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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Eastmont Intermediate this year?
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Enrollment
562
Middle
DISTRICT 666 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEBELLO UNIFIED·NCES 062547003795
Eastmont Intermediate
400 North Bradshawe Ave., Montebello, CA 90640 · (323) 721-5133 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
515 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 168 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 197 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 197 | 35% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
41.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.0pp since 2014
Math
20.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.8pp 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 21 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.6% | 29.4% | 21.8% | 37.1% |
| Math | 8.9% | 11.9% | 21.3% | 57.9% |
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 | 41.0% | 20.8% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 15.7% |
| 2022-23 | 37.1% | 14.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.9% | 11.5% |
| 2020-21 | 26.7% | 12.5% |
| 2018-19 | 32.3% | 11.4% |
| 2017-18 | 27.6% | 13.0% |
| 2016-17 | 26.1% | 12.1% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Eastmont Intermediate
Eastmont Intermediate's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastmont Intermediate this school | 562 | 91.6% | 27.9% |
| Cesar E. Chavez Middle Watsonville | 548 | 91.1% | 10.4% |
| William Moreno Junior High Calexico | 618 | 93.0% | 18.9% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Wasco | 591 | 90.9% | 24.1% |
| General Grant Middle Reedley | 526 | 91.3% | 54.4% |
| Rolling Hills Middle Watsonville | 588 | 94.6% | 12.1% |
Matched among California middle 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 Eastmont Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #804 of 1,224 | #169 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #835 of 1,227 ▲ 99 | #191 of 248 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #687 of 1,227 ▲ 113 | #150 of 248 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.2pp | #237 of 1,214 | #82 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #834 of 1,377 | #189 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #766 of 1,279 | #167 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.8% | #1,254 of 1,278 | #292 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.6% | #227 of 1,329 | #102 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #160 of 930 | #54 of 213 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
562
-91 (-14%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 1,594
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 27.2:1
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 | 562 | 25.8 | 21.8:1 | 92% (515) |
| 2023-24 | 615 | 32.3 | 19.1:1 | 89% (545) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 31.1 | 19.9:1 | 74% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 653 | 24 | 27.2:1 | 95% (623) |
| 2017-18 | 771 | 26.8 | 28.8:1 | 90% (696) |
| 2015-16 | 884 | 29 | 30.5:1 | 92% (811) |
| 2010-11 | 1,071 | N/A | N/A | 94% (1,011) |
| 2000-01 | 1,645 | 58 | 28.4:1 | 88% (1,452) |
| 1990-91 | 1,594 | 61 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastmont Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (771 to 562); teachers down 4% (26.8 to 25.8).
About Eastmont Intermediate
Eastmont Intermediate is a medium-sized middle school in Montebello Unified, located in Montebello, California. The school's enrollment of 562 students covers grades 6 through 8.
Montebello Unified runs Eastmont Intermediate along with 28 other schools, enrolling 19,149 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Eastmont Intermediate is 98% Hispanic. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 3% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Eastmont Intermediate's 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 21.8:1. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 21.8:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 92%. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
The model predicts 25.9% for a school in California with Eastmont Intermediate's free or reduced-price lunch share. Eastmont Intermediate posts 27.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Eastmont Intermediate, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
Montebello Community Day is the public school closest to Eastmont Intermediate, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Eastmont Intermediate is 3rd of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Eastmont Intermediate 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.
Enrollment is down 14% from 2020-21, when Eastmont Intermediate had 653 students, to 2024-25, when it had 562. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 21.8:1, from 27.2:1.
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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 Montebello Unified
- Schurr HighHigh · 2,121 students
- Bell Gardens HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Montebello HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Bell Gardens IntermediateMiddle · 790 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Montebello IntermediateMiddle · 733 students
Other schools in Montebello
- Schurr HighHigh · 2,121 students
- Montebello HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Montebello IntermediateMiddle · 733 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 685 students
- La Merced IntermediateMiddle · 682 students
Nearby schools
- Montebello Community Day0.0 mi · 22
- KIPP Poder Public0.2 mi · 203
- Joseph A. Gascon Elementary0.2 mi · 513
- Fourth Street Elementary0.8 mi · 303
- Fourth Street Primary Center0.8 mi · 206
- Montebello Park Elementary0.8 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About Eastmont IntermediateHow large is Eastmont Intermediate?
Eastmont Intermediate enrolls approximately 562 students in grades 06-08.
Is Eastmont Intermediate an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eastmont Intermediate is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Eastmont Intermediate have?
Eastmont Intermediate employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Eastmont Intermediate?
Student demographics at Eastmont Intermediate are roughly 0% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Eastmont Intermediate?
Eastmont Intermediate is overseen by Montebello Unified in Los Angeles County.
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