26 public K-12 schools in El Monte from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, El Monte has more public-school enrollment than 88% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. El Monte's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.
21 of El Monte's 26 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 5 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.
The 49-point gap between El Monte Union High School Community Day and La Primaria Elementary shows the range hidden by El Monte's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
El Monte school enrollment ranges from 21 students (lowest) to 1,638 students (highest), a spread of 1,617 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | El Monte Union High School Community Day | 58 |
| 2. | Durfee Elementary | 46 |
| 3. | Fernando R. Ledesma Continuation High | 45 |
| 4. | New Lexington Elementary | 41 |
| 5. | Twin Lakes Elementary | 40 |
| 6. | Gidley Elementary | 40 |
| 7. | Potrero Elementary | 39 |
| 8. | Thompson Elementary | 38 |
| 9. | Columbia Elementary | 37 |
| 10. | Rio Vista Elementary | 37 |
| 11. | Cherrylee Elementary | 35 |
| 12. | Legore Elementary | 32 |
| 13. | Wright Elementary | 30 |
| 14. | El Monte High | 29 |
| 15. | Wilkerson Elementary | 29 |
| 16. | Monte Vista Elementary | 28 |
| 17. | Arroyo High | 27 |
| 18. | Baker Elementary | 27 |
| 19. | Mountain View High | 26 |
| 20. | Parkview Elementary | 25 |
| 21. | Shirpser Elementary | 24 |
| 22. | Maxson Elementary | 24 |
| 23. | Willard F. Payne Elementary | 22 |
| 24. | Cortada Elementary | 21 |
| 25. | Miramonte Elementary | 16 |
| 26. | La Primaria Elementary | 9 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
El Monte Union High School Community Day has the highest Resource Investment Index among the El Monte schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
El Monte has 26 public schools with a total enrollment of 14,878 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.4:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
