Is Juarez (Benito) Elementary a good school?

Juarez (Benito) Elementary ranks 3494 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Juarez (Benito) Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 321 students attended Juarez (Benito) Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Juarez (Benito) Elementary?

Students at Juarez (Benito) Elementary are 63% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 7% White, 7% African American, 5% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Juarez (Benito) Elementary attend?

Students who attend Juarez (Benito) Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Ross (Faye) Middle High : Gahr (Richard) High

Juarez (Benito) Elementary

Summary:

Juarez (Benito) Elementary is a public elementary school located in Cerritos, CA, serving grades K-6 with a student population of 311. The school faces significant challenges, as it has consistently underperformed compared to the ABC Unified district and the state of California in academic assessments, with particularly low performance for English Language Learner (ELL) students.

Juarez (Benito) Elementary has experienced a notable increase in chronic absenteeism, from 5.8% in 2017-2018 to 20.7% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the district average of 15.2% at the nearby Niemes (John H.) Elementary. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 65.92% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, which is higher than the nearby Burbank (Luther) Elementary (66.01%) and Carver (Charles J.) Elementary.

Juarez (Benito) Elementary's performance lags behind its peers in the ABC Unified district and the state of California, particularly for vulnerable student subgroups such as Hispanic students and students with disabilities. The school's performance is also low for African American students, ranking in the bottom quarter of California elementary schools in 2018-2019. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 17.3 in 2022-2023, this does not seem to translate into improved academic outcomes. Addressing these challenges will require a comprehensive approach, including targeted interventions, increased family engagement, and a focus on improving the overall educational experience for students at Juarez (Benito) Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-6

11939 Aclare St.
Cerritos, CA 90703-2709

(562) 229-7870

District: ABC Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3494^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,804

Students who attend Juarez (Benito) Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Ross (Faye) Middle
High:	Gahr (Richard) High

Student/teacher ratio: 18.8

Number of students: 321

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

62.9%

Asian:

17.1%

White:

7.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 67.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Juarez (Benito) Elementary ranks worse than 59.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 16^th among 19 ranked elementary schools in the ABC Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 35.23. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (62.9%), Asian (17.1%), African American (7.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 67.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Juarez (Benito) Elementary is 18.8, which is the lowest among 19 elementary schools in the ABC Unified School District! (See more...)

Compare Juarez (Benito) Elementary employs 17 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Juarez (Benito) Elementary is $6,804, which is the 3^rd highest among 19 elementary schools in the ABC Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Juarez (Benito) Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Juarez (Benito) Elementary 3494^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Juarez (Benito) Elementary in the ranking list.)

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ABC Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks ABC Unified 414^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Juarez (Benito) Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Juarez (Benito) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	46.07	2354^th	4809	51.1%
2005	46.50	2363^rd	4822	51.0%
2006	42.95	2561^st	4818	46.8%
2007	59.36	1858^th	5113	63.7%
2008	29.41	3632^nd	5113	29.0%
2009	36.79	3264^th	5193	37.1%
2010	38.26	3283^rd	5314	38.2%
2011	39.16	3315^th	5377	38.3%
2012	47.25	2790^th	5390	48.2%
2013	46.08	2921^st	5530	47.2%
2015	32.42	3511^th	5611	37.4%
2016	51.28	2429^th	5614	56.7%
2017	43.65	2882^nd	5692	49.4%
2018	44.18	2888^th	5662	49.0%
2019	39.82	3202^nd	5789	44.7%
2022	42.62	2928^th	5883	50.2%
2023	46.93	2701^st	5874	54.0%
2024	35.23	3494^th	5862	40.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Juarez (Benito) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	76.18	424^th	3246	86.9%
2019	75.24	406^th	3275	87.6%
2022	43.79	1552^nd	3311	53.1%
2024	21.14	3024^th	3160	4.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Juarez (Benito) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	40.36	1203^rd	2420	50.3%
2024	43.97	1162^nd	2634	55.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Juarez (Benito) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	49.60	2386^th	5084	53.1%
2019	47.04	2607^th	5173	49.6%
2022	57.49	1828^th	5264	65.3%
2023	41.92	2917^th	5374	45.7%
2024	34.95	3528^th	5511	36.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Juarez (Benito) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	48.52	2566^th	5413	52.6%
2019	36.47	3315^th	5492	39.6%
2022	43.60	2773^rd	5635	50.8%
2023	43.50	2787^th	5617	50.4%
2024	29.99	3793^rd	5605	32.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Juarez (Benito) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.15	1754^th	2128	17.6%
2019	36.11	1470^th	2585	43.1%
2022	46.89	888^th	2227	60.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Juarez (Benito) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.23	3033^rd	5431	44.2%
2019	42.80	2855^th	5510	48.2%
2022	41.94	2891^st	5663	48.9%
2023	48.05	2558^th	5650	54.7%
2024	38.06	3205^th	5636	43.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Juarez (Benito) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	29.67	551^st	747	26.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Juarez (Benito) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	50.08	2221^st	4830	54.0%
2019	49.06	2346^th	4963	52.7%
2022	49.21	2260^th	5084	55.5%
2023	54.75	1959^th	5098	61.6%
2024	35.46	3317^th	5102	35.0%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Juarez (Benito) Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	157	52	110	227	2	n/a	n/a	0	548
1989	139	38	115	236	4	n/a	n/a	0	532
1990	141	51	126	252	3	n/a	n/a	0	573
1991	122	59	147	260	2	n/a	n/a	0	590
1992	113	51	151	290	3	n/a	n/a	0	608
1993	97	54	142	278	3	n/a	n/a	0	574
1994	97	52	135	297	4	n/a	n/a	0	585
1995	79	55	137	315	3	n/a	n/a	0	589
1996	79	55	137	315	3	n/a	n/a	0	589
1997	79	57	133	304	1	n/a	n/a	0	574
1998	69	59	122	305	3	n/a	n/a	0	558
1999	59	58	121	295	3	n/a	n/a	0	536
2000	54	59	117	312	2	n/a	n/a	0	544
2001	55	63	103	298	2	n/a	n/a	0	521
2002	49	67	61	315	1	n/a	n/a	0	493
2003	49	67	61	315	1	n/a	n/a	0	493
2004	42	56	88	301	1	n/a	n/a	6	494
2005	44	54	70	289	3	n/a	n/a	16	476
2006	46	88	72	233	0	n/a	n/a	19	458
2007	38	54	71	241	0	n/a	n/a	12	416
2008	31	55	75	246	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	407
2009	26	63	69	230	0	3	19	0	410
2010	24	54	64	234	0	2	7	0	385
2011	29	52	72	223	4	4	4	0	388
2012	24	43	61	225	4	3	6	0	366
2013	20	40	56	208	2	3	8	0	337
2014	17	34	59	208	1	2	5	0	326
2015	21	36	60	231	1	3	6	0	358
2016	18	41	68	217	1	2	4	0	351
2017	17	45	52	222	0	2	5	0	343
2018	17	47	60	218	0	3	5	0	350
2019	14	45	60	213	0	5	2	0	339
2020	22	47	54	228	0	4	7	0	362
2021	20	32	52	209	0	4	8	0	325
2022	18	27	47	205	0	3	12	0	312
2023	20	19	51	205	0	3	13	0	311
2024	23	23	55	202	0	1	16	1	321

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Juarez (Benito) Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	548	22.0	24.9	n/a
1989	532	19.0	28.0	n/a
1990	573	21.0	27.2	n/a
1991	590	23.0	25.6	n/a
1992	608	23.4	25.9	38.5
1993	574	22.5	25.5	42.5
1994	585	22.5	26.0	47.5
1995	589	22.0	26.8	51.1
1996	589	22.0	26.8	51.1
1997	574	27.8	20.6	50.5
1998	558	27.8	20.1	53.9
1999	536	27.0	19.9	56.3
2000	544	25.0	21.8	57.5
2001	521	29.0	18.0	63.7
2002	493	25.0	19.7	58.6
2003	493	25.0	19.7	58.6
2004	494	24.0	20.6	58.4
2005	476	23.0	20.7	68.5
2006	458	21.0	21.8	66.1
2007	416	19.0	21.9	59.2
2008	407	22.0	18.5	60.2
2009	410	22.0	17.8	60.7
2010	385	20.0	19.2	67.5
2011	388	n/a	n/a	66.5
2012	366	14.0	26.1	n/a
2013	337	18.0	18.7	72.1
2014	326	14.0	23.2	69
2015	358	15.0	23.8	71.8
2016	351	15.0	23.4	72.1
2017	343	15.0	22.8	75.8
2018	350	16.0	21.8	72.3
2019	339	15.0	22.6	75.2
2020	362	n/a	n/a	71.3
2021	325	17.0	19.1	72.6
2022	312	18.0	17.3	68.6
2023	311	17.9	17.3	65.9
2024	321	17.0	18.8	67.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Juarez (Benito) Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	548	22.0	24.9	n/a
1989	532	19.0	28.0	n/a
1990	573	21.0	27.2	n/a
1991	590	23.0	25.6	n/a
1992	608	23.4	25.9	38.5
1993	574	22.5	25.5	42.5
1994	585	22.5	26.0	47.5
1995	589	22.0	26.8	51.1
1996	589	22.0	26.8	51.1
1997	574	27.8	20.6	50.5
1998	558	27.8	20.1	53.9
1999	536	27.0	19.9	56.3
2000	544	25.0	21.8	57.5
2001	521	29.0	18.0	63.7
2002	493	25.0	19.7	58.6
2003	493	25.0	19.7	58.6
2004	494	24.0	20.6	58.4
2005	476	23.0	20.7	68.5
2006	458	21.0	21.8	66.1
2007	416	19.0	21.9	59.2
2008	407	22.0	18.5	60.2
2009	410	22.0	17.8	60.7
2010	385	20.0	19.2	67.5
2011	388	n/a	n/a	66.5
2012	366	14.0	26.1	n/a
2013	337	18.0	18.7	72.1
2014	326	14.0	23.2	69
2015	358	15.0	23.8	71.8
2016	351	15.0	23.4	72.1
2017	343	15.0	22.8	75.8
2018	350	16.0	21.8	72.3
2019	339	15.0	22.6	75.2
2020	362	n/a	n/a	71.3
2021	325	17.0	19.1	72.6
2022	312	18.0	17.3	68.6
2023	311	17.9	17.3	65.9
2024	321	17.0	18.8	67.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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