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What's something Brightwood Elementary does better than most schools?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
804
Elementary
DISTRICT 656 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALHAMBRA UNIFIED·NCES 060015310934
Brightwood Elementary
1701 Brightwood St., Monterey Park, CA 91754 · (626) 943-3360 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL804 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
252 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 105 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 13% larger than its 8th grade class (93).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
73.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.6pp since 2014
Math
64.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 45.4% | 28.3% | 12.1% | 14.3% |
| Math | 42.4% | 22.6% | 16.8% | 18.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.6% | 64.9% |
| 2023-24 | 73.3% | 62.8% |
| 2022-23 | 75.5% | 65.5% |
| 2021-22 | 73.8% | 63.3% |
| 2018-19 | 72.2% | 65.2% |
| 2017-18 | 71.4% | 66.9% |
| 2016-17 | 69.8% | 65.1% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 61.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Brightwood Elementary
Brightwood Elementary's state test result (68.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brightwood Elementary this school | 804 | 31.3% | 68.5% |
| Monterey Highlands Elementary Monterey Park | 917 | 35.1% | 73.9% |
| Vejar Elementary Walnut | 631 | 32.2% | 67.8% |
| Collegewood Elementary Walnut Valley | 606 | 26.4% | 62.9% |
| Repetto Elementary Monterey Park | 739 | 42.4% | 62.4% |
| Hugo Reid Elementary Arcadia | 583 | 34.5% | 64.5% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Brightwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #723 of 5,151 | #162 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #830 of 5,172 ▲ 70 | #188 of 1,129 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #560 of 5,172 ▼ 15 | #126 of 1,129 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #3,107 of 5,116 | #764 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 804 | #378 of 5,915 | #59 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,922 of 5,352 | #896 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #2,271 of 5,354 | #355 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.3% | #4,702 of 5,625 | #1,125 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #2,078 of 3,837 | #628 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
804
-72 (-8%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 988
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 25.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 804 | 33.2 | 24.3:1 | 31% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 789 | 31.7 | 24.9:1 | 37% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 794 | 30.5 | 26.0:1 | 33% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 876 | 34 | 25.8:1 | 35% (305) |
| 2017-18 | 942 | 34.4 | 27.4:1 | 44% (413) |
| 2015-16 | 960 | 36 | 26.7:1 | 38% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 988 | N/A | N/A | 42% (414) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brightwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (942 to 804); teachers down 4% (34.4 to 33.2).
About Brightwood Elementary
Brightwood Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Monterey Park, California. Classes run from kindergarten through 8, and the school has 804 students. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 73% larger than average.
Enrollment across the 16 schools in Alhambra Unified totals 14,548 students.
At Brightwood Elementary, Asian students make up 55% of the student body. Beyond that, enrollment is 37% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 15% Asian. Brightwood Elementary's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Brightwood Elementary is 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 24.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 31% of students, or 252, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
allk12 grades Brightwood Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Brightwood Elementary's results are 7.3 points above predicted: 68.5% against 61.2%.
Census estimates describe Los Angeles County this way: the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Brightwood Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Robert Hill Lane Elementary is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Brightwood Elementary. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Brightwood Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Brightwood Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Brightwood Elementary's enrollment declined 8%, to 804. The school's ratio fell from 25.8:1 to 24.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alhambra Unified
- Mark Keppel HighHigh · 2,201 students
- Alhambra HighHigh · 2,056 students
- San Gabriel HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Martha Baldwin ElementaryElementary · 923 students
- Monterey Highlands ElementaryElementary · 917 students
- William Northrup ElementaryElementary · 814 students
Other schools in Monterey Park
- Monterey Highlands ElementaryElementary · 917 students
- Repetto ElementaryElementary · 739 students
- Ynez ElementaryElementary · 695 students
- Macy IntermediateMiddle · 576 students
- Monterey Vista ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Bella Vista ElementaryElementary · 530 students
Other Brightwood Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Brightwood Elementary. Brightwood Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Brightwood Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 646 students
- Brightwood ElementaryGreensboro, NC · 488 students
Nearby schools
- Robert Hill Lane Elementary0.4 mi · 248
- KIPP Sol Academy0.6 mi · 465
- KIPP Iluminar Academy0.6 mi · 593
- Morris K. Hamasaki Elementary0.7 mi · 316
- Monterey Highlands Elementary0.8 mi · 917
- Brooklyn Avenue0.9 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About Brightwood ElementaryHow many students attend Brightwood Elementary?
Brightwood Elementary enrolls approximately 804 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Brightwood Elementary serve?
Brightwood Elementary serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brightwood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brightwood Elementary is approximately 24.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brightwood Elementary?
At Brightwood Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 37% Hispanic, 1% Black, 55% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Brightwood Elementary public or private?
Brightwood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alhambra Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.