Cherrylee Elementary

Cherrylee Elementary is a modestly sized primary school in El Monte, California, part of El Monte City. The school hosts 292 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 37% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

El Monte City comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 6,913 students; Cherrylee Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Cherrylee Elementary lists that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 24% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Cherrylee Elementary records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.5:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cherrylee Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.3%, the actual is 33.2%, a residual of +1.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cherrylee Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Arroyo High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cherrylee Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cherrylee Elementary has decreased 24%, going from 386 students in 2018 to 292 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 18% to 24%. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

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