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Enrollment
562
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL MONTE CITY·NCES 061209001362
Wright Elementary
11317 East McGirk Rd., El Monte, CA 91732 · (626) 575-2333 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
492 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 34 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 114 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 121 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 72% smaller than its 8th grade class (121).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
45.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.2pp since 2014
Math
35.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.6% | 25.6% | 22.5% | 32.4% |
| Math | 19.6% | 15.4% | 20.7% | 44.3% |
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 | 45.2% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 36.3% |
| 2022-23 | 50.1% | 37.7% |
| 2021-22 | 48.9% | 32.7% |
| 2018-19 | 56.5% | 45.4% |
| 2017-18 | 55.0% | 44.6% |
| 2016-17 | 46.4% | 33.2% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Wright Elementary
Wright Elementary's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wright Elementary this school | 562 | 87.5% | 40.3% |
| Bryant Elementary Garden Grove | 571 | 88.3% | 34.5% |
| Riverdale Elementary Garden Grove | 501 | 84.2% | 40.5% |
| Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy Stanton | 601 | 86.9% | 37.7% |
| Gidley Elementary El Monte | 454 | 82.8% | 50.9% |
| Merlinda Elementary West Covina | 460 | 88.5% | 42.5% |
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 Wright Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #2,457 of 5,151 | #596 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #2,746 of 5,172 ▼ 268 | #698 of 1,129 ▼ 102 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #2,435 of 5,172 ▼ 453 | #575 of 1,129 ▼ 129 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #1,566 of 5,116 | #267 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #1,734 of 5,915 | #342 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,775 of 5,352 | #515 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.7% | #3,569 of 5,354 | #637 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #1,391 of 5,625 | #530 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #603 of 3,837 | #257 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
562
-170 (-23%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 775
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 562 | 26.3 | 21.4:1 | 88% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 26 | 22.6:1 | 87% (513) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 28.1 | 21.5:1 | 86% (520) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 31 | 23.6:1 | 92% (674) |
| 2017-18 | 792 | 34.8 | 22.7:1 | 95% (755) |
| 2015-16 | 892 | 37 | 24.1:1 | 92% (817) |
| 2010-11 | 940 | N/A | N/A | 93% (872) |
| 2000-01 | 1,006 | 45 | 22.4:1 | 82% (826) |
| 1990-91 | 775 | 32 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wright Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (792 to 562); teachers down 25% (34.8 to 26.3).
About Wright Elementary
Federal records list Wright Elementary as an elementary school in El Monte, California. The school serves 562 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 21% bigger than that.
Wright Elementary falls under El Monte City, which has 15 schools enrolling 6,913 students.
Roughly 75% of students at Wright Elementary are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 23% Asian. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. Wright Elementary's diversity index is 38%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 21.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's lunch program data list 88% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Wright Elementary scores 40.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 28.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Wright Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
Legore Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Wright Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 48.1% on proficiency, and Wright Elementary is below that at 40.3%.
Wright Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 562 students in 2024-25, 170 fewer than the 732 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (21.4:1) than in 2020-21 (23.6:1).
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Wright Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 El Monte City
- Durfee ElementaryElementary · 1,120 students
- Columbia ElementaryElementary · 706 students
- Rio Hondo ElementaryElementary · 636 students
- Potrero ElementaryElementary · 596 students
- Legore ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- Gidley ElementaryElementary · 454 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
Other Wright Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Wright Elementary. Wright Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 11.
- WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT WALTON BEACH, FL · 609 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolMoultrie, GA · 554 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolWEATHERFORD, TX · 528 students
- Wright ElementaryShelbyville, KY · 489 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 430 students
Nearby schools
- Legore Elementary0.5 mi · 516
- Arroyo High0.6 mi · 1,638
- El Monte Union High School Community Day0.6 mi · 25
- Cherrylee Elementary0.9 mi · 292
- Rio Vista Elementary1.0 mi · 294
- Cleminson Elementary1.1 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Wright ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Wright Elementary?
Wright Elementary enrolls approximately 562 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Wright Elementary serve?
Wright Elementary serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Wright Elementary have?
Wright Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Wright Elementary?
Student demographics at Wright Elementary are roughly 1% White, 75% Hispanic, 1% Black, 23% Asian.
Is Wright Elementary public or private?
Wright Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by El Monte City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.