Baker Elementary, El Monte CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Baker Elementary

Baker Elementary serves kindergarten through sixth grade in El Monte, a mixed residential and industrial city in Los Angeles County with a walkable downtown along Main Street, a significant Metrolink transit hub, and a predominantly Hispanic population with a substantial Asian community. The school sits within Mountain View Elementary District, which in a major structural shift in 2021 closed four schools and reconfigured several campuses into K-8 neighborhood models to address persistent enrollment decline. That reconfiguration continues to shape the district's footprint.

Baker's student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a smaller Asian enrollment. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic circumstances of the families the school serves. Enrollment is distributed across all seven grades, with kindergarten through fourth grade classes notably larger than the upper grades.

State testing data from spring 2025 shows academic performance well below the state average across both tested subjects and grades. In English language arts, students show some variation by grade, with higher results in fifth and sixth grades compared to the lower elementary grades. Third grade struggled most, followed by fourth grade, while fifth grade achieved stronger proficiency. In mathematics, performance is more consistently low across grade levels, with fourth grade showing the lowest results. Science assessment in fifth grade, where it is tested, shows proficiency at similarly low levels. Viewed across the school's tested grades, overall proficiency sits in the bottom quartile among the county's schools. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what support structures and intervention programs are in place, and whether the school has identified root causes and is implementing any changes to instruction or staffing.

El Monte itself is undergoing transit-oriented development anchored around its Metrolink station and downtown core, with new affordable and market-rate housing projects, retail, and civic uses rising along that corridor. The housing market in the zip code shows median home values at levels well above the national benchmark but substantially below California's state median, and monthly mortgage costs are running notably higher than rents. The city has historically built more affordable housing than its neighbors but faces ongoing affordability pressures. Schools and civic facilities are distributed across the city rather than concentrated downtown.

The district continues to navigate the effects of enrollment decline. As of 2025, it is working through a state-mandated property review process to determine the future use of the two closed school sites, an open question that affects neighborhoods near those campuses. Families considering Baker should understand both that context of declining district enrollment and the school's current academic standing, and engage directly with school leadership about instructional priorities and support.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 324%

School 24% · District 23% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 416%

School 16% · District 20% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 19% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 622%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 25% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 418%

School 18% · District 29% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 33% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 639%

School 39% · District 39% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Science

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 16% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

This schoolMountain View Elementary, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.