Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEBELLO UNIFIED·NCES 062547003805
Montebello Park Elementary
6300 Northside Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90022 · (323) 721-3305 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
334 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
1%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
34.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.9pp since 2014
Math
25.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.4% | 15.4% | 22.9% | 42.3% |
| Math | 12.0% | 13.7% | 32.6% | 41.7% |
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 | 34.9% | 25.7% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 26.9% |
| 2022-23 | 28.9% | 27.1% |
| 2021-22 | 24.5% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.4% | 17.6% |
| 2018-19 | 36.4% | 37.7% |
| 2017-18 | 32.8% | 32.3% |
| 2016-17 | 27.1% | 29.1% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 Montebello Park Elementary
Montebello Park Elementary's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montebello Park Elementary this school | 365 | 91.5% | 29.7% |
| Westside Elementary Thermal | 349 | 91.4% | 27.9% |
| Starlight Elementary Watsonville | 383 | 91.6% | 22.5% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary Indio | 390 | 91.3% | 11.6% |
| George L. Snowden Elementary Farmersville | 356 | 93.0% | 22.0% |
| Arts In Action Community Charter Los Angeles | 404 | 91.3% | N/A |
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 Montebello Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #3,556 of 5,151 | #895 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #3,694 of 5,172 ▼ 295 | #945 of 1,129 ▼ 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #3,451 of 5,172 ▲ 532 | #841 of 1,129 ▲ 107 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,017 of 5,116 | #332 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #4,123 of 5,915 | #889 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #3,137 of 5,352 | #763 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.1% | #5,340 of 5,354 | #1,209 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #895 of 5,625 | #376 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.7% | #495 of 3,837 | #218 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
365
-114 (-24%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 676
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 365 | 15.7 | 23.2:1 | 92% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 19.7 | 19.0:1 | 83% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 19.8 | 19.6:1 | 84% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 19 | 25.2:1 | 88% (420) |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 21 | 25.1:1 | 83% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 21 | 28.6:1 | 93% (559) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | N/A | N/A | 72% (509) |
| 2000-01 | 733 | 39 | 18.8:1 | 92% (676) |
| 1990-91 | 676 | 25 | 27.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montebello Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (527 to 365); teachers down 25% (21 to 15.7).
About Montebello Park Elementary
In Los Angeles, California, Montebello Park Elementary is a small elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 365 students. It has 22% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
The district, Montebello Unified, has 19,149 students enrolled across 29 schools.
At Montebello Park Elementary, 99% of students are Hispanic. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 1%.
Montebello Park Elementary reported 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 23.2:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 0.9 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 334 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 92% of enrollment. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
On the allk12 Grade, Montebello Park Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 46% of California public elementary schools.
Montebello Park Elementary is 3.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (29.7% versus 25.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
American Community Survey estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Montebello Park Elementary.
Joseph A. Gascon Elementary, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Montebello Park Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 30.2%; Montebello Park Elementary's is 29.7%, ranking 2nd of 7.
The NCES locale for Montebello Park Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Montebello Park Elementary had a net loss of 114 students, or 24%. The school's ratio dropped from 25.2:1 to 23.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Montebello IntermediateMiddle · 733 students
Other schools in Los Angeles
- Venice Senior HighHigh · 2,293 students
- James A. Garfield Senior HighHigh · 2,237 students
- Alexander Hamilton Senior HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Eagle Rock HighHigh · 2,031 students
- John C. Fremont Senior HighHigh · 1,889 students
- John Marshall Senior HighHigh · 1,842 students
Nearby schools
- Joseph A. Gascon Elementary0.6 mi · 513
- KIPP Poder Public0.6 mi · 203
- Montebello High0.7 mi · 1,907
- Montebello Community Day0.8 mi · 22
- Eastmont Intermediate0.8 mi · 562
- Montebello Intermediate1.0 mi · 733
Frequently asked questions
About Montebello Park ElementaryHow many students attend Montebello Park Elementary?
Montebello Park Elementary enrolls approximately 365 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Montebello Park Elementary serve?
Montebello Park Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Montebello Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Montebello Park Elementary is approximately 23.2:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Montebello Park Elementary?
At Montebello Park Elementary, the student body is approximately 99% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Montebello Park Elementary?
Montebello Park Elementary is overseen by Montebello Unified in Los Angeles County.
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