Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL MONTE CITY·NCES 061209001348
Cortada Elementary
3111 North Potrero Ave., El Monte, CA 91733 · (626) 575-2391 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
299 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
44.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.5pp since 2014
Math
36.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +19.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
322
-83 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 23.8:1
% Hispanic
84%
was 86%
% Asian
15%
was 14%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Cortada Elementary
Cortada Elementary is a tight-knit elementary school in El Monte, California, part of El Monte City. The school caters to 322 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 31% below typical.
Within El Monte City, which oversees 15 schools and 6,913 students, Cortada Elementary is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Cortada Elementary logs that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 15% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Cortada Elementary records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 93% of students at Cortada Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cortada Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 25.1%; this one delivers 40.6%, a residual of +15.5 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Cortada Elementary is one.
The closest other public school is Potrero Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cortada Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.
Cortada Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 20%: 405 students in 2018 compared to 322 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Columbia ElementaryElementary · 706 students
- Rio Hondo ElementaryElementary · 636 students
- Potrero ElementaryElementary · 596 students
- Wright ElementaryElementary · 562 students
- Legore ElementaryElementary · 516 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
Nearby schools
- Potrero Elementary0.4 mi · 596
- New Lexington Elementary0.7 mi · 313
- Wilkerson Elementary0.7 mi · 325
- Savannah Elementary0.9 mi · 365
- Miramonte Elementary1.0 mi · 438
- Shirpser Elementary1.1 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Cortada ElementaryHow many students attend Cortada Elementary?
Cortada Elementary enrolls approximately 322 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Cortada Elementary serve?
Cortada Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Cortada Elementary have?
Cortada Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Cortada Elementary?
Student demographics at Cortada Elementary are roughly 1% White, 84% Hispanic, 15% Asian.
What district is Cortada Elementary in?
Cortada Elementary is part of El Monte City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.