Fremont Elementary

Fremont Elementary is a cozy primary school in Montebello, California, overseen by Montebello Unified. The school teaches 366 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Fremont Elementary sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 29 schools in Montebello Unified (19,149 students total), Fremont Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Fremont Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Fremont Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fremont Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.6%, the actual is 22.9%, a residual of -3.7 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Fremont Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: La Merced Academy, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Fremont Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Fremont Elementary's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 392 (now 366). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Fremont Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.