El Monte High

El Monte High, a well-populated four-year high school in El Monte, California, overseen by El Monte Union High, educates 1,383 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 65% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

El Monte Union High runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 7,278 students. El Monte High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, El Monte High records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%); the rest reads as 13% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.3:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, El Monte High 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 22.4%; this one delivers 49.8%, a residual of +27.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which El Monte High is one.

The closest other public school is Columbia Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around El Monte High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), El Monte High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.4%.

El Monte High operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. El Monte High's enrollment has decreased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 1,805 (now 1,383). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.

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