Brightwood Elementary

Public K-8

 1701 Brightwood St.
       Monterey Park, CA  91754-5100


(626) 943-3360

District: Alhambra Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
598th of 5,868 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,523 Help


Students who attend Brightwood Elementary usually attend:

High:    Mark Keppel High

Student/teacher ratio:  26.0 Help
Number of students:  794

Racial breakdown:

Asian:
54.7%
Hispanic:
37.9%
Two or more races:
4.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  33.1% Help


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Compare Details Brightwood Elementary ranks better than 89.8% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 2nd among 13 ranked elementary schools in the Alhambra Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 91.59. (See more...)
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Compare Details Brightwood Elementary ranks better than 95.2% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 95.53. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Asian (54.7%), Hispanic (37.9%), two or more races (4.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 33.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Alhambra Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Brightwood Elementary is 26. 11 elementary schools in the Alhambra Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Brightwood Elementary is $11,523. 6 elementary schools in the Alhambra Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Brightwood Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Brightwood Elementary 598th of 5868 California public elementary schools. (See Brightwood Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


English Language Learner students:
Low Socio Economic Status students:
Female students:
Male students:
Asian students:
Hispanic students:

SchoolDigger ranks Brightwood Elementary 134th of 2798 California public middle schools. (See Brightwood Elementary in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


Low Socio Economic Status students:
Female students:
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Alhambra Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Alhambra Unified 281st of 1560 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Brightwood Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 82.44 874th 5113 82.9%
2008 86.80 665th 5113 87.0%
2009 81.58 917th 5193 82.3%
2010 83.00 839th 5314 84.2%
2011 87.17 627th 5377 88.3%
2012 87.42 591st 5390 89.0%
2013 83.81 831st 5530 85.0%
2015 85.59 848th 5611 84.9%
2016 87.43 766th 5614 86.4%
2017 86.93 819th 5692 85.6%
2018 85.03 891st 5662 84.3%
2019 79.05 1214th 5789 79.0%
2022 90.63 667th 5883 88.7%
2023 91.59 591st 5848 89.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Multi-racial students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 81.90 51st 445 88.5%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.68 246th 3246 92.4%
2019 87.25 210th 3275 93.6%
2022 90.96 154th 3311 95.3%
2023 96.31 63rd 3240 98.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.50 670th 5084 86.8%
2019 62.19 1618th 5173 68.7%
2022 84.47 570th 5264 89.2%
2023 94.17 222nd 5355 95.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.55 797th 5413 85.3%
2019 76.09 1258th 5492 77.1%
2022 87.36 761st 5635 86.5%
2023 88.76 697th 5595 87.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.49 995th 5431 81.7%
2019 78.88 1138th 5510 79.3%
2022 90.16 617th 5663 89.1%
2023 91.08 544th 5627 90.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Asian students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.85 480th 1071 55.2%
2019 57.64 597th 1149 48.0%
2022 67.10 452nd 1154 60.8%
2023 73.93 295th 1183 75.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.06 1184th 4830 75.5%
2019 63.24 1516th 4963 69.5%
2022 79.86 736th 5084 85.5%
2023 71.51 1095th 5079 78.4%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Brightwood Elementary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 89.59 136th 1999 93.2%
2008 84.69 205th 2005 89.8%
2009 85.55 177th 2063 91.4%
2010 85.84 175th 2179 92.0%
2011 90.85 76th 2236 96.6%
2012 88.52 116th 2259 94.9%
2013 88.12 118th 2379 95.0%
2015 92.24 174th 2477 93.0%
2016 91.09 199th 2497 92.0%
2017 92.82 175th 2508 93.0%
2018 92.66 180th 2480 92.7%
2019 94.16 162nd 2715 94.0%
2022 93.21 193rd 2740 93.0%
2023 95.53 133rd 2788 95.2%
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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 68.79 204th 1540 86.8%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 94.26 70th 2230 96.9%
2019 89.46 149th 2369 93.7%
2022 82.88 247th 2458 90.0%
2023 93.06 115th 2535 95.5%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.44 159th 2262 93.0%
2019 91.74 181st 2380 92.4%
2022 91.45 205th 2509 91.8%
2023 95.06 125th 2535 95.1%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.62 210th 2273 90.8%
2019 94.69 133rd 2407 94.5%
2022 92.42 187th 2527 92.6%
2023 93.88 155th 2546 93.9%
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Rank History for middle school Asian students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.40 182nd 700 74.0%
2019 79.46 112th 745 85.0%
2022 71.68 219th 733 70.1%
2023 79.99 107th 717 85.1%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Brightwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.70 280th 2072 86.5%
2019 86.70 184th 2213 91.7%
2022 84.44 213th 2359 91.0%
2023 88.45 165th 2379 93.1%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Brightwood Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2005 72 5 533 306 1 n/a n/a 0 917
2006 59 6 539 285 1 n/a n/a 4 894
2007 53 7 564 277 0 n/a n/a 10 911
2008 47 4 574 306 n/a n/a n/a 0 931
2009 55 5 583 324 0 0 20 0 987
2010 51 6 573 357 1 0 9 0 997
2011 41 8 585 344 1 0 9 0 988
2012 32 7 568 361 0 0 18 0 986
2013 24 5 575 376 0 0 25 0 1005
2014 17 7 574 393 0 0 31 0 1022
2015 15 2 563 395 0 0 33 0 1008
2016 15 1 525 382 0 0 37 0 960
2017 21 0 513 374 0 1 38 0 947
2018 20 0 499 382 0 1 40 0 942
2019 20 5 487 371 0 2 43 0 928
2020 18 5 471 357 0 2 44 0 897
2021 19 4 457 352 0 2 42 0 876
2022 19 2 446 318 0 2 42 0 829
2023 18 1 434 301 0 2 38 0 794

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Brightwood Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2005 917 41.9 21.9 39.9
2006 894 40.0 22.4 41.7
2007 911 40.5 22.5 39.2
2008 931 46.0 20.2 43.1
2009 987 40.0 21.5 40.8
2010 997 39.0 25.5 44
2011 988 n/a n/a 41.9
2012 986 37.3 26.4 n/a
2013 1005 35.8 28.0 47.3
2014 1022 36.8 27.7 39.6
2015 1008 38.0 26.5 41.8
2016 960 36.0 26.6 38.1
2017 947 35.1 26.9 40.5
2018 942 34.4 27.3 43.8
2019 928 35.4 26.2 38
2020 897 n/a n/a 38.4
2021 876 34.0 25.6 34.8
2022 829 34.9 23.7 34.4
2023 794 30.5 26.0 33.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Brightwood Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2005 917 41.9 21.9 39.9
2006 894 40.0 22.4 41.7
2007 911 40.5 22.5 39.2
2008 931 46.0 20.2 43.1
2009 987 40.0 21.5 40.8
2010 997 39.0 25.5 44
2011 988 n/a n/a 41.9
2012 986 37.3 26.4 n/a
2013 1005 35.8 28.0 47.3
2014 1022 36.8 27.7 39.6
2015 1008 38.0 26.5 41.8
2016 960 36.0 26.6 38.1
2017 947 35.1 26.9 40.5
2018 942 34.4 27.3 43.8
2019 928 35.4 26.2 38
2020 897 n/a n/a 38.4
2021 876 34.0 25.6 34.8
2022 829 34.9 23.7 34.4
2023 794 30.5 26.0 33.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Kindergarten Immunization Rates

Brightwood Elementary

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionConditionalPolioHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMMR
201299.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%
201394.0%5.0%0.0%1.0%95.0%94.0%95.0%95.0%95.0%
201495.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%95.0%95.0%95.0%95.0%95.0%
2015100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
201699.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%
2017≥98.0%≤2.0%≤2.0%≤2.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%
2018≥98.0%≤2.0%≤2.0%≤2.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%
2019≥98.0%≤2.0%≤2.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%≥98.0%
202097.3%0.0%2.7%97.3%

Data source: California Department of Public Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Brightwood Elementary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $11,523

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Brightwood Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1214th of 5789 Elementary schoolsRanks 591st of 5848 Elementary schools
 10.9%
Ranks 162nd of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 133rd of 2788 Middle schools
 1.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Brightwood Elementary)70.671.4
 0.8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Alhambra Unified)61.356.3
 5.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.543
 5.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Brightwood Elementary)73.370.1
 3.1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Alhambra Unified)67.360.8
 6.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (California)50.245.1
 5.1%
4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Brightwood Elementary)61.871.1
 9.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Alhambra Unified)59.557
 2.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.543.7
 5.7%
4th Grade Mathematics (Brightwood Elementary)55.773.2
 17.5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Alhambra Unified)59.556.9
 2.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (California)44.940.8
 4.1%
5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Brightwood Elementary)64.772.2
 7.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Alhambra Unified)6059.2
 0.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.746.7
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Brightwood Elementary)5363.6
 10.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Alhambra Unified)5046.7
 3.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (California)3833.4
 4.6%
5th Grade Science (Brightwood Elementary)42.257.3
 15%
   5th Grade Science (Alhambra Unified)40.639.4
 1.2%
   5th Grade Science (California)31.731.9
 0.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Brightwood Elementary)68.479.8
 11.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Alhambra Unified)59.661.6
 2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Brightwood Elementary)60.955.8
 5.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Alhambra Unified)52.450.9
 1.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Brightwood Elementary)80.479.8
 0.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Alhambra Unified)66.568.5
 2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Brightwood Elementary)64.463.1
 1.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Alhambra Unified)56.157.5
 1.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Brightwood Elementary)85.678.7
 6.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Alhambra Unified)68.470.1
 1.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Brightwood Elementary)90.767.6
 23.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Alhambra Unified)5856
 2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Brightwood Elementary)71.164.8
 6.3%
   8th Grade Science (Alhambra Unified)49.550.8
 1.3%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students928794
 14.4%
African American51
 80%
American Indian00
Asian487434
 10.9%
Hispanic371301
 18.9%
Pacific Islander22
White2018
 10%
Two or More Races4338
 11.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients38%33.1%
 4.9%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 794 students attended Brightwood Elementary.

Students at Brightwood Elementary are 55% Asian, 38% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% White.

Brightwood Elementary ranks 598th of 5868 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Brightwood Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Mark Keppel High


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