Enrollment
242
Elementary
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY·NCES 062619003914
La Primaria Elementary
4220 Gilman Rd., El Monte, CA 91732 · (626) 652-4150 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
214 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 86 | 36% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 17% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
15.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -25.6pp since 2014
Math
23.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -20.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 26 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.1% | 10.3% | 28.2% | 56.4% |
| Math | 5.1% | 17.9% | 35.9% | 41.0% |
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 | 15.4% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 21.4% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.6% | 37.5% |
| 2021-22 | 34.5% | 28.4% |
| 2018-19 | 37.4% | 37.0% |
| 2017-18 | 41.3% | 40.5% |
| 2016-17 | 42.1% | 42.3% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
21.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 La Primaria Elementary
La Primaria Elementary's state test result (21.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Primaria Elementary this school | 242 | 88.4% | 21.2% |
| Thomas P. Ryan Elementary San Jose | 247 | 83.8% | 18.2% |
| Linton T. Simmons Elementary Garden Grove | 247 | 93.5% | 40.7% |
| Del Rey Elementary Del Rey | 234 | 85.9% | 44.2% |
| Arturo Sanchez Elementary Norwalk | 239 | 87.9% | 33.1% |
| Lowell Elementary San Jose | 261 | 85.1% | 8.4% |
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 La Primaria Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #4,471 of 5,151 | #1,064 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #3,986 of 5,172 ▼ 354 | #997 of 1,129 ▼ 91 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #5,037 of 5,172 ▼ 423 | #1,125 of 1,129 ▼ 55 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.2pp | #63 of 5,116 | #8 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 242 | #5,158 of 5,915 | #1,163 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #239 of 5,352 | #66 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #4,535 of 5,354 | #911 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.4% | #1,286 of 5,625 | #500 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #1,386 of 3,837 | #485 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
242
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 242 | 13.6 | 17.9:1 | 88% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 221 | 11.5 | 19.2:1 | 67% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 194 | 10.7 | 18.1:1 | 75% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 247 | 12 | 20.6:1 | 91% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 11.8 | 25.8:1 | 88% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 12 | 27.2:1 | 83% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | N/A | N/A | 84% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 301 | 16 | 18.8:1 | 86% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 13 | 31.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Primaria Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (304 to 242); teachers up 15% (11.8 to 13.6).
About La Primaria Elementary
La Primaria Elementary is a small elementary school based in El Monte, California. It reports enrollment of 242 students in kindergarten through 3. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Across its 8 schools, Mountain View Elementary enrolls 4,455 students. La Primaria Elementary is one of those schools.
A large majority of enrollment at La Primaria Elementary is Hispanic, at 90%. It is also 10% Asian. Los Angeles County's residents are about 48% Hispanic, 42 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
There are about 17.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at La Primaria Elementary, which has 13.6. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 88%. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
La Primaria Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (21.2%) and its predicted rate (27.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
In Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Los Angeles County, 2,244 public schools serve about 1,265,907 students.
Fernando R. Ledesma Continuation High is the nearest public school to La Primaria Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, La Primaria Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, La Primaria Elementary enrolled 247; in 2024-25, 242. The number of students per teacher dropped from 20.6 to 17.9 over 4 years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at La Primaria Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 920 students
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- Baker ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Willard F. Payne ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Twin Lakes ElementaryMiddle · 502 students
- Miramonte ElementaryElementary · 438 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
- Fernando R. Ledesma Continuation High0.1 mi · 293
- Twin Lakes Elementary0.4 mi · 502
- Thompson Elementary0.5 mi · 21
- Durfee Elementary0.5 mi · 1,120
- Opportunities for Learning - Baldwin Park0.5 mi · 219
- De Anza Elementary0.6 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About La Primaria ElementaryHow many students attend La Primaria Elementary?
La Primaria Elementary enrolls approximately 242 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does La Primaria Elementary serve?
La Primaria Elementary serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at La Primaria Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at La Primaria Elementary is approximately 17.9:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at La Primaria Elementary?
At La Primaria Elementary, the student body is approximately 0% White, 90% Hispanic, 10% Asian.
What district is La Primaria Elementary in?
La Primaria Elementary is part of Mountain View Elementary.
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