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What advice would you give to incoming students at Willard F. Payne Elementary?
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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY·NCES 062619003920
Willard F. Payne Elementary
2850 Mountain View Rd., El Monte, CA 91732 · (626) 652-4900 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
18.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
492 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 87 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (87).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Willard F. Payne Elementary→Grace Yokley Junior High
Based on grade levels within Mountain View Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
23.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.8pp since 2014
Math
9.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.3% | 16.8% | 22.5% | 54.3% |
| Math | 1.6% | 7.9% | 26.3% | 64.2% |
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 | 23.2% | 9.5% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 12.6% |
| 2022-23 | 18.6% | 13.3% |
| 2021-22 | 21.2% | 12.8% |
| 2018-19 | 32.0% | 23.0% |
| 2017-18 | 28.4% | 16.8% |
| 2016-17 | 28.1% | 18.8% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
16.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Willard F. Payne Elementary
Willard F. Payne Elementary's state test result (16.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willard F. Payne Elementary this school | 534 | 92.1% | 16.8% |
| Alexandria Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 502 | 92.2% | 45.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary Escondido | 547 | 92.0% | 26.3% |
| Del Vista Math and Science Academy Delano | 526 | 89.9% | 40.6% |
| Don Julian Elementary La Puente | 544 | 92.5% | 36.2% |
| Dyer Street Elementary Sylmar | 539 | 92.4% | 42.6% |
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 Willard F. Payne Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #4,827 of 5,151 | #1,106 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #5,065 of 5,172 ▼ 198 | #1,123 of 1,129 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #4,633 of 5,172 ▼ 65 | #1,078 of 1,129 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #1,574 of 5,116 | #272 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #2,045 of 5,915 | #411 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #445 of 5,352 | #131 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.6% | #4,950 of 5,354 | #1,060 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.1% | #820 of 5,625 | #358 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.3% | #578 of 1,139 | #95 of 181 |
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
534
+102 (+24%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 1,074
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 534 | 28.5 | 18.7:1 | 92% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 26.4 | 19.6:1 | 73% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 579 | 26.5 | 21.9:1 | 78% (449) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 19 | 22.7:1 | 98% (424) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 20 | 24.6:1 | 92% (456) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 20 | 26.1:1 | 91% (473) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | N/A | N/A | 99% (567) |
| 2000-01 | 833 | 41 | 20.3:1 | 99% (824) |
| 1990-91 | 1,074 | 35 | 30.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willard F. Payne Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (493 to 534); teachers up 43% (20 to 28.5).
About Willard F. Payne Elementary
Willard F. Payne Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in California, located in El Monte. The school counts 534 students across kindergarten through 6.
Mountain View Elementary is the local district for Willard F. Payne Elementary. It runs 8 schools with 4,455 students.
Federal enrollment data show Willard F. Payne Elementary is 95% Hispanic. Other groups make up 5% Asian. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 10%, meaning two students picked at random have a 10% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 28.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.7:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 18.7:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 92% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Willard F. Payne Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Willard F. Payne Elementary is 8.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (16.8% versus 25.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Census estimates describe Los Angeles County this way: the median household income is $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools and roughly 1,265,907 students.
Baker Elementary is located about 0.5 miles from Willard F. Payne Elementary. The five-mile area around Willard F. Payne Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Willard F. Payne Elementary ranks 9th on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Willard F. Payne Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Willard F. Payne Elementary's enrollment grew from 432 in 2020-21 to 534 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.7:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Willard F. Payne Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Mountain View Elementary
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 920 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryElementary · 785 students
- Baker ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Twin Lakes ElementaryMiddle · 502 students
- Miramonte ElementaryElementary · 438 students
- Maxson ElementaryElementary · 433 students
Other schools in El Monte
- Arroyo HighHigh · 1,638 students
- El Monte HighHigh · 1,383 students
- Mountain View HighHigh · 1,123 students
- Durfee ElementaryElementary · 1,120 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 920 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryElementary · 785 students
Nearby schools
- Baker Elementary0.5 mi · 601
- Parkview Elementary0.5 mi · 920
- El Monte High0.7 mi · 1,383
- Mountain View High0.8 mi · 1,123
- Maxson Elementary0.8 mi · 433
- Columbia Elementary0.9 mi · 706
Frequently asked questions
About Willard F. Payne ElementaryHow many students attend Willard F. Payne Elementary?
Willard F. Payne Elementary enrolls approximately 534 students in grades KG-06.
Is Willard F. Payne Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Willard F. Payne Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Willard F. Payne Elementary?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at Willard F. Payne Elementary.
How diverse is Willard F. Payne Elementary?
Willard F. Payne Elementary reports a student body of 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Asian.
Who oversees Willard F. Payne Elementary?
Willard F. Payne Elementary is overseen by Mountain View Elementary in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.