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El Monte City schools

El Monte City runs schools through 8th grade. Its 14 public elementary schools run from the 42nd to the 82nd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). High school is run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.

Elementary · 14 schools

from 42nd to 82nd · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • New Lexington Elementary: 82nd percentile, Strong
  • Cleminson Elementary: 81st percentile, Strong
  • Gidley Elementary: 77th percentile, Strong
  • Rio Vista Elementary: 73rd percentile, Solid
  • Cherrylee Elementary: 71st percentile, Solid
  • Durfee Elementary: 70th percentile, Solid
  • Wilkerson Elementary: 69th percentile, Solid
  • Legore Elementary: 64th percentile, Solid
  • Shirpser Elementary: 59th percentile, Solid
  • Cortada Elementary: 58th percentile, Solid
  • Rio Hondo Elementary: 51st percentile, Solid
  • Wright Elementary: 49th percentile, Developing
  • Potrero Elementary: 45th percentile, Developing
  • Columbia Elementary: 42nd percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
3Developing
8Solid
3Strong

Middle · 6 schools

from 54th to 82nd · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Durfee Elementary: 82nd percentile, Strong
  • Gidley Elementary: 80th percentile, Strong
  • Wright Elementary: 77th percentile, Strong
  • Potrero Elementary: 71st percentile, Solid
  • Rio Hondo Elementary: 69th percentile, Solid
  • Columbia Elementary: 54th percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
3Solid
3Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 6 of the 14 ranked schools teach two levels, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 14 ranked schools
  • 1 school not ranked statewide

Schools around El Monte City

15 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

The school lists on this page are also available without the map.

Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in El Monte City score highest?

New Lexington Elementary is highest, at the 82nd percentile.

That’s higher than 82 in 100 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in El Monte City

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 11 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in El Monte City had 8 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

1 elementary school not ranked statewide
  • Thompson ElementarySpecial education center: students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery, so we don’t rank it

Middle schools

Which middle schools in El Monte City score highest?

Durfee Elementary is highest, at the 82nd percentile.

That’s higher than 82 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in El Monte City

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Show the other 3 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in El Monte City had 10 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

The district

Where does El Monte City’s money go, and what does it plan?

El Monte City spent $27,341 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every El Monte City dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction64%
  • Instruction support11%
  • Student services11%
  • Administration5%
  • Buildings & maintenance9%

Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.

What the district plans

$82.1 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 45 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 44% of its $188.6 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 158 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 59% of the money. The plan itself puts 85% of it toward staff.

  • Certificated Staff Recruitment, Equitable Assignments, and Core Curriculum $37.3 million
  • Personalized Small Group Instruction $7.1 million
  • Safe, Clean, and Well-Maintained Facilities $4.1 million
  • 42 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

4 of the plan’s 45 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name catch-up help or English learners
  • Catch-up help $10.2 million
  • English learners $0.4 million

Largest of these

  • Personalized Small Group Instruction$7.1 million
  • Intervention Teachers$3.1 million
  • Tiered Behavior Support for Long-Term English Learners$181,623
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students

It plans $30.0 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025-2026, it planned $28.1 million and estimates it spent $35.3 million, $7.2 million (26%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $3.3 million (4%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Enhanced Learning Environments, which went from $7.0 million to $3.0 million.

Largest cuts

  • Enhanced Learning Environments−⁠$4.0 million
  • Certificated Staff Recruitment, Equitable Assignments, and Core Curriculum−⁠$1.1 million

Largest increases

  • Intervention Teachers+⁠$711,360
  • Core (Tier 1) Curriculum Access+⁠$416,355
  • Nurses and Health Assistants+⁠$366,924

Ask: What did Enhanced Learning Environments pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $4.0 million less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 448%51%up 3 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 437%42%up 5 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 28 in 1009 in 1001 more in 100

Goal 3 isn’t shown because it tracks other measures.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Certificated Staff Recruitment, Equitable Assignments, and Core Curriculum · $37,331,825
  • Personalized Small Group Instruction · $7,111,573
  • Safe, Clean, and Well-Maintained Facilities · $4,076,485
The full plan4 goals, 11 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($82.1 million).

Where does the money go?

66% to Goal 4. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2
G4

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1EMCSD will increase student achievement. The effectiveness of actions in achieving this goal will be assessed…$16.5 million20% of action budgets

“EMCSD will increase student achievement. The effectiveness of actions in achieving this goal will be assessed using a range of primary data sources, including the CA School Dashboard, CA Science Test, CA Alternate Assessment for Science, CALPADS, master schedules, and the i-Ready Diagnostic Assessment. Metrics such as proficiency in ELA and mathematics, science proficiency, reclassification rates for English learners, progress of English learners, CTE and AVID course enrollment, and adherence to academic standards will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of these actions” p. 24 ↗

18 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Professional Development Tailored to Students' Unique Needs$3.5 millionaction 1.2 · p. 109 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.5 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Intervention Teachers$3.1 millionaction 1.9 · p. 110 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.1 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Core (Tier 1) Curriculum Access$1.7 millionaction 1.12 · p. 111 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Improve Core (Tier 1) Instruction$1.7 millionaction 1.1 · p. 109 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Technology to Support Instruction$1.1 millionaction 1.3 · p. 109 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

13 more funded actions in this goal

  • Visual and Performing Arts · action 1.16 · p. 111 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.1 million
  • Language Acquisition Support · action 1.5 · p. 110 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.7 million
  • School Library Access · action 1.7 · p. 110 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.7 million
  • Instructional Coaching, Modeling, and Curriculum Design · action 1.6 · p. 110 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $390,660 is state funding counted toward those services$0.6 million
  • Extended School Year Services · action 1.11 · p. 110 ↗$0.5 million
  • Program Specialists · action 1.13 · p. 111 ↗$0.4 million
  • Data-Based Decision Making Tools · action 1.4 · p. 110 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
  • Oral Language Development Support · action 1.14 · p. 111 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
  • Provide Support for Special Education Services, Accommodations, and Modifications · action 1.18 · p. 111 ↗$0.2 million
  • Gifted and Talented Student Enrichment · action 1.8 · p. 110 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Biliteracy, Bilingualism, and Biculturalism Support · action 1.15 · p. 111 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Career Technical Education Courses and Advancement via Individual Determination · action 1.10 · p. 110 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Provide Academic Programming Support for Students Facing Disparate Outcomes · action 1.17 · p. 111 ↗$0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Intervention Teachers+⁠$0.7 million$2.4 million → $3.1 million · p. 110 ↗
  2. Core (Tier 1) Curriculum Access+⁠$0.4 million$1.3 million → $1.7 million · p. 111 ↗
  3. Professional Development Tailored to Students' Unique Needs+⁠$0.3 million$3.2 million → $3.5 million · p. 109 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Improve Core (Tier 1) Instruction · $1.7 million → $1.7 million · p. 109 ↗unchanged
  • Technology to Support Instruction · $1.0 million → $1.1 million · p. 109 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • Visual and Performing Arts · $1.2 million → $1.1 million · p. 111 ↗−⁠$0.1 million
  • Language Acquisition Support · $700,000 → $723,338 · p. 110 ↗+⁠$23,338
  • School Library Access · $900,000 → $719,933 · p. 110 ↗−⁠$180,067
  • Instructional Coaching, Modeling, and Curriculum Design · $609,885 → $611,200 · p. 110 ↗+⁠$1,315
  • Extended School Year Services · $700,000 → $521,905 · p. 110 ↗−⁠$178,095
  • Program Specialists · $350,000 → $420,475 · p. 111 ↗+⁠$70,475
  • Data-Based Decision Making Tools · $500,000 → $338,405 · p. 110 ↗−⁠$161,595
  • Oral Language Development Support · $250,000 → $311,730 · p. 111 ↗+⁠$61,730
  • Provide Support for Special Education Services, Accommodations, and Modifications · $225,033 → $242,162 · p. 111 ↗+⁠$17,129
  • Gifted and Talented Student Enrichment · $100,000 → $100,000 · p. 110 ↗unchanged
  • Biliteracy, Bilingualism, and Biculturalism Support · $80,000 → $98,417 · p. 111 ↗+⁠$18,417
  • Career Technical Education Courses and Advancement via Individual Determination · $80,000 → $60,000 · p. 110 ↗−⁠$20,000
  • Provide Academic Programming Support for Students Facing Disparate Outcomes · $55,180 → $55,317 · p. 111 ↗+⁠$137

How the plan measures it · 1 measure

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 24 ↗.

Goal 2EMCSD will ensure learner engagement. The effectiveness of actions in meeting this goal will be measured…$9.8 million12% of action budgets

“EMCSD will ensure learner engagement. The effectiveness of actions in meeting this goal will be measured through various primary data sources, including the CA School Dashboard, ADA, CALPADS, and CalSCHLS surveys. Metrics will include chronic absenteeism rates, attendance rates, middle school dropout rates, suspension rates, expulsion rates, as well as student, staff, and parent perceptions of connectedness and safety. These measures will also include student perceptions of academic motivation” p. 43 ↗

14 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Nurses and Health Assistants$2.6 millionaction 2.4 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.6 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Supervision Staff$1.4 millionaction 2.12 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Tiered Behavior Support$1.3 millionaction 2.10 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $345,906 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Counselors and Social Workers$1.3 millionaction 2.7 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Outreach Consultants and Supplemental Attendance Supplies$0.8 millionaction 2.1 · p. 111 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $477,556 is state funding counted toward those services

9 more funded actions in this goal

  • Social-Emotional Skill Development Framework · action 2.9 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.8 million
  • Comprehensive Support for Suspended Students · action 2.8 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
  • Attendance Clerks · action 2.2 · p. 111 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
  • Learning Sessions to Recoup Absences · action 2.3 · p. 111 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Supplemental Instructional Support for Short and Long Term Absences · action 2.5 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Tiered Behavior Support for Long-Term English Learners · action 2.14 · p. 113 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Social-Emotional Skill Development Framework for Long-Term English Learners · action 2.13 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Provide Support for Students Facing Disparate Outcomes · action 2.11 · p. 112 ↗$0.1 million
  • Foster Youth Support · action 2.6 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Nurses and Health Assistants+⁠$0.4 million$2.2 million → $2.6 million · p. 112 ↗
  2. Supervision Staff+⁠$0.2 million$1.2 million → $1.4 million · p. 112 ↗
  3. Tiered Behavior Support for Long-Term English Learners+⁠$160,983$20,640 → $181,623 · p. 113 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Tiered Behavior Support · $1.3 million → $1.3 million · p. 112 ↗+⁠$45,906
  • Counselors and Social Workers · $1.3 million → $1.3 million · p. 112 ↗−⁠$25,808
  • Outreach Consultants and Supplemental Attendance Supplies · $837,226 → $807,528 · p. 111 ↗−⁠$29,698
  • Social-Emotional Skill Development Framework · $778,855 → $787,634 · p. 112 ↗+⁠$8,779
  • Comprehensive Support for Suspended Students · $600,000 → $479,828 · p. 112 ↗−⁠$120,172
  • Attendance Clerks · $450,000 → $320,541 · p. 111 ↗−⁠$129,459
  • Learning Sessions to Recoup Absences · $250,000 → $250,000 · p. 111 ↗unchanged
  • Supplemental Instructional Support for Short and Long Term Absences · $150,000 → $183,826 · p. 112 ↗+⁠$33,826
  • Social-Emotional Skill Development Framework for Long-Term English Learners · $175,000 → $175,000 · p. 112 ↗unchanged
  • Provide Support for Students Facing Disparate Outcomes · $58,404 → $60,544 · p. 112 ↗+⁠$2,140
  • Foster Youth Support · $20,000 → $22,219 · p. 112 ↗+⁠$2,219

How the plan measures it · 3 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 43 ↗.

Goal 3EMCSD will increase parent and family involvement. The effectiveness of actions in meeting this goal will be…$1.2 million1% of action budgets

“EMCSD will increase parent and family involvement. The effectiveness of actions in meeting this goal will be measured using the CalSCHLS CA School Parent Survey, including parents’ perceptions in several key areas: parental involvement; the school’s efforts to actively seek input before making decisions; encouragement of active parent participation; communication between the school and parents; and the perceived safety of the school for their child. It will also be measured using the CA School Dashboard to assess students’ proficiency in ELA and mathematics” p. 59 ↗

4 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. School-Level Community Liaisons$797,517action 3.2 · p. 113 ↗
  2. District-Level Community Liaisons$229,374action 3.1 · p. 113 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Home-School Communication System$150,576action 3.3 · p. 113 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Workshops and Activities for Parents and Families$50,000action 3.4 · p. 113 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. School-Level Community Liaisons−⁠$50,710$848,227 → $797,517 · p. 113 ↗
  2. Workshops and Activities for Parents and Families−⁠$30,000$80,000 → $50,000 · p. 113 ↗
  3. Home-School Communication System−⁠$29,424$180,000 → $150,576 · p. 113 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • District-Level Community Liaisons · $200,000 → $229,374 · p. 113 ↗+⁠$29,374

How the plan measures it · 2 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 59 ↗.

Goal 4EMCSD will maintain foundational support. The effectiveness of actions in meeting this goal will be assessed…$54.6 million66% of action budgets

“EMCSD will maintain foundational support. The effectiveness of actions in meeting this goal will be assessed through multiple primary data sources, including the Williams Textbook Sufficiency Report, the School Accountability Report Card (SARC), master schedules, CALPADS/​HRS, and the CA School Dashboard. Metrics will include access to standards-aligned instructional materials, school facility conditions, availability of a comprehensive course of study, appropriate assignment of fully credentialed teachers, and proficiency in ELA and mathematics” p. 68 ↗

9 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Certificated Staff Recruitment, Equitable Assignments, and Core Curriculum$37.3 millionaction 4.1 · p. 113 ↗
  2. Personalized Small Group Instruction$7.1 millionaction 4.6 · p. 113 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Safe, Clean, and Well-Maintained Facilities$4.1 millionaction 4.4 · p. 113 ↗
  4. Enhanced Learning Environments$3.0 millionaction 4.9 · p. 114 ↗
  5. Professional Learning Community Time$2.3 millionaction 4.7 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

4 more funded actions in this goal

  • Technological Support · action 4.8 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.6 million
  • Student Information System Access · action 4.5 · p. 113 ↗$0.1 million
  • Beginning Teacher Program Mentors · action 4.2 · p. 113 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Supplemental Instructional Materials · action 4.3 · p. 113 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Enhanced Learning Environments−⁠$4.0 million$7.0 million → $3.0 million · p. 114 ↗
  2. Certificated Staff Recruitment, Equitable Assignments, and Core Curriculum−⁠$1.1 million$38.5 million → $37.3 million · p. 113 ↗
  3. Professional Learning Community Time+⁠$0.3 million$2.0 million → $2.3 million · p. 114 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Personalized Small Group Instruction · $7.0 million → $7.1 million · p. 113 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • Safe, Clean, and Well-Maintained Facilities · $4.2 million → $4.1 million · p. 113 ↗−⁠$0.1 million
  • Technological Support · $450,000 → $560,873 · p. 114 ↗+⁠$110,873
  • Student Information System Access · $115,000 → $106,000 · p. 113 ↗−⁠$9,000
  • Beginning Teacher Program Mentors · $80,000 → $80,000 · p. 113 ↗unchanged
  • Supplemental Instructional Materials · $80,000 → $80,000 · p. 113 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 5 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 68 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 6,927 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 80%2. Asian: 18%3. White: <1%4. Filipino: <1%5. Black or African American: <1%6. Two or more races: <1%7. Pacific Islander: <1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Not reported: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino80%
  2. Asian18%
  3. White<1%
  4. Filipino<1%
  5. Black or African American<1%
  6. Two or more races<1%
  7. Pacific Islander<1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  9. Not reported<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.

Free or reduced-price meals

84%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 5,779 of 6,913 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The district’s state records

Is the state giving the district extra help?

El Monte City isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 49% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (829 of 1,688 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

Which places nearby can you look at next?

Cities in the district

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Districts nearby

Common questions

Which public schools in El Monte City rank highest?

Elementary: New Lexington Elementary, 82nd percentile (Strong). Middle: Durfee Elementary, 82nd percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in the El Monte City district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in El Monte City good?

El Monte City’s 14 public elementary schools run from the 42nd to the 82nd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Strong, 8 Solid and 3 Developing. El Monte City’s 6 public middle schools run from the 54th to the 82nd percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Strong and 3 Solid. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in El Monte City compare with California?

The average elementary school in El Monte City had 8 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average middle school in El Monte City had 10 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does El Monte City spend per student?

El Monte City spent $27,341 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every El Monte City dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

What is in El Monte City’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $82.1 million into 45 funded actions in 4 goals, 44% of its $188.6 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $54.6 million, 66% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by El Monte City, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

View CDE data ↗ (opens in a new tab)How Scope Scores work →

Download these schools (CSV)Free to use under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.