New Lexington Elementary

New Lexington Elementary is an elementary school of compact scale in El Monte, California, operated by El Monte City, enrolling 313 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

El Monte City comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 6,913 students; New Lexington Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, New Lexington Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 55%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 43% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, New Lexington Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, New Lexington Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.0%; this one delivers 40.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which New Lexington Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Wilkerson Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Lexington Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. New Lexington Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 321 (now 313). The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 77% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.