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What's the biggest difference between Ynez Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
695
Elementary
DISTRICT 656 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALHAMBRA UNIFIED·NCES 060015310946
Ynez Elementary
120 South Ynez Ave., Monterey Park, CA 91754 · (626) 570-6260 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
21.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
443 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (81).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
60.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.2pp since 2014
Math
52.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.0% | 30.2% | 13.1% | 26.7% |
| Math | 34.8% | 17.7% | 22.8% | 24.7% |
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 | 60.2% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 62.1% | 53.2% |
| 2022-23 | 61.3% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.2% | 53.8% |
| 2018-19 | 64.5% | 60.5% |
| 2017-18 | 59.1% | 59.6% |
| 2016-17 | 57.6% | 60.7% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 58.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 Ynez Elementary
Ynez Elementary's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ynez Elementary this school | 695 | 63.7% | 57.1% |
| Mildred B. Janson Elementary Rosemead | 575 | 66.1% | 62.9% |
| Demille Elementary Midway City | 562 | 67.6% | 57.2% |
| Shelyn Elementary Rowland Heights | 508 | 64.0% | 63.7% |
| Monterey Vista Elementary Monterey Park | 542 | 67.2% | 73.0% |
| John Murdy Elementary Garden Grove | 689 | 71.3% | 69.6% |
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 Ynez Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #1,268 of 5,151 | #286 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #1,438 of 5,172 ▼ 106 | #337 of 1,129 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #1,306 of 5,172 ▼ 182 | #293 of 1,129 ▼ 41 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #1,452 of 5,116 | #240 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #785 of 5,915 | #139 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #1,956 of 5,352 | #556 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.0% | #3,302 of 5,354 | #565 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #3,295 of 5,625 | #909 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #1,377 of 3,837 | #482 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
695
-68 (-9%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 935
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 695 | 32 | 21.7:1 | 64% (443) |
| 2023-24 | 712 | 32.3 | 22.1:1 | 76% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 30.2 | 22.4:1 | 72% (490) |
| 2020-21 | 763 | 33 | 23.1:1 | 70% (536) |
| 2017-18 | 873 | 32.4 | 26.9:1 | 77% (675) |
| 2015-16 | 905 | 35 | 25.9:1 | 77% (693) |
| 2010-11 | 935 | N/A | N/A | 78% (732) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ynez Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (873 to 695); teachers down 1% (32.4 to 32).
About Ynez Elementary
At 120 South Ynez Ave. in Monterey Park, California, Ynez Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 695 students in kindergarten through 8. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Ynez Elementary is among 16 schools run by Alhambra Unified, which serves 14,548 students.
Federal enrollment data show Ynez Elementary is 73% Asian. Other groups include 23% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 15% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
Ynez Elementary reports a ratio of 21.7 students per teacher, from 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Ynez Elementary, 64% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Ynez Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 80% of California public elementary schools.
A school in California with Ynez Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 42.2%. Ynez Elementary scores 57.1%.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students, including Ynez Elementary.
Repetto Elementary sits about 0.5 miles from Ynez Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Ynez Elementary is 4th among 9 schools close by.
Ynez Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Ynez Elementary enrolled 763 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 695. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.1:1 to 21.7:1.
Ynez Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Alhambra Unified
- Mark Keppel HighHigh · 2,201 students
- Alhambra HighHigh · 2,056 students
- San Gabriel HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Martha Baldwin ElementaryElementary · 923 students
- Monterey Highlands ElementaryElementary · 917 students
- William Northrup ElementaryElementary · 814 students
Other schools in Monterey Park
- Monterey Highlands ElementaryElementary · 917 students
- Brightwood ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Repetto ElementaryElementary · 739 students
- Macy IntermediateMiddle · 576 students
- Monterey Vista ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Bella Vista ElementaryElementary · 530 students
Nearby schools
- Repetto Elementary0.5 mi · 739
- Mark Keppel High1.0 mi · 2,201
- Ramona Elementary1.0 mi · 650
- Marguerita Elementary1.1 mi · 445
- Monterey Vista Elementary1.1 mi · 542
- Bitely (Arlene) Elementary1.3 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Ynez ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ynez Elementary?
Ynez Elementary enrolls approximately 695 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Ynez Elementary serve?
Ynez Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Ynez Elementary?
Approximately 21.7:1 students per teacher at Ynez Elementary.
How diverse is Ynez Elementary?
Ynez Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 23% Hispanic, 0% Black, 73% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Ynez Elementary?
Ynez Elementary is overseen by Alhambra Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.