16% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in El Monte Union High School District, CA (26k out of 162k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Females 65 - 74 and then Males 45 - 54.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in El Monte Union High School District, CA is Hispanic, followed by Other and Asian.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.