Shirpser Elementary

Shirpser Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus in El Monte, California, run under El Monte City. The school instructs 440 students in grades K through 6.

Across the 15 schools in El Monte City (6,913 students total), Shirpser Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shirpser Elementary shows that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder comes out to 5% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.0:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shirpser Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.6%, the actual is 36.0%, a residual of +10.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Shirpser Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Rio Vista Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shirpser Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 25%: 587 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.