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What's something Columbia Elementary does better than most schools?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
706
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL MONTE CITY·NCES 061209001347
Columbia Elementary
3400 North California, El Monte, CA 91731 · (626) 575-2306 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL706 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
23.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
638 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 35 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 175 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 146 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 76% smaller than its 8th grade class (146).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
40.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.4pp since 2014
Math
28.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.5% | 26.1% | 23.9% | 35.5% |
| Math | 12.1% | 15.9% | 24.7% | 47.3% |
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 | 40.6% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.5% | 25.7% |
| 2022-23 | 44.9% | 27.2% |
| 2021-22 | 46.3% | 27.0% |
| 2018-19 | 51.9% | 31.6% |
| 2017-18 | 50.9% | 29.6% |
| 2016-17 | 48.5% | 32.5% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Columbia Elementary
Columbia Elementary's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Elementary this school | 706 | 90.4% | 33.6% |
| Monte Vista Elementary El Monte | 785 | 90.4% | 28.9% |
| Burroughs Elementary Fresno | 674 | 92.6% | 37.2% |
| Ernest R. Geddes Elementary Baldwin Park | 662 | 90.6% | 29.7% |
| Vineland Elementary Baldwin Park | 604 | 92.2% | 21.3% |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary Madera | 659 | 93.3% | 22.8% |
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 Columbia Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #3,102 of 5,151 | #775 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #3,418 of 5,172 ▲ 131 | #884 of 1,129 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #2,870 of 5,172 ▼ 714 | #688 of 1,129 ▼ 195 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.3pp | #1,121 of 5,116 | #181 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 706 | #721 of 5,915 | #130 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.7:1 | #3,526 of 5,352 | #832 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.6% | #4,560 of 5,354 | #923 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #1,058 of 5,625 | #437 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #1,230 of 3,837 | #444 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
706
-73 (-9%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 950
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 706 | 29.8 | 23.7:1 | 90% (638) |
| 2023-24 | 713 | 30.8 | 23.1:1 | 90% (644) |
| 2022-23 | 704 | 32.1 | 21.9:1 | 90% (631) |
| 2020-21 | 779 | 35 | 22.3:1 | 94% (733) |
| 2017-18 | 902 | 38.9 | 23.2:1 | 98% (880) |
| 2015-16 | 871 | 40 | 21.8:1 | 92% (803) |
| 2010-11 | 853 | N/A | N/A | 89% (763) |
| 2000-01 | 1,059 | 50 | 21.2:1 | 98% (1,037) |
| 1990-91 | 950 | 40 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbia Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (902 to 706); teachers down 23% (38.9 to 29.8).
About Columbia Elementary
Columbia Elementary is an elementary school located in El Monte, California, in Los Angeles County. It has an enrollment of 706 students in kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 52% bigger than that mark.
Columbia Elementary sits within El Monte City, which has 15 schools and 6,913 students.
Hispanic students account for 90% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 9% Asian. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at Columbia Elementary are from different groups.
Columbia Elementary has 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.7:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The school has 90% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 20 points above the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
On the allk12 Grade, Columbia Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 45% of California public elementary schools.
Columbia Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (33.6%) and its predicted rate (26.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
The school is in Los Angeles County, where median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Los Angeles County's 2,244 public schools enroll about 1,265,907 students and include Columbia Elementary.
El Monte High is the nearest public school to Columbia Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 33.6% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 706, down from 779 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 23.7 students per teacher, compared with 22.3 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Columbia Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 El Monte City
- Durfee ElementaryElementary · 1,120 students
- Rio Hondo ElementaryElementary · 636 students
- Potrero ElementaryElementary · 596 students
- Wright ElementaryElementary · 562 students
- Legore ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- Gidley ElementaryElementary · 454 students
Other schools in El Monte
- Arroyo HighHigh · 1,638 students
- El Monte HighHigh · 1,383 students
- Mountain View HighHigh · 1,123 students
- Durfee ElementaryElementary · 1,120 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 920 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryElementary · 785 students
Other Columbia Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 13 states are named Columbia Elementary. Columbia Elementary is the largest of the 25.
- Columbia ElementaryPerris, CA · 704 students
- Columbia ElementaryLancaster, CA · 620 students
- Columbia ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 601 students
- Columbia ElementaryFresno, CA · 568 students
- Columbia ElementaryColumbia, CA · 464 students
Nearby schools
- El Monte High0.5 mi · 1,383
- Legore Elementary0.7 mi · 516
- New Lexington Elementary0.8 mi · 313
- Willard F. Payne Elementary0.9 mi · 534
- Wilkerson Elementary0.9 mi · 325
- Rio Vista Elementary0.9 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Columbia ElementaryHow large is Columbia Elementary?
Columbia Elementary enrolls approximately 706 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Columbia Elementary serve?
Columbia Elementary serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Columbia Elementary have?
Columbia Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Columbia Elementary?
Student demographics at Columbia Elementary are roughly 0% White, 90% Hispanic, 0% Black, 9% Asian.
Is Columbia Elementary public or private?
Columbia Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by El Monte City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.