The El Monte City School District, a suburban school district
serving children from pre-school age through the eighth grade,
was founded in the 1880s. It is located eleven miles east of the
City of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley. Students in the
district come from the cities of El Monte, South El Monte, and
portions of Los Angeles County that are proximate to the cities
of Temple City and Arcadia.
The El Monte City School District serves over 10,500 children
at seventeen school sites. It employs over 1,100 full and part
time persons in certificated, management and classified positions.
The schools are organized as K-4(1), K-5(1), K-6(9) and K-8(6)
sites. There is a Children's Center located adjacent to one site
and there are four Head Start programs located at elementary schools.
District demographics include families that are 78% Hispanic,
14% Asian, 7% White and less than 1% American Indian, Pacific
Islander, Filipino and Black.