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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 91732

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Schools

8,281

Students

Districts

Top rankedArroyo High541^st of 2,162 California high schools

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Biggest riser

Baker Elementary up 523 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Fernando R. Ledesma Continuation High 17 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

This analysis covers 13 public schools in the 91732 zip code of El Monte, California, serving grades K-12 across three main districts: El Monte Union High, El Monte City, and Mountain View Elementary.

Among these schools, Arroyo High stands out as the top performer with a 4-star rating, a 93% graduation rate, and the strongest test scores in the area. At the elementary level, Durfee Elementary is a leader with a 3-star rating and notably strong science scores. In contrast, Fernando R. Ledesma Continuation High faces significant challenges with a 1-star rating and a low graduation rate, while Willard F. Payne Elementary is the lowest-ranked elementary school.

Overall, academic performance in this zip code varies widely between schools and districts, with average test scores below state averages. Chronic absenteeism is a common challenge, though schools with better attendance like Durfee and Wright Elementary tend to have stronger outcomes. The success of Arroyo High demonstrates that high achievement is possible within the area, even as other schools work to address similar challenges.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)					CSA Spanish Listening (2025)					CSA Spanish Writing (2025)					CSA Spanish Reading (2025)					CAST Science (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)								% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cherrylee Elementary	Public	K-6	5025 Buffington Rd.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	El Monte City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 575-2326	292	13	22.4	80.8%	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	218 (74.7%)	70 (24.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	41.8	3085^th of 5857 public elementary schools	47.3%		38.5	3272^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	44.2%	187																					15.0				15.0	25.7	36.6	42.5	57.4				42.4	37.1	36.6	30.0	36.4				35.1							$21,322	$18,646	$2,676
Durfee Elementary	Public	K-8	12233 Star St.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	El Monte City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 443-3900	1,120	50	22.3	73.1%	10 (0.9%)	4 (0.4%)	881 (78.7%)	219 (19.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	65.2	1831^st of 5857 public elementary schools	68.7%		56.8	2198^th of 5869 public elementary schools	62.5%	367																					45.5	37.6			41.0	43.6	48.1	63.6	59.4	57.1	72.3		58.0	47.5	40.0	55.4	42.6	31.3	44.6		42.6	97.7	97.7	98.4	98.4	97.7	98.4	$19,341	$16,736	$2,605
Thompson Elementary	Public	K-8	4544 Maxson Rd.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	El Monte City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 443-2613	21	3	7.0	85.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (85.7%)	3 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																																																$10,408	$7,836	$2,572
Wright Elementary	Public	K-8	11317 East McGirk Rd.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	El Monte City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 575-2333	562	26	21.4	87.5%	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	424 (75.4%)	127 (22.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	42.9	3010^th of 5857 public elementary schools	48.6%		46	2795^th of 5869 public elementary schools	52.4%	215																					33.3	21.4			25.0	38.9	40.0	41.5	41.7	53.5	45.1		45.2	33.3	40.0	29.6	33.3	43.6	28.4		35.0							$20,707	$18,068	$2,639
Arroyo High	Public	9-12	4921 North Cedar Ave.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	El Monte Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 444-9201	1,638	78	21.1	84.1%	28 (1.7%)	5 (0.3%)	1,185 (72.3%)	407 (24.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	9 (0.5%)	72.8	541^st of 2162 public high schools	75.0%		75.6	476^th of 2159 public high schools	78.0%	65																							10.0	18.0	15.3							61.2	61.2							40.2	40.2							$30,757	$28,908	$1,849
Mountain View High	Public	9-12	2900 Pkwy. Dr.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	El Monte Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 443-6181	1,123	57	19.8	96.2%	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1,046 (93.1%)	67 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	36.5	1342^nd of 2162 public high schools	37.9%		37.1	1311^th of 2159 public high schools	39.3%	31																							8.3	21.7	17.1							45.7	45.7							10.9	10.9							$39,226	$37,130	$2,096
Fernando R. Ledesma Continuation High	Public	10-12	12347 Ramona Blvd.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	El Monte Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 442-0481	293	17	17.0	97.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	287 (98.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13.5	1860^th of 2162 public high schools	14.0%		17.4	1753^rd of 2159 public high schools	18.8%	107																							0.0	9.5	6.3							16.1	16.1							3.4	3.4							$46,470	$45,458	$1,012
Baker Elementary	Public	K-6	12043 Exline St.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 652-4700	601	32	18.8	93.3%	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	550 (91.5%)	46 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	29.1	4032^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	31.2%		23.3	4555^th of 5869 public elementary schools	22.4%	523																					22.0				22.0	29.3	18.3	46.0	39.1				34.3	24.0	15.5	32.3	21.7				24.2	93.9	95.0		96.0	93.9	96.0	$31,175	$19,388	$11,787
La Primaria Elementary	Public	K-3	4220 Gilman Rd.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 652-4150	242	14	17.8	88.4%	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	218 (90.1%)	23 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																										15.4							15.4	23.1							23.1							$36,683	$24,902	$11,781
Maxson Elementary	Public	K-6	12380 Felipe St.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 652-4500	433	22	19.8	82.0%	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	393 (90.8%)	35 (8.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36	3487^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.5%		33.7	3621^st of 5869 public elementary schools	38.3%	134																					17.7				17.7	44.3	47.7	35.5	26.6				38.5	47.5	38.5	24.2	15.6				31.4							$32,103	$20,126	$11,977
Parkview Elementary	Public	K-8	12044 Elliott Ave.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 652-4800	920	46	19.9	90.9%	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	862 (93.7%)	56 (6.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24.9	4418^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.6%		21.6	4713^th of 5869 public elementary schools	19.7%	295	3.9	7.4	2.9	3.9	4.4	21.6	0.0	20.6	7.7	14.5	2.0	18.5	2.9	11.5	7.3	2.0	11.1	2.9	0.0	3.6	16.9	13.5			14.3	24.4	32.8	29.2	47.9	35.6	35.4		34.6	15.9	16.4	16.9	31.0	16.4	12.6		16.8							$32,187	$20,306	$11,881
Willard F. Payne Elementary	Public	K-6	2850 Mountain View Rd.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 652-4900	534	29	18.7	92.1%	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	507 (94.9%)	25 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.8	5520^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.8%		13.7	5417^th of 5869 public elementary schools	7.7%	103	2.6	8.0	0.0		3.5	47.4	8.0	30.4		31.4	7.9	12.0	0.0		7.0	0.0	8.0	0.0		2.3	5.3				5.3	13.7	21.3	19.7	36.1				23.2	11.0	13.8	2.6	10.3				9.5	92.9	94.3	94.3	92.9	94.3	92.9	$33,726	$21,284	$12,442
Twin Lakes Elementary	Public	3-8	3900 Gilman Rd.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 652-4400	502	27	18.7	88.8%	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	453 (90.2%)	40 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20.4	2209^th of 2761 public middle schools	20.0%		15.6	2453^rd of 2783 public middle schools	11.9%	244																					28.6	12.3			16.4	8.7	25.0	47.3	32.8	19.8	31.9		28.8	17.4	21.9	30.4	18.8	13.2	20.3		19.6							$31,394	$19,388	$12,006

Cities Near Zip Code 91732

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
El Monte	0.44 mi	26	494^th
Baldwin Park	0.95 mi	15	594^th
Irwindale	1.04 mi	1	333^rd
City Of Industry	1.95 mi	2	503^rd
Temple City	2.11 mi	9	169^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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