El Monte City School District

Public Regional · 2 towns Grades K–8 DSchool Grade

Elementary and middle schools for El Monte and South El Monte, and parts of Arcadia, Temple City and Irwindale.

At a glance

6,913Students enrolled

15Schools

2Towns served

$26,989Spent per student

21:1Student–teacher ratio

84%Free / reduced lunch

School path

Where would my kid go?

For El Monte

Grades K–8

17 schoolsDepends on your address · see the listThis district

Grades 8

18 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the listThis district

Grades 8

7 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the listThis district

Grades 9–12

Arroyo High or El Monte High or Mountain View HighDepends on your addressEl Monte Union High School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Where a town has more than one school at a grade, your street decides; check with the district before you enroll.

Academic performanceDistrict vs CA

Math proficiency17%

State average 33.4%

Reading / language arts22%

State average 48.5%

Graduation rate 85% at El Monte Union High School District, which runs the high school (state 87.6%) · class of 2020

EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal (tests 2020–21). The tick marks the state average.

Where the money goes

$26,989

per student each year · 27% above the CA average

Spending

Classroom instruction60%

Support & administration34%

Other6%

Paid for by

Local (mostly property tax)26%

State56%

Federal18%

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (fiscal 2024).

Enrollment · last 5 years

7,573’20

7,251’21

6,995’22

7,028’23

6,913’24

Students

Hispanic · 80%5,496

Asian · 19%1,282

White · 1%60

Black · 0%32

Two or more races · 0%25

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander · 0%9

Across the district's schools, as reported to NCES.

Towns served

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El Monte106,109 people

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South El Monte19,287 people

Also covers small parts of Arcadia, Temple City and Irwindale.

Schools15 in district · 3 next

Level

All 15 Elementary 15

This district · grades K–8

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Durfee ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,120 students · El Monte

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Columbia ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 706 students · El Monte

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Rio Hondo ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 636 students · Arcadia

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Potrero ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 596 students · El Monte

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Wright ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 562 students · El Monte

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Legore ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 516 students · El Monte

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Gidley ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 454 students · El Monte

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Shirpser ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 440 students · El Monte

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Wilkerson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 325 students · El Monte

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Cortada ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 322 students · El Monte

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Cleminson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 316 students · Temple City

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New Lexington ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 313 students · El Monte

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Rio Vista ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 294 students · El Monte

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Cherrylee ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 292 students · El Monte

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Thompson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 21 students · El Monte

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Where students go next · El Monte Union High School District

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Arroyo HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,638 students · El Monte

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El Monte HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,383 students · El Monte

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Mountain View HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,123 students · El Monte

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School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

Nearby districts

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Duarte Unified School DistrictDuarte · Monrovia · $20,064 per student

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Alhambra Unified School DistrictRosemead

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Baldwin Park Unified School DistrictBaldwin Park · $22,933 per student

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Garvey Elementary School DistrictRosemead · $24,393 per student

District facts from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory and school district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau's school finance survey. Test scores and graduation rates from EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings reflect opinions, not an official measure of school quality.