1
Enrollment
1,120
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL MONTE CITY·NCES 061209001349
Durfee Elementary
12233 Star St., El Monte, CA 91732 · (626) 443-3900 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,120 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
22.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
819 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 | 141 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 111 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 175 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 148 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (141) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (148).
Student demographics
34%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
58.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.0pp since 2014
Math
42.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.0% | 30.0% | 23.6% | 18.4% |
| Math | 23.3% | 19.3% | 28.7% | 28.7% |
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 | 58.0% | 42.6% |
| 2023-24 | 55.3% | 41.7% |
| 2022-23 | 54.9% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.9% | 40.8% |
| 2018-19 | 60.1% | 48.6% |
| 2017-18 | 58.3% | 44.5% |
| 2016-17 | 56.7% | 43.0% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Durfee Elementary
Durfee Elementary's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durfee Elementary this school | 1,120 | 73.1% | 49.2% |
| Lathrop Elementary Lathrop | 1,000 | 72.1% | 21.9% |
| Searles Elementary Union City | 712 | 71.2% | 29.4% |
| Bill L. Williams Elementary Bakersfield | 926 | 77.6% | 35.5% |
| Ewing Elementary Fresno | 842 | 84.1% | 33.7% |
| South/West Park Elementary Tracy | 806 | 80.4% | 39.5% |
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 Durfee Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #1,769 of 5,151 | #400 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #2,094 of 5,172 ▼ 34 | #521 of 1,129 ▼ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,465 of 5,172 ▲ 74 | #332 of 1,129 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #2,148 of 5,116 | #569 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,120 | #29 of 5,915 | #5 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,442 of 5,352 | #653 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.3% | #3,730 of 5,354 | #677 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.1% | #2,762 of 5,625 | #828 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.0% | #448 of 1,139 | #74 of 181 |
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
1,120
+91 (+9%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 887
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 1,120 | 50.2 | 22.3:1 | 73% (819) |
| 2023-24 | 1,089 | 48.9 | 22.3:1 | 74% (809) |
| 2022-23 | 1,028 | 49.2 | 20.9:1 | 75% (770) |
| 2020-21 | 1,029 | 45 | 22.9:1 | 87% (898) |
| 2017-18 | 1,000 | 41.8 | 23.9:1 | 90% (902) |
| 2015-16 | 1,014 | 44 | 23.1:1 | 83% (841) |
| 2010-11 | 1,116 | N/A | N/A | 83% (928) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 29 | 22.6:1 | 88% (578) |
| 1990-91 | 887 | 40 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Durfee Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (1,000 to 1,120); teachers up 20% (41.8 to 50.2).
About Durfee Elementary
Durfee Elementary is the name of a high-enrollment elementary school in El Monte, California. The school serves kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 1,120 students. That is 141% bigger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Federal data list 15 schools in El Monte City, with 6,913 students enrolled.
Hispanic students are 79% of those enrolled at Durfee Elementary. The remaining shares are 20% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 34%.
Durfee Elementary has 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.3:1. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 73%.
Among California public elementary schools, Durfee Elementary outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 36.7% for a school in California with Durfee Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Durfee Elementary posts 49.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Los Angeles County, 2,244 public schools serve about 1,265,907 students.
Durfee Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Thompson Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Durfee Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Durfee Elementary ranks 1st of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 49.2% against a local average of 31.2%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 1,029 to 1,120, a 9% rise.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Durfee Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Columbia ElementaryElementary · 706 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
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 920 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryElementary · 785 students
- Columbia ElementaryElementary · 706 students
Other Durfee Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Durfee Elementary. Durfee Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Durfee ElementaryPico Rivera, CA · 322 students
Nearby schools
- Thompson Elementary0.0 mi · 21
- Fernando R. Ledesma Continuation High0.4 mi · 293
- La Primaria Elementary0.5 mi · 242
- Opportunities for Learning - Baldwin Park0.6 mi · 219
- Twin Lakes Elementary0.8 mi · 502
- Cherrylee Elementary0.8 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About Durfee ElementaryHow large is Durfee Elementary?
Durfee Elementary enrolls approximately 1,120 students in grades KG-08.
Is Durfee Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Durfee Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Durfee Elementary have?
Durfee Elementary employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Durfee Elementary?
At Durfee Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 79% Hispanic, 0% Black, 20% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Durfee Elementary in?
Durfee Elementary is part of El Monte City.
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