Public schools in El Monte, CA

El Monte has 26 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 5 high, 1 middle, 20 elementary, enrolling 14,878 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; El Monte City runs 13 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run El Monte's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in El MonteDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
El Monte City137,045$24,829
Mountain View School District84,944$23,155
El Monte Union High School District57,882$20,582

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

5 high schools in El Monte, 4,462 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Arroyo High1,63821.172.3%El Monte Union High
El Monte High1,38320.387.2%El Monte Union High
Mountain View High1,12319.889.2%El Monte Union High
Fernando R. Ledesma Continuation High29317.094.5%El Monte Union High
El Monte Union High School Community Day257.896.0%El Monte Union High

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in El Monte, 502 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Twin Lakes Elementary50218.879.3%Mountain View

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

20 elementary schools in El Monte, 9,914 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Durfee Elementary1,12022.352.5%El Monte City
Parkview Elementary92019.978.4%Mountain View
Monte Vista Elementary78518.880.3%Mountain View
Columbia Elementary70623.768.3%El Monte City
Baker Elementary60118.985.7%Mountain View
Potrero Elementary59621.376.0%El Monte City
Wright Elementary56221.459.8%El Monte City
Willard F. Payne Elementary53418.784.8%Mountain View
Legore Elementary51619.168.0%El Monte City
Gidley Elementary45418.163.2%El Monte City
The other 10 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Shirpser Elementary44022.076.4%El Monte City
Miramonte Elementary43820.384.5%Mountain View
Maxson Elementary43319.975.1%Mountain View
Wilkerson Elementary32520.370.8%El Monte City
Cortada Elementary32220.177.6%El Monte City
New Lexington Elementary31320.264.9%El Monte City
Rio Vista Elementary29415.559.5%El Monte City
Cherrylee Elementary29222.558.2%El Monte City
La Primaria Elementary24217.977.7%Mountain View
Thompson Elementary217.047.6%El Monte City

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How El Monte's public schools compare with California's

The median El Monte school has 19.9 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 478 students (state 471).

El Monte against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
El MonteCalifornia
Median students per teacher19.921.6
Median school size (students)478471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%74%
Charter schools0%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 26 El Monte schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in El Monte

  1. El Monte CityRuns 13 of El Monte's 26 public schools and spent $24,829 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$24,829
  2. Arroyo High, the largest high school in El Monte1,638 students in 2024-25, 21.1 per teacher.1,638
  3. Compare El Monte City with Mountain View School DistrictEl Monte's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for an El Monte addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in El Monte

  1. How many public schools are in El Monte, CA?
    26 public schools with an address in El Monte were open in 2024-25: 5 high, 1 middle, 20 elementary, enrolling 14,878 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in El Monte?
    Arroyo High, with 1,638 students in 2024-25 (El Monte Union High School District).
  3. Which districts run El Monte's schools?
    El Monte City (13 schools), Mountain View School District (8 schools), El Monte Union High School District (5 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .