Wescove Elementary, West Covina CA

Original Research by School Decision on Wescove Elementary

Wescove Elementary is a small school serving kindergarten through second grade in West Covina, a mature San Gabriel Valley suburb east of Los Angeles. The school enrolls a student body that is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial Asian population and smaller Black and white communities. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic composition of the surrounding neighborhoods.

The school's most recent state assessment data comes from 2010 and shows mixed academic results across the tested grades. In third grade mathematics, where students demonstrated their strongest performance, a solid majority met proficiency benchmarks. Fourth grade math results were roughly split. Fifth grade performance dropped considerably, with only about a quarter of students proficient in math, and science results for fifth grade were similar. In English language arts, third and fourth graders performed around the half-mark, fifth graders significantly lower, while sixth graders showed their strongest language arts results. The school sits above the median for overall proficiency when compared to other elementary schools across Los Angeles County districts, though the data is dated enough that it does not reflect current instruction or student demographics.

Because Wescove serves only the early elementary grades, it produces no state testing data for the full span of primary grades, and no graduation rates apply. The school's trajectory beyond second grade depends on feeder patterns into the broader West Covina Unified system, which operates a distinctive IB continuum program and dual language immersion tracks at higher grades, though whether Wescove students access those pathways is not specified in available data.

The West Covina area where the school sits is car-dependent, with low walkability and most daily services and shopping accessed by vehicle. Housing values in the zip code are moderate relative to the broader Los Angeles County region. The city itself is built out and mature, with infill development and townhome redevelopment underway. West Covina Unified serves the area alongside Covina-Valley Unified; school campuses are dispersed across the city rather than clustered in a single center.

A parent considering Wescove would be looking at an early-elementary neighborhood school serving a predominantly working-class community, without current academic measurement to work from and with the understanding that the student's pathway beyond grade two depends on the district's programs at the middle and upper elementary levels.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 382%

School 82% · District 54% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 42% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 44% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 655%

School 55% · District 39% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 348%

School 48% · District 46% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 452%

School 52% · District 46% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 55% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 661%

School 61% · District 45% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Science

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 40% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · even with county median

This schoolWest Covina 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-income44%Higher-income61%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income57%Higher-income75%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income80%Higher-income89%9 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income52%Higher-income67%15 pp gap