored by a downtown restaurant and shop scene that reflects the community's Asian heritage, alongside conventional suburban retail. Three parks, a county library, and bus transit provide civic amenities and daily-life infrastructure.
The Temple City Unified School District recently launched a Mandarin Dual Language Immersion program beginning in 2025-26, in which students are instructed in Mandarin and English from kindergarten onward. This is a lasting curriculum addition that matters for families choosing where to live, especially those in or near the Mandarin-speaking community. La Rosa families would want to ask the school which elementary campuses house the DLI program and how enrollment works.
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