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Monterey Highlands Elementary School

Grades: K-8

Students: 917

Type: Public

10/10

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Student-Teacher Ratio: 22:1

Certified Teachers: 100%

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Alhambra Unified School District

400 Casuda Canyon Drive
Monterey Park, CA 91754

6265706220

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10/10

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8/10

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9/10

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Most kids at my school don't get really excited but they are just kids who want to go home like all kids do. There are still a lot of kids excited about what they are going to learn. The teachers at this school try to make learning more exciting for kids like the 5th, 4th, 7th, 8th, Kinder, and 1st.

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Posted by a student on 8/12/2025

Monterey Highlands is just like home for me. The teachers here are amazing and provide a lot of help for students in need of it. The administration really put their all into improving school culture, such as new clubs, spirit weeks, etc. I would definitely recommend Monterey Highlands for all studen

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Posted by a student on 4/9/2023

TBH, I don't really like this school, And really because I was forced to switch school. But I have a few problems with the school. It's really stressful, and the teachers are very strict. But if they are strict, they can help students, and at the same time, ruin students. When I was being bullied an

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Posted by a parent on 11/5/2021

Overall the teachers are great except two 3rd grade teachers. K (Yoon & Nguyen): awesome in teaching kids new skills and words. 1st (Huynh, Aoki): great in focusing on math skills and spelling. 2nd (Wong, Yamamoto): really good in expanding their reading, math and art skills. 3rd (Yoshida, Tou) WORS

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Posted by a parent on 2/15/2021

I love this school! It has so many effective approaches to problems and has many extracurricular activities.

Posted by a student on 1/11/2018

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Monterey Park schools - Monterey Highlands Elementary School is located at 400 Casuda Canyon Drive, Monterey Park CA 91754. Monterey Highlands Elementary School is in the Alhambra Unified School District. Monterey Highlands Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K-8.