El Monte Union High runs high schools only. Its 5 public high schools run from the 21st to the 72nd percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). Elementary and middle school are run by other districts.
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68Middle
912High
Other districts · grades K–8
El Monte Union High · grades 9–12
High · 5 schools
from 21st to 72nd · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests
Rosemead High: 72nd percentile, Solid
El Monte High: 58th percentile, Solid
Arroyo High: 55th percentile, Solid
South El Monte High: 41st percentile, Developing
Mountain View High: 21st percentile, Needs Support
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1Developing
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Elementary and middle school: other districts
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The average high school in the El Monte Union High district had 17 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.
2 high schools not ranked statewide
Continuation schools and court and community schools enroll students differently from a regular school, so each is compared only with its own kind or not ranked.
El Monte Union High School Community DayCommunity day school: students are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, including after an expulsion, so we don’t rank it
The district
Where does El Monte Union High’s money go, and what does it plan?
The El Monte Union High district spent $25,007 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 51 cents of every El Monte Union High 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
Instruction51%
Instruction support10%
Student services16%
Administration6%
Buildings & maintenance14%
Other3%
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
$102.9 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 59 funded actions in 7 goals. That’s 61% of its $168.5 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, 122 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 62% of the money. The plan itself puts 83% of it toward staff.
Core Program: Teachers $48.3 million
Multi-Tiered System of Supports $8.6 million
Targeted Engagement Strategies and Individual Mentoring $6.9 million
56 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
11 of the plan’s 59 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners
Reading $0.3 million
Math $0.1 million
Catch-up help $2.1 million
English learners $4.0 million
An action naming two of these appears under both.
Largest of these
Academic Support for English Learners$1.4 million
EL Support$1.2 million
Paraeducators-Long-Term English Learners$900,367
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 $40.3 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $40.4 million and estimates it spent $39.3 million, $1.1 million (3%) less than planned (our arithmetic).
$39.3 million spent (estimated)$40.4 million planned
What changed
The total is $1.6 million (2%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Core Program: Teachers, which went from $50.1 million to $48.3 million.
Largest cuts
Core Program: Teachers−$1.8 million
Largest increases
Online and Personalized Learning (OPL)+$520,183
Routine Maintenance+$496,224
New in the 2026–27 plan
Professional Development through one additional Day$398,936
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
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 3
58%
62%
up 4 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 3
30%
31%
up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 5
20 in 100
19 in 100
1 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 5
3.2%
3.5%
up 0.3 pts
Goals 6 and 7 track named schools and Goals 1, 2 and 4 track other measures, so they aren’t shown here.
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
Core Program: Teachers · $48,340,091
Multi-Tiered System of Supports · $8,578,219
Targeted Engagement Strategies and Individual Mentoring · $6,925,424
The full plan7 goals, 35 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 ($102.9 million).
Where does the money go?
55% to Goal 1. 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.
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
small actions drawn together
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1Provide all students with effective, engaging instruction in clean and well- maintained facilities that will…$56.7 million55% of action budgets
“Provide all students with effective, engaging instruction in clean and well- maintained facilities that will allow them to focus on academic achievement” p. 14 ↗
5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $58.6 million (−$1.8 million)
Largest funded actions
Core Program: Teachers$48.3 millionaction 1.5 · p. 73 ↗
Routine Maintenance$6.1 millionaction 1.3 · p. 73 ↗
Professional Development$1.8 millionaction 1.1 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.7 million is state funding counted toward those services
Professional Development through one additional Day$0.4 millionaction 1.4 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Professional Development through Release Time$0.1 millionaction 1.2 · p. 73 ↗
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Core Program: Teachers−$1.8 million$50.1 million → $48.3 million · p. 73 ↗
Routine Maintenance+$0.5 million$5.6 million → $6.1 million · p. 73 ↗
Professional Development+$0.2 million$1.6 million → $1.8 million · p. 73 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Professional Development through one additional Day · $398,936 · p. 73 ↗new or renamed
Professional Development through Release Time · $25,000 → $100,000 · p. 73 ↗+$75,000
Library · action 2.13 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.8 million
College and Career Readiness Support Services · action 2.2 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $446,000 is state funding counted toward those services$0.5 million
CTE Instructional Materials · action 2.4 · p. 73 ↗$0.3 million
English Language Arts Support · action 2.12 · p. 74 ↗$0.2 million
Hand-on Job Training · action 2.10 · p. 74 ↗$0.2 million
Online Math and Reading Programs · action 2.16 · p. 74 ↗$0.1 million
Professional Development for CTE Staff · action 2.7 · p. 74 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Online and Personalized Learning (OPL)+$0.5 million$1.2 million → $1.7 million · p. 74 ↗
Student Access to Technology+$100,000$850,000 → $950,000 · p. 74 ↗
AVID+$0.1 million$1.1 million → $1.2 million · p. 74 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Career Technical Education (CTE) Program · $1.5 million → $1.5 million · p. 74 ↗−$0.1 million
Enrichment Opportunities · $876,341 → $938,647 · p. 74 ↗+$62,306
CTE and AP Course Offerings · $880,775 → $911,707 · p. 73 ↗+$30,932
Technology Resources · $893,494 → $910,993 · p. 74 ↗+$17,499
College and Career Coordinators · $969,602 → $887,844 · p. 73 ↗−$81,758
Academic Support for English Learners$1.4 millionaction 3.6 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
EL Support$1.2 millionaction 3.8 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Paraeducators-Long-Term English Learners$0.9 millionaction 3.16 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
11 more funded actions in this goal
Supplemental Instructional Materials · action 3.10 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $624,242 is state funding counted toward those services$0.8 million
Content Specialists/Course Leads · action 3.4 · p. 75 ↗$0.4 million
Summer School Program · action 3.14 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
EL Counselors · action 3.9 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Paraeducators-English Learners · action 3.7 · p. 75 ↗$0.1 million
Targeted Tutoring After School · action 3.5 · p. 75 ↗$0.1 million
Targeted Tutoring During the Day · action 3.13 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Data Analysis Platform · action 3.17 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Collaboration Time/Release Days · action 3.11 · p. 75 ↗$0.1 million
Educational Leadership · action 3.12 · p. 75 ↗under $0.1 million
Summer Bridge Program · action 3.15 · p. 76 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Paraeducators−$0.2 million$2.9 million → $2.7 million · p. 75 ↗
Targeted Engagement Strategies and Individual Mentoring+$0.2 million$6.7 million → $6.9 million · p. 75 ↗
Paraeducators-English Learners−$99,631$235,565 → $135,934 · p. 75 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Academic Support for English Learners · $1.4 million → $1.4 million · p. 75 ↗−$16,526
EL Support · $1.2 million → $1.2 million · p. 75 ↗+$0.1 million
Paraeducators-Long-Term English Learners · $863,186 → $900,367 · p. 76 ↗+$37,181
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 41 ↗.
Goal 5Provide students with the resources and support necessary to cultivate student well-being and improve student…$16.1 million16% of action budgets
“Provide students with the resources and support necessary to cultivate student well-being and improve student engagement in a safe learning environment” p. 46 ↗
8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $15.9 million (+$271,612)
Largest funded actions
Multi-Tiered System of Supports$8.6 millionaction 5.1 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
After-school Student Engagement$2.9 millionaction 5.3 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Student Engagement$2.2 millionaction 5.2 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
School Safety-Campus Supervision$2.0 millionaction 5.4 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Resources to Support Student Safety$0.2 millionaction 5.7 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
3 more funded actions in this goal
Stage Technician · action 5.6 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Foster Youth Support Services · action 5.5 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Support for Low-Income Students Experiencing Homelessness · action 5.8 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Multi-Tiered System of Supports+$0.1 million$8.5 million → $8.6 million · p. 76 ↗
School Safety-Campus Supervision+$0.1 million$1.9 million → $2.0 million · p. 76 ↗
Student Engagement+$0.1 million$2.1 million → $2.2 million · p. 76 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
After-school Student Engagement · $2.9 million → $2.9 million · p. 76 ↗−$29,300
Resources to Support Student Safety · $220,000 → $193,000 · p. 77 ↗−$27,000
Stage Technician · $160,456 · p. 76 ↗new or renamed
Foster Youth Support Services · $112,588 → $114,862 · p. 76 ↗+$2,274
Support for Low-Income Students Experiencing Homelessness · $35,000 → $30,000 · p. 77 ↗−$5,000
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 11 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 46 ↗.
Goal 6 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy May 2027, Fernando R. Ledesma High School (FRLHS) will increase engagement and outcomes for English…$458,430under 1% of action budgets
“By May 2027, Fernando R. Ledesma High School (FRLHS) will increase engagement and outcomes for English learners, Homeless, Hispanic, Long Term English Learners, and Socially Economically disadvantaged students by providing targeted resources and support that will allow them to graduate from high school college and career ready, as measured by the college/career indicator and 5-year graduation rate” p. 53 ↗
4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.0 million (−$578,471)
Largest funded actions
College and Career Readiness Support$226,819action 6.1 · p. 77 ↗
Expanded Opportunities for Graduation Requirements and Career Development$190,639action 6.2 · p. 77 ↗
Instructional Materials and Resources$22,972action 6.3 · p. 77 ↗
Targeted Engagement Strategies$18,000action 6.4 · p. 77 ↗
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Expanded Opportunities for Graduation Requirements and Career Development−$239,361$430,000 → $190,639 · p. 77 ↗
Targeted Engagement Strategies−$182,000$200,000 → $18,000 · p. 77 ↗
Instructional Materials and Resources−$108,929$131,901 → $22,972 · p. 77 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
College and Career Readiness Support · $275,000 → $226,819 · p. 77 ↗−$48,181
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. 53 ↗.
Goal 7 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy May 2027, Community Day School will increase engagement and outcomes for all students, including Hispanics…$65,846under 1% of action budgets
“By May 2027, Community Day School will increase engagement and outcomes for all students, including Hispanics and Socio-Economically Disadvantaged students, by providing targeted support in creating a safe and welcoming learning environment that will allow students to engage productively, as measured by the suspension rate” p. 59 ↗
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, 7,295 students
1Hispanic or Latino78%
2Asian20%
3White<1%
4Filipino<1%
5Two or more races<1%
6Black or African American<1%
7Not reported<1%
8Pacific Islander<1%
9American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.
Free or reduced-price meals
90%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 6,583 of 7,278 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 Union High 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, 40% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (405 of 1,019 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
1 school getting state support, 2025–26
Fernando R. Ledesma Continuation High (Most intensive support, graduation rate)
This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.
Which public schools in the El Monte Union High district rank highest?
High: Rosemead High, 72nd percentile (Solid). Each percentile is among the California high schools we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.
Does living in the El Monte Union High 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.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in the El Monte Union High district good?
El Monte Union High’s 5 public high schools run from the 21st to the 72nd percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 3 Solid, 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. 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 the El Monte Union High district compare with California?
The average high school in the El Monte Union High district had 17 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does the El Monte Union High district spend per student?
The El Monte Union High district spent $25,007 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 51 cents of every El Monte Union High 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 the El Monte Union High district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $102.9 million into 59 funded actions in 7 goals, 61% of its $168.5 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $56.7 million, 55% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.
Where do these results come from?
California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2025 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 the El Monte Union High district, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.
Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2024–25
Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.