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What tradition at Montebello High should never be changed?
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Enrollment
1,907
High
DISTRICT 1,102 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEBELLO UNIFIED·NCES 062547003803
Montebello High
2100 West Cleveland Ave., Montebello, CA 90640 · (323) 728-0121 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,907 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of California public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
99 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
1,697 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 491 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 449 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 474 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 493 | 26% |
Student demographics
5%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
43.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.3pp since 2014
Math
18.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.5pp 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 18 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 3 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 | 15.8% | 27.9% | 20.3% | 36.0% |
| Math | 5.8% | 12.7% | 22.1% | 59.5% |
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 | 43.7% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.4% | 14.5% |
| 2022-23 | 32.8% | 10.1% |
| 2021-22 | 29.2% | 7.7% |
| 2020-21 | 42.9% | 18.4% |
| 2018-19 | 43.4% | 14.6% |
| 2017-18 | 44.7% | 13.1% |
| 2016-17 | 44.9% | 16.7% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Montebello High
Montebello High's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montebello High this school | 1,907 | 89.0% | 28.8% |
| Hector G. Godinez Santa Ana | 1,687 | 89.2% | 48.4% |
| Bell Gardens High Bell Gardens | 2,046 | 87.0% | 26.0% |
| Hueneme High Oxnard | 1,913 | 91.2% | 24.4% |
| Valley High Santa Ana | 1,908 | 91.4% | 23.6% |
| Watsonville High Watsonville | 2,215 | 91.1% | 25.4% |
Matched among California high 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 Montebello High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #832 of 1,052 | #174 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #720 of 1,056 ▲ 58 | #167 of 229 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #828 of 1,056 ▲ 70 | #181 of 229 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.6pp | #73 of 1,044 | #25 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,907 | #344 of 2,093 | #68 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #443 of 1,352 | #159 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.8% | #1,305 of 1,351 | #336 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #335 of 1,575 | #170 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #105 of 802 | #48 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,907
-386 (-17%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 2,785
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 1,907 | 98.8 | 19.3:1 | 89% (1,697) |
| 2023-24 | 2,007 | 101.9 | 19.7:1 | 79% (1,594) |
| 2022-23 | 2,054 | 103.1 | 19.9:1 | 70% (1,430) |
| 2020-21 | 2,293 | 92 | 24.9:1 | 70% (1,601) |
| 2017-18 | 2,532 | 102.2 | 24.8:1 | 87% (2,208) |
| 2015-16 | 2,734 | 101 | 27.1:1 | 87% (2,380) |
| 2010-11 | 3,545 | N/A | N/A | 80% (2,843) |
| 2000-01 | 2,783 | 109 | 25.5:1 | 70% (1,945) |
| 1990-91 | 2,785 | 115 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montebello High.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (2,532 to 1,907); teachers down 3% (102.2 to 98.8).
About Montebello High
Montebello High runs as a high-enrollment high school in Montebello, California. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,907 students. High schools in California have about 838 students on average; enrollment here is 128% higher.
Across its 29 schools, Montebello Unified enrolls 19,149 students. Montebello High is one of those schools.
Montebello High is 97% Hispanic by enrollment. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. The diversity index for Montebello High is 5%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 98.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 19.3:1. Compared with the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 89% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Among California public high schools, Montebello High outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 27.4%. Montebello High scores 28.8%.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Los Angeles County number 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Montebello Intermediate is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Montebello High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Montebello High ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
Montebello High falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 17% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 19.3 students per teacher, compared with 24.9 in 2020-21.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Bell Gardens IntermediateMiddle · 790 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Montebello IntermediateMiddle · 733 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryElementary · 702 students
Other schools in Montebello
- Schurr HighHigh · 2,121 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Montebello IntermediateMiddle · 733 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 685 students
- La Merced IntermediateMiddle · 682 students
- La Merced AcademyElementary · 665 students
Nearby schools
- Montebello Intermediate0.4 mi · 733
- Washington Elementary0.5 mi · 685
- Wilcox Elementary0.7 mi · 479
- Montebello Park Elementary0.7 mi · 365
- Applied Technology Center0.8 mi · 295
- Schurr High0.8 mi · 2,121
Frequently asked questions
About Montebello HighHow large is Montebello High?
Montebello High enrolls approximately 1,907 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Montebello High serve?
Montebello High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Montebello High have?
Montebello High employs 99 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Montebello High?
Student demographics at Montebello High are roughly 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Montebello High?
Montebello High 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.