Potrero Elementary

As an average-sized elementary-level community in El Monte, California, Potrero Elementary serves 596 students from grades K through 8, overseen by El Monte City. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 28% larger than typical.

Potrero Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by El Monte City, a district that works with 6,913 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Potrero Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Beyond that, the school logs 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Potrero Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 95% of students at Potrero Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Potrero Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.7%, the actual is 35.0%, a residual of +12.3 points.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Potrero Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cortada Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Potrero Elementary comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 30%: 857 students in 2018 compared to 596 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Potrero Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.