Bradoaks Elementary School

<p>Located in eastern Monrovia on Lemon Avenue, Bradoaks Elementary is blocks away from Recreation Park.</p> <p>The school serves about 600 students and employs 20 teachers. The curriculum focuses on standards-based learning environments and features self-contained single grade level classrooms. The school-wide focus is on the California State Academic Standards with an emphasis on improving the school's performance in language arts and the development of real-world life skills.</p> <p>The school boasts a robust PTA and touts its 2009 Academic Performance Index score of 844. Bradoaks operates by the Effective Schools model, where "there is a climate of high expectations that students can attain mastery of the essential skills, as defined by the content standards," according to the school's website.</p> <p>Students are required to wear uniforms.</p>