Is El Monte Elementary a good school?

El Monte Elementary ranks 4298 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend El Monte Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 412 students attended El Monte Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of El Monte Elementary?

Students at El Monte Elementary are 46% Hispanic, 21% White, 15% Two or more races, 13% Asian, 5% African American.

What schools do graduates of El Monte Elementary attend?

Students who attend El Monte Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : El Dorado Middle High : Concord High

El Monte Elementary

Summary:

El Monte Elementary is a public elementary school in Concord, California, serving 425 students in grades K-5 and part of the Mt. Diablo Unified school district.

El Monte Elementary faces significant challenges compared to nearby schools and district averages. The school has a much higher chronic absenteeism rate of 36.2%, well above the 25.9% rate at Ygnacio Valley Elementary and the 23.7% rate at Mountain View Elementary. Additionally, El Monte students consistently underperform on state assessments in English Language Arts, Math, and Science, with only 29.12% of students proficient or better in ELA/Literacy compared to 45.52% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school also has a much higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 54.59%, compared to 32.37% at Woodside Elementary and 19.67% at Monte Gardens Elementary.

These challenges appear to be widening over time, as the performance gap between El Monte Elementary and district/state averages has been growing, particularly in Math and Science. The school's struggles are especially pronounced for Hispanic students and English Language Learners, who rank in the bottom 10-20% of California elementary schools in these subgroups. Despite being located in the same district, El Monte is surrounded by several higher-performing elementary schools, such as Monte Gardens Elementary and Westwood Elementary, which consistently outperform El Monte on academic measures, suggesting opportunities to learn from their practices.

Detail:

Public K-5

1400 Dina Dr.
Concord, CA 94518-1222

(925) 685-3113

District: Mt. Diablo Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4298^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,216

Students who attend El Monte Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	El Dorado Middle
High:	Concord High

Student/teacher ratio: 22.8

Number of students: 412

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

45.6%

White:

21.4%

Two or more races:

14.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 48.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details El Monte Elementary ranks worse than 73.3% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 21^st among 30 ranked elementary schools in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25.68. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a 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

Compare Details Student population at El Monte Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (45.6%), White (21.4%), two or more races (14.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 48.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at El Monte Elementary is 22.8, which is the 5^th best among 30 elementary schools in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at El Monte Elementary is $13,216, which is the 8^th highest among 30 elementary schools in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

El Monte Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks El Monte Elementary 4298^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See El Monte Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Mt. Diablo Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Mt. Diablo Unified 789^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for El Monte Elementary

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Rank History for all students at El Monte Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	42.76	2515^th	4809	47.7%
2005	33.69	3070^th	4822	36.3%
2006	28.39	3423^rd	4818	29.0%
2007	28.59	3670^th	5113	28.2%
2008	27.29	3806^th	5113	25.6%
2009	21.15	4344^th	5193	16.3%
2010	28.61	3954^th	5314	25.6%
2011	35.20	3600^th	5377	33.0%
2012	50.28	2595^th	5390	51.9%
2013	36.73	3546^th	5530	35.9%
2015	47.31	2606^th	5611	53.6%
2016	40.33	3059^th	5614	45.5%
2017	39.15	3159^th	5692	44.5%
2018	39.49	3188^th	5662	43.7%
2019	30.84	3868^th	5789	33.2%
2021	25.53	1040^th	1417	26.6%
2022	31.83	3719^th	5883	36.8%
2023	30.62	3829^th	5874	34.8%
2024	25.68	4298^th	5862	26.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at El Monte Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.29	2298^th	3246	29.2%
2019	19.02	3223^rd	3275	1.6%
2021	23.61	583^rd	602	3.2%
2022	41.94	1682^nd	3311	49.2%
2023	35.62	2114^th	3250	35.0%
2024	23.12	2945^th	3160	6.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at El Monte Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.81	3177^th	5084	37.5%
2019	27.13	4089^th	5173	21.0%
2021	33.84	751^st	1110	32.3%
2022	32.70	3609^th	5264	31.4%
2023	31.43	3780^th	5374	29.7%
2024	16.78	5021^st	5511	8.9%

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Rank History for Female students at El Monte Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	49.11	2543^rd	5413	53.0%
2019	27.81	4006^th	5492	27.1%
2021	21.17	1014^th	1267	20.0%
2022	34.30	3385^th	5635	39.9%
2023	28.60	3903^rd	5617	30.5%
2024	24.04	4334^th	5605	22.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at El Monte Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	50.13	807^th	2227	63.8%

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Rank History for Male students at El Monte Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	32.22	3526^th	5431	35.1%
2019	34.22	3448^th	5510	37.4%
2021	31.89	805^th	1272	36.7%
2022	30.03	3784^th	5663	33.2%
2023	33.93	3478^th	5650	38.4%
2024	29.84	3821^st	5636	32.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at El Monte Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.37	3253^rd	4830	32.7%
2019	29.00	3760^th	4963	24.2%
2022	29.35	3755^th	5084	26.1%
2023	24.76	4129^th	5098	19.0%
2024	13.55	4844^th	5102	5.1%

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Rank History for White students at El Monte Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.56	1881^st	2737	31.3%
2019	27.79	2202^nd	2834	22.3%
2022	19.64	2275^th	2726	16.5%
2023	19.63	2235^th	2662	16.0%
2024	10.04	2450^th	2647	7.4%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for El Monte Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	512	20	39	64	0	n/a	n/a	635
1989	490	28	39	67	0	n/a	n/a	624
1990	501	33	39	65	0	n/a	n/a	638
1991	493	24	35	85	1	n/a	n/a	638
1992	494	20	28	88	1	n/a	n/a	631
1993	462	36	38	104	0	n/a	n/a	640
1994	407	28	34	108	0	n/a	n/a	577
1995	381	19	40	99	1	n/a	n/a	540
1996	381	19	40	99	1	n/a	n/a	540
1997	378	16	40	100	2	n/a	n/a	536
1998	390	29	31	94	2	n/a	n/a	546
1999	401	25	31	107	3	n/a	n/a	567
2000	394	27	41	128	1	n/a	n/a	591
2001	374	24	48	142	5	n/a	n/a	593
2002	359	19	58	134	6	n/a	n/a	576
2003	359	19	58	134	6	n/a	n/a	576
2004	328	20	66	150	3	n/a	n/a	567
2005	313	26	57	147	4	n/a	n/a	547
2006	273	26	55	162	6	n/a	n/a	522
2007	257	23	51	137	6	n/a	n/a	474
2008	220	31	47	156	6	n/a	n/a	460
2009	179	27	45	167	5	9	23	455
2010	168	34	40	180	5	7	11	445
2011	141	34	42	218	5	7	22	469
2012	138	30	37	229	3	6	40	483
2013	119	32	40	248	2	7	47	495
2014	133	22	40	238	2	7	34	476
2015	140	17	40	208	1	5	53	464
2016	126	17	44	232	2	12	45	478
2017	124	20	36	212	2	6	43	443
2018	107	18	34	216	2	3	52	432
2019	96	18	28	225	2	3	61	433
2020	106	18	44	219	3	3	37	430
2021	87	16	41	216	3	2	52	417
2022	66	12	34	214	1	1	75	403
2023	61	10	30	213	1	1	109	425
2024	88	19	53	188	3	1	60	412

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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 El Monte Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	635	25.0	25.4	n/a
1989	624	24.5	25.4	n/a
1990	638	24.5	26.0	n/a
1991	638	25.5	25.0	n/a
1992	631	25.9	24.3	22
1993	640	23.5	27.2	32.3
1994	577	22.5	25.6	33.4
1995	540	20.0	27.0	31.7
1996	540	20.0	27.0	31.7
1997	536	21.0	25.5	31.2
1998	546	25.0	21.8	32.6
1999	567	27.0	21.0	29.8
2000	591	26.0	22.7	28.8
2001	593	28.0	21.2	30.2
2002	576	29.0	19.9	34.5
2003	576	29.0	19.9	34.5
2004	567	27.0	21.0	38.1
2005	547	24.5	22.3	37.8
2006	522	23.5	22.2	0
2007	474	20.0	23.7	44.1
2008	460	24.0	19.2	51.5
2009	455	21.0	20.7	58.5
2010	445	19.0	23.4	54.8
2011	469	n/a	n/a	60.3
2012	483	21.3	22.6	n/a
2013	495	20.5	24.0	67.1
2014	476	18.0	26.4	64.7
2015	464	19.0	24.4	62.9
2016	478	20.0	23.9	66.3
2017	443	21.0	21.0	65
2018	432	19.5	22.1	58.3
2019	433	19.4	22.3	63.3
2020	430	n/a	n/a	63.5
2021	417	18.0	23.1	56.1
2022	403	17.0	23.7	64
2023	425	17.0	25.0	54.6
2024	412	18.0	22.8	48.1

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 El Monte Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	635	25.0	25.4	n/a
1989	624	24.5	25.4	n/a
1990	638	24.5	26.0	n/a
1991	638	25.5	25.0	n/a
1992	631	25.9	24.3	22
1993	640	23.5	27.2	32.3
1994	577	22.5	25.6	33.4
1995	540	20.0	27.0	31.7
1996	540	20.0	27.0	31.7
1997	536	21.0	25.5	31.2
1998	546	25.0	21.8	32.6
1999	567	27.0	21.0	29.8
2000	591	26.0	22.7	28.8
2001	593	28.0	21.2	30.2
2002	576	29.0	19.9	34.5
2003	576	29.0	19.9	34.5
2004	567	27.0	21.0	38.1
2005	547	24.5	22.3	37.8
2006	522	23.5	22.2	0
2007	474	20.0	23.7	44.1
2008	460	24.0	19.2	51.5
2009	455	21.0	20.7	58.5
2010	445	19.0	23.4	54.8
2011	469	n/a	n/a	60.3
2012	483	21.3	22.6	n/a
2013	495	20.5	24.0	67.1
2014	476	18.0	26.4	64.7
2015	464	19.0	24.4	62.9
2016	478	20.0	23.9	66.3
2017	443	21.0	21.0	65
2018	432	19.5	22.1	58.3
2019	433	19.4	22.3	63.3
2020	430	n/a	n/a	63.5
2021	417	18.0	23.1	56.1
2022	403	17.0	23.7	64
2023	425	17.0	25.0	54.6
2024	412	18.0	22.8	48.1

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.

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