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What advice would you give to incoming students at Greenwood Elementary?
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Enrollment
746
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEBELLO UNIFIED·NCES 062547003798
Greenwood Elementary
900 South Greenwood Ave., Montebello, CA 90640 · (323) 721-4605 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL746 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
19.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
682 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 160 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (160) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (138).
Student demographics
7%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
23.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.9pp since 2014
Math
17.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.6% | 14.5% | 17.6% | 59.3% |
| Math | 4.9% | 12.0% | 24.1% | 59.0% |
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 | 23.1% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.2% | 19.3% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 20.4% |
| 2021-22 | 20.7% | 18.8% |
| 2020-21 | 20.4% | 14.5% |
| 2018-19 | 34.9% | 28.4% |
| 2017-18 | 35.3% | 29.6% |
| 2016-17 | 36.4% | 31.8% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 Greenwood Elementary
Greenwood Elementary's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Elementary this school | 746 | 91.4% | 21.0% |
| KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory Redwood City | 711 | 91.0% | N/A |
| Huron Elementary Huron | 723 | 90.6% | 16.0% |
| Mead Valley Elementary Perris | 788 | 91.9% | 33.5% |
| Golden Oak Elementary Shafter | 717 | 89.7% | 33.7% |
| Washington Elementary Lindsay | 730 | 91.5% | 43.5% |
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 Greenwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #4,496 of 5,151 | #1,070 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #4,572 of 5,172 ▼ 321 | #1,084 of 1,129 ▼ 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #4,636 of 5,172 ▼ 266 | #1,079 of 1,129 ▼ 57 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #3,218 of 5,116 | #784 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 746 | #549 of 5,915 | #98 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #706 of 5,352 | #211 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.8% | #5,114 of 5,354 | #1,124 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #907 of 5,625 | #380 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #1,596 of 3,837 | #537 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
746
-41 (-5%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,047
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 746 | 38.4 | 19.4:1 | 91% (682) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 42.5 | 17.7:1 | 81% (613) |
| 2022-23 | 765 | 43.7 | 17.5:1 | 86% (660) |
| 2020-21 | 787 | 40 | 19.7:1 | 89% (701) |
| 2017-18 | 914 | 38 | 24.1:1 | 87% (794) |
| 2015-16 | 1,007 | 41 | 24.6:1 | 84% (845) |
| 2010-11 | 1,034 | N/A | N/A | 48% (494) |
| 2000-01 | 1,119 | 52 | 21.5:1 | 94% (1,052) |
| 1990-91 | 1,047 | 36 | 29.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (914 to 746); teachers up 1% (38 to 38.4).
About Greenwood Elementary
Greenwood Elementary is an elementary school in Montebello, California, and it is part of Montebello Unified. In all, 746 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. It has 60% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Montebello Unified is responsible for 29 schools, Greenwood Elementary included, with 19,149 students in all.
The share of students at Greenwood Elementary who are Hispanic is 97%. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 7, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Greenwood Elementary is 19.4:1, based on 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Greenwood Elementary counts 91% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Greenwood Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 15% of California public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Greenwood Elementary is 5.0 points below its prediction. Actual: 21.0%. Predicted: 26.0%.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Greenwood Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Applied Technology Center, is about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Greenwood Elementary is 8th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Greenwood Elementary enrolled 787 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 746.
This page collects posts and questions about Greenwood Elementary, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Montebello IntermediateMiddle · 733 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryElementary · 702 students
Other schools in Montebello
- Schurr HighHigh · 2,121 students
- Montebello HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Montebello IntermediateMiddle · 733 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 685 students
- La Merced IntermediateMiddle · 682 students
- La Merced AcademyElementary · 665 students
Other Greenwood Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Greenwood Elementary. Greenwood Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 27.
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 829 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYPLYMOUTH, MN · 762 students
- Greenwood ElementaryGlen Allen, VA · 649 students
- Greenwood ElementarySanford, NC · 571 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolKennett Square, PA · 556 students
Nearby schools
- Applied Technology Center0.6 mi · 295
- Vail High (Continuation)0.7 mi · 219
- Montebello Intermediate1.1 mi · 733
- Washington Elementary1.3 mi · 685
- Montebello High1.3 mi · 1,907
- Rio Vista Elementary1.4 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Greenwood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Greenwood Elementary?
Greenwood Elementary enrolls approximately 746 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Greenwood Elementary serve?
Greenwood Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Greenwood Elementary have?
Greenwood Elementary employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Greenwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Greenwood Elementary are roughly 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Greenwood Elementary?
Greenwood Elementary is overseen by Montebello Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.