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What do students at Montara Avenue Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271009394
Montara Avenue Elementary
10018 Montara Ave., South Gate, CA 90280 · (323) 567-1451 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of California public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- A-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
17.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
517 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 | 107 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 128% larger than its 6th grade class (47).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
44.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.4pp since 2014
Math
44.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +26.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.1% | 24.4% | 21.1% | 34.4% |
| Math | 21.5% | 22.9% | 24.4% | 31.2% |
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 | 44.4% | 44.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.6% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.6% | 25.5% |
| 2021-22 | 41.3% | 33.5% |
| 2018-19 | 49.0% | 37.6% |
| 2017-18 | 45.0% | 31.4% |
| 2016-17 | 35.7% | 26.1% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% 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 19 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 Montara Avenue Elementary
Montara Avenue Elementary's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montara Avenue Elementary this school | 554 | 93.3% | 43.4% |
| McKinna Elementary Oxnard | 577 | 92.9% | 17.8% |
| Dool Elementary Calexico | 568 | 93.7% | 14.9% |
| Bardin Elementary Salinas | 559 | 93.0% | 20.0% |
| Telfair Avenue Elementary Pacoima | 534 | 92.3% | 30.7% |
| Palm View Elementary Coachella | 561 | 94.8% | 26.3% |
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 Montara Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #2,204 of 5,151 | #523 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #1,965 of 5,172 ▲ 71 | #481 of 1,129 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #2,508 of 5,172 ▲ 60 | #602 of 1,129 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,137 of 5,116 | #365 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #1,822 of 5,915 | #358 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #242 of 5,352 | #67 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.0% | #5,149 of 5,354 | #1,138 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #666 of 5,625 | #303 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.1% | #343 of 3,837 | #157 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
554
-163 (-23%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 983
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 554 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 93% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 33 | 18.9:1 | 92% (577) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 36 | 18.0:1 | 94% (611) |
| 2020-21 | 717 | 35 | 20.5:1 | 94% (673) |
| 2017-18 | 841 | 40 | 21.0:1 | 90% (756) |
| 2015-16 | 796 | 37 | 21.5:1 | 90% (719) |
| 2010-11 | 767 | N/A | N/A | 46% (350) |
| 2000-01 | 1,015 | 55 | 18.4:1 | 93% (945) |
| 1990-91 | 983 | 43 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montara Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (841 to 554); teachers down 22% (40 to 31).
About Montara Avenue Elementary
A mid-sized elementary school in South Gate, California, Montara Avenue Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 554 students on the rolls.
Los Angeles Unified oversees Montara Avenue Elementary and 783 other schools, with 406,887 students in total.
Hispanic students account for 97% of the school's enrollment. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 6, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 31 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 17.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. About 93% of students at Montara Avenue Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Montara Avenue Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of California public elementary schools.
Montara Avenue Elementary outperforms its prediction by 18.6 points. The model expects 24.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California; the school's rate is 43.4%.
Looking at the county, Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Madison Elementary is the nearest public school to Montara Avenue Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Montara Avenue Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 43.4% is above the 37.8% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 163 students, from 717 to 554. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 20.5:1 to 17.9:1.
On allk12, people connected to Montara Avenue Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Montara Avenue ElementaryHow large is Montara Avenue Elementary?
Montara Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 554 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Montara Avenue Elementary serve?
Montara Avenue Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Montara Avenue Elementary have?
Montara Avenue Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Montara Avenue Elementary?
Student demographics at Montara Avenue Elementary are roughly 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Montara Avenue Elementary public or private?
Montara Avenue Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.