Robert Hill Lane Elementary

Robert Hill Lane Elementary is a modestly sized K-5 school in Monterey Park, California, part of Los Angeles Unified. The school works with 248 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 47% below typical.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Robert Hill Lane Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Robert Hill Lane Elementary logs that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Robert Hill Lane Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Robert Hill Lane Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.6%; Robert Hill Lane Elementary posts 52.5%, +18.9 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Robert Hill Lane Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Brightwood Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Robert Hill Lane Elementary comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.

Robert Hill Lane Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Robert Hill Lane Elementary has edged down 37%, going from 394 students in 2018 to 248 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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