Schools · El Monte
El Monte, CA schools
El Monte’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 22% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 85% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 17 schools through grade 8, then one of 18 middle schools, one of 7 middle schools and Arroyo High or El Monte High or Mountain View High.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
El Monte’s School Grade: B-
The public schools El Monte’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
C-Test scoresC-Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 49%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (442)Better than 57%
Lower confidence. Built on 65 tested students and a graduating class of 2,106. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where El Monte kids go to school
Grades 9–12
Arroyo High or El Monte High or Mountain View High
Depends on your address El Monte Union High School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades K–8, El Monte City)22%
State average 48.5%
Reading (Mountain View Elementary)24.5%
State average 48.5% · reported as a range, 0–49% (a small group)
Math (grades K–8, El Monte City)17%
State average 33.4%
Math (Mountain View Elementary)24.5%
State average 33.4% · reported as a range, 0–49% (a small group)
Graduation · class of 2020
85% graduate on time
Graduation rate
85%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
2,106
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #552 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Three districts serve El Monte
El Monte Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 7 schools · 7,278 students
$23,420 per studentCA $21,206B-El Monte City School DistrictGrades K–8 · 15 schools · 6,913 students
$26,989 per studentCA $21,206DMountain View Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 8 schools · 4,455 students
$27,700 per studentCA $21,206Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 27 schools in El Monte
Showing 1–27 of 27 schools
Durfee ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,120 students
PublicParkview ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 920 students
PublicColumbia ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 706 students
PublicBaker ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 601 students
PublicPotrero ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 596 students
PublicWright ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 562 students
PublicWillard F. Payne ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 534 students
PublicLegore ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 516 students
PublicGidley ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 454 students
A-PublicShirpser ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 440 students
CPublicMaxson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 433 students
PublicWilkerson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 325 students
PublicCortada ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 322 students
PublicNew Lexington ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 313 students
PublicRio Vista ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 294 students
C-PublicCherrylee ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 292 students
PublicLa Primaria ElementaryElementary · Grades K–3 · 242 students
PublicThompson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 21 students
PublicTwin Lakes ElementaryMiddle · Grades 3–8 · 502 students
PublicArroyo HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,638 students
PublicEl Monte HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,383 students
PublicMountain View HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,123 students
PublicFernando R. Ledesma Continuation HighHigh · Grades 10–12 · 293 students
PublicEl Monte Union High School Community DayHigh · Grades 9–12 · 25 students
PublicLOVE & CARE CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL
PrivateNEW LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
PrivateSHIELD OF FAITH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.