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What tradition at Gidley Elementary should never be changed?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL MONTE CITY·NCES 061209001350
Gidley Elementary
10226 East Lower Azusa Rd., El Monte, CA 91731 · (626) 575-2323 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
18.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
376 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 | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 3% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 4% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 149 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 142 | 31% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 76% smaller than its 8th grade class (142).
Student demographics
41%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
53.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.0pp since 2014
Math
42.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.2% | 30.8% | 22.5% | 24.5% |
| Math | 22.3% | 20.6% | 19.7% | 37.5% |
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 | 53.0% | 42.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.5% | 38.3% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 38.5% |
| 2021-22 | 60.3% | 36.5% |
| 2018-19 | 62.5% | 44.4% |
| 2017-18 | 55.6% | 35.6% |
| 2016-17 | 51.7% | 31.7% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 48.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% 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 20 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 →
Schools most like Gidley Elementary
Gidley Elementary's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gidley Elementary this school | 454 | 82.8% | 50.9% |
| Earl Warren Elementary Garden Grove | 474 | 82.7% | 42.9% |
| G. W. Hellyer Elementary San Jose | 387 | 80.9% | 40.1% |
| Palmer Way National City | 387 | 82.2% | 38.1% |
| Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary San Jose | 396 | 85.6% | 20.9% |
| Monte Vista Elementary West Covina | 448 | 85.5% | 50.0% |
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 Gidley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #1,662 of 5,151 | #371 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #2,076 of 5,172 ▲ 246 | #516 of 1,129 ▲ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,820 of 5,172 ▼ 96 | #406 of 1,129 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #1,638 of 5,116 | #285 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #2,983 of 5,915 | #607 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #284 of 5,352 | #81 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #3,389 of 5,354 | #590 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.8% | #1,892 of 5,625 | #636 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #2,699 of 3,837 | #743 of 947 |
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
454
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 454 | 25.1 | 18.1:1 | 83% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 25.1 | 18.2:1 | 85% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 25.9 | 17.2:1 | 83% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 93% (421) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 22.6 | 22.3:1 | 90% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 92% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | N/A | N/A | 83% (545) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | 32 | 21.5:1 | 67% (463) |
| 1990-91 | 544 | 27 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gidley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (504 to 454); teachers up 11% (22.6 to 25.1).
About Gidley Elementary
At 10226 East Lower Azusa Rd. in El Monte, California, Gidley Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 454 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 8.
El Monte City has 15 schools and 6,913 students, and Gidley Elementary is one of those schools.
Hispanic students account for 73% of enrollment at Gidley Elementary. Smaller groups are 23% Asian. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Gidley Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.
Teachers at the school number 25.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.1:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
Gidley Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 78% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Gidley Elementary ranks in the top 10% in California. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.9%, against a prediction of 31.0%.
Los Angeles County has about 9,808,667 residents, and median household income is about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
The next-closest public school is Rio Vista Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Gidley Elementary. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Gidley Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 453 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 454.
Community posts for Gidley Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Rio Vista Elementary0.5 mi · 294
- Cleminson Elementary0.8 mi · 316
- Shirpser Elementary0.9 mi · 440
- El Monte Union High School Community Day1.1 mi · 25
- Legore Elementary1.1 mi · 516
- Cloverly Elementary1.2 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About Gidley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Gidley Elementary?
Gidley Elementary enrolls approximately 454 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Gidley Elementary serve?
Gidley Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gidley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gidley Elementary is approximately 18.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Gidley Elementary?
Gidley Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 73% Hispanic, 1% Black, 23% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Gidley Elementary in?
Gidley Elementary is part of El Monte City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.