Is Willard F. Payne Elementary a good school?

Willard F. Payne Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.7% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Willard F. Payne Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 579 students attended Willard F. Payne Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Willard F. Payne Elementary?

Students at Willard F. Payne Elementary are 96% Hispanic, 4% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Willard F. Payne Elementary attend?

Students who attend Willard F. Payne Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Mountain View High

Willard F. Payne Elementary

Summary:

Willard F. Payne Elementary is a public elementary school located in El Monte, California, serving grades K-6 with a student population of 579. The school is part of the Mountain View Elementary School District, which is ranked 1306 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Willard F. Payne Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of California elementary schools over the past decade, with a ranking between 4,495 and 5,451 out of around 5,800-5,900 schools. The school has received a 0 or 1 out of 5 stars rating from SchoolDigger, indicating very low performance compared to other schools in the state. Its proficiency rates in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly lower than the state and district averages, often by 15-25 percentage points. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rate in English Language Arts was 22.01%, compared to 28.55% for the Mountain View Elementary District and 47.04% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low in Mathematics, with proficiency rates ranging from 7.78% to 26.39% across grade levels, compared to the state average of 34.31% to 45.64%. Additionally, Willard F. Payne Elementary has experienced high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 3.5% to 41.0% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average.

Willard F. Payne Elementary performs significantly worse than the nearby Maxson Elementary and Miramonte Elementary, which are also in the Mountain View Elementary District, as well as schools in the El Monte City School District, such as Columbia Elementary, Wilkerson Elementary, and Legore Elementary. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as English Language Learners and students with disabilities, who rank in the bottom 10-20% of their respective subgroups statewide.

Detail:

Public K-6

2850 Mountain View Rd.
El Monte, CA 91732-3593

(626) 652-4900

District: Mountain View Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
5410^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Willard F. Payne Elementary usually attend:

High:

Mountain View High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.8

Number of students: 579

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

95.5%

Asian:

4.3%

African American:

0.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 77.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Willard F. Payne Elementary ranks worse than 92.3% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Mountain View Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.71. (See more...)

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

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (95.5%), Asian (4.3%), African American (0.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 77.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Willard F. Payne Elementary is 21.8. 4 elementary schools in the Mountain View Elementary School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Willard F. Payne Elementary employs 26.5 full-time teachers.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Willard F. Payne Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Willard F. Payne Elementary 5410^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Willard F. Payne Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Mountain View Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Mountain View Elementary 1306^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Willard F. Payne Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Willard F. Payne Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	22.94	3710^th	4809	22.9%
2005	25.38	3604^th	4822	25.3%
2006	24.35	3699^th	4818	23.2%
2007	24.66	3959^th	5113	22.6%
2008	24.36	4023^rd	5113	21.3%
2009	20.29	4405^th	5193	15.2%
2010	24.77	4241^st	5314	20.2%
2011	13.07	5068^th	5377	5.7%
2012	25.45	4281^st	5390	20.6%
2013	18.30	4853^rd	5530	12.2%
2015	21.29	4495^th	5611	19.9%
2016	13.95	5138^th	5614	8.5%
2017	19.88	4706^th	5692	17.3%
2018	17.45	4896^th	5662	13.5%
2019	20.07	4795^th	5789	17.2%
2022	16.31	5236^th	5883	11.0%
2023	13.50	5451^st	5874	7.2%
2024	13.71	5410^th	5862	7.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Willard F. Payne Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.34	2292^nd	3246	29.4%
2019	43.40	1585^th	3275	51.6%
2022	29.23	2667^th	3311	19.5%
2023	23.70	2967^th	3250	8.7%
2024	27.38	2730^th	3160	13.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Willard F. Payne Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	16.95	2357^th	2420	2.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Willard F. Payne Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	22.50	4295^th	5084	15.5%
2019	30.71	3816^th	5173	26.2%
2022	23.62	4365^th	5264	17.1%
2023	17.61	4865^th	5374	9.5%
2024	18.24	4928^th	5511	10.6%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Willard F. Payne Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	21.20	329^th	364	9.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Willard F. Payne Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	11.37	5175^th	5413	4.4%
2019	18.69	4733^rd	5492	13.8%
2022	17.27	4970^th	5635	11.8%
2023	15.92	5065^th	5617	9.8%
2024	14.69	5145^th	5605	8.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Willard F. Payne Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	22.60	2203^rd	2585	14.8%
2022	24.13	1793^rd	2227	19.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Willard F. Payne Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.47	4063^rd	5431	25.2%
2019	23.25	4362^nd	5510	20.8%
2022	16.84	5041^st	5663	11.0%
2023	12.43	5348^th	5650	5.3%
2024	14.12	5217^th	5636	7.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Willard F. Payne Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.81	4126^th	4830	14.6%
2019	25.52	3998^th	4963	19.4%
2022	20.13	4489^th	5084	11.7%
2023	15.02	4795^th	5098	5.9%
2024	17.05	4654^th	5102	8.8%

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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 Willard F. Payne Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	40	7	37	912	0	n/a	n/a	0	996
1989	33	2	35	924	0	n/a	n/a	0	994
1990	32	2	36	947	1	n/a	n/a	0	1018
1991	7	16	18	1010	23	n/a	n/a	0	1074
1992	23	10	52	1018	0	n/a	n/a	0	1103
1993	18	4	32	851	0	n/a	n/a	0	905
1994	16	6	28	847	1	n/a	n/a	0	898
1995	19	1	49	806	1	n/a	n/a	0	876
1996	19	1	49	806	1	n/a	n/a	0	876
1997	19	4	51	848	0	n/a	n/a	0	922
1998	14	1	50	855	0	n/a	n/a	0	920
1999	11	1	56	880	0	n/a	n/a	1	949
2000	14	0	54	770	0	n/a	n/a	0	838
2001	10	0	40	782	0	n/a	n/a	1	833
2002	5	2	62	789	0	n/a	n/a	6	864
2003	5	2	62	789	0	n/a	n/a	6	864
2004	11	2	57	738	0	n/a	n/a	0	808
2005	11	2	62	713	0	n/a	n/a	0	788
2006	9	2	56	686	1	n/a	n/a	0	754
2007	6	1	50	659	0	n/a	n/a	1	717
2008	6	n/a	52	632	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	690
2009	3	1	39	607	0	0	1	0	651
2010	8	1	36	510	1	0	0	0	556
2011	5	0	35	527	3	0	0	0	570
2012	7	0	39	496	2	0	0	0	544
2013	7	2	38	490	2	0	1	0	540
2014	0	2	38	515	0	0	9	0	564
2015	0	1	28	509	1	0	6	0	545
2016	0	1	24	492	1	0	4	0	522
2017	0	1	28	479	1	0	1	0	510
2018	1	1	22	466	0	1	2	0	493
2019	1	0	24	443	0	0	2	0	470
2020	0	0	21	450	0	0	0	0	471
2021	2	0	22	408	0	0	0	0	432
2022	0	0	21	637	0	0	0	0	658
2023	0	1	25	553	0	0	0	0	579

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 Willard F. Payne Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	996	33.0	30.1	n/a
1989	994	32.0	31.0	n/a
1990	1018	34.0	29.9	n/a
1991	1074	35.5	30.2	n/a
1992	1103	36.1	30.5	89.3
1993	905	31.0	29.2	85.5
1994	898	33.0	27.2	89.9
1995	876	32.0	27.4	92.9
1996	876	32.0	27.4	92.9
1997	922	35.0	26.3	91
1998	920	39.0	23.6	87.1
1999	949	44.0	21.6	95
2000	838	41.0	20.4	97.6
2001	833	41.0	20.3	99
2002	864	40.0	21.6	86.1
2003	864	40.0	21.6	86.1
2004	808	40.0	20.2	87.6
2005	788	37.0	21.3	89.3
2006	754	36.0	20.9	99.6
2007	717	36.0	19.9	99.7
2008	690	37.0	18.6	95.5
2009	651	31.0	19.7	94.9
2010	556	30.0	18.5	95
2011	570	n/a	n/a	99.5
2012	544	20.0	27.2	n/a
2013	540	19.0	28.4	53.7
2014	564	20.0	28.2	95.6
2015	545	21.0	25.9	95.8
2016	522	21.0	24.8	90.6
2017	510	21.0	24.2	93.9
2018	493	20.0	24.6	92.5
2019	470	20.0	23.5	93.2
2020	471	n/a	n/a	90.7
2021	432	19.0	22.7	98.1
2022	658	27.3	24.0	73.1
2023	579	26.5	21.8	77.5

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 Willard F. Payne Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	996	33.0	30.1	n/a
1989	994	32.0	31.0	n/a
1990	1018	34.0	29.9	n/a
1991	1074	35.5	30.2	n/a
1992	1103	36.1	30.5	89.3
1993	905	31.0	29.2	85.5
1994	898	33.0	27.2	89.9
1995	876	32.0	27.4	92.9
1996	876	32.0	27.4	92.9
1997	922	35.0	26.3	91
1998	920	39.0	23.6	87.1
1999	949	44.0	21.6	95
2000	838	41.0	20.4	97.6
2001	833	41.0	20.3	99
2002	864	40.0	21.6	86.1
2003	864	40.0	21.6	86.1
2004	808	40.0	20.2	87.6
2005	788	37.0	21.3	89.3
2006	754	36.0	20.9	99.6
2007	717	36.0	19.9	99.7
2008	690	37.0	18.6	95.5
2009	651	31.0	19.7	94.9
2010	556	30.0	18.5	95
2011	570	n/a	n/a	99.5
2012	544	20.0	27.2	n/a
2013	540	19.0	28.4	53.7
2014	564	20.0	28.2	95.6
2015	545	21.0	25.9	95.8
2016	522	21.0	24.8	90.6
2017	510	21.0	24.2	93.9
2018	493	20.0	24.6	92.5
2019	470	20.0	23.5	93.2
2020	471	n/a	n/a	90.7
2021	432	19.0	22.7	98.1
2022	658	27.3	24.0	73.1
2023	579	26.5	21.8	77.5

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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