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What's the most underrated thing about Washington Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
685
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEBELLO UNIFIED·NCES 062547003812
Washington Elementary
1400 West Madison Ave., Montebello, CA 90640 · (323) 721-3621 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test 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.
- AThree-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
20.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
535 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 122 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
7%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
37.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.5pp since 2014
Math
40.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.1% | 21.3% | 23.3% | 39.2% |
| Math | 19.5% | 21.3% | 27.0% | 32.2% |
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 | 37.5% | 40.8% |
| 2023-24 | 34.9% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.6% | 35.8% |
| 2021-22 | 32.3% | 29.1% |
| 2020-21 | 35.1% | 26.4% |
| 2018-19 | 38.0% | 37.6% |
| 2017-18 | 37.1% | 34.1% |
| 2016-17 | 35.2% | 30.9% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary this school | 685 | 78.1% | 37.2% |
| Lucas Elementary Ceres | 668 | 77.2% | 23.9% |
| Daisy Gibson Elementary Palmdale | 714 | 77.2% | 19.4% |
| Natividad Elementary Salinas | 705 | 78.9% | 15.1% |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary Calexico | 765 | 78.8% | 31.6% |
| Alianza Charter Watsonville | 626 | 80.2% | 32.2% |
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 Washington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #2,741 of 5,151 | #672 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #2,242 of 5,172 ▲ 264 | #563 of 1,129 ▲ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #3,179 of 5,172 ▲ 54 | #766 of 1,129 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #853 of 5,116 | #299 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 685 | #836 of 5,915 | #145 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,124 of 5,352 | #347 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.6% | #5,121 of 5,354 | #1,128 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.1% | #2,350 of 5,625 | #738 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #683 of 3,837 | #286 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
685
-138 (-17%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 769
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 24.2:1
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 | 685 | 33.6 | 20.4:1 | 78% (535) |
| 2023-24 | 716 | 37.5 | 19.1:1 | 73% (524) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 34.7 | 19.7:1 | 69% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 823 | 34 | 24.2:1 | 86% (707) |
| 2017-18 | 953 | 37 | 25.8:1 | 77% (738) |
| 2015-16 | 963 | 34 | 28.3:1 | 88% (848) |
| 2010-11 | 994 | N/A | N/A | 79% (788) |
| 2000-01 | 1,003 | 52 | 19.3:1 | 78% (785) |
| 1990-91 | 769 | 31 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (953 to 685); teachers down 9% (37 to 33.6).
About Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary, located in Montebello, California, is a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 685 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
The district, Montebello Unified, operates 29 schools serving 19,149 students.
Washington Elementary is 97% Hispanic by enrollment. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 7%.
With 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.4:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Washington Elementary, 78% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Washington Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.8% for Washington Elementary. The school posts 37.2%, 3.4 points above the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, 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. Counting Washington Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
The closest school to Washington Elementary is Montebello Intermediate, located about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Washington Elementary. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Washington Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Washington Elementary is Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 823 students in 2020-21 to 685 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.4:1) than in 2020-21 (24.2:1).
The allk12 page for Washington Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Montebello
- Schurr HighHigh · 2,121 students
- Montebello HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Montebello IntermediateMiddle · 733 students
- La Merced IntermediateMiddle · 682 students
- La Merced AcademyElementary · 665 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary is the 5th largest of the 156.
- Washington ElementaryRiverside, CA · 818 students
- Washington ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 776 students
- Washington ElementaryLindsay, CA · 730 students
- Washington ElementaryPomona, CA · 645 students
- Washington ElementaryBellflower, CA · 579 students
Nearby schools
- Montebello Intermediate0.3 mi · 733
- Montebello High0.5 mi · 1,907
- Fremont Elementary0.8 mi · 366
- Applied Technology Center0.8 mi · 295
- Wilcox Elementary0.9 mi · 479
- Schurr High1.0 mi · 2,121
Frequently asked questions
About Washington ElementaryHow many students attend Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary enrolls approximately 685 students in grades KG-05.
Is Washington Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Washington Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Washington Elementary have?
Washington Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
How diverse is Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Washington Elementary public or private?
Washington Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montebello Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.