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Which teacher or staff member at Alameda Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
744
Elementary
DISTRICT 710 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOWNEY UNIFIED·NCES 061146001260
Alameda Elementary
8613 East Alameda St., Downey, CA 90242 · (562) 904-3589 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
629 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 144 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (144) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
47.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.6pp since 2014
Math
42.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.8% | 21.9% | 23.0% | 29.4% |
| Math | 19.3% | 23.5% | 24.9% | 32.4% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 49.6% | 42.3% |
| 2022-23 | 49.7% | 39.8% |
| 2021-22 | 42.3% | 36.9% |
| 2018-19 | 50.7% | 53.5% |
| 2017-18 | 35.2% | 37.5% |
| 2016-17 | 56.0% | 53.3% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 38.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alameda Elementary
Alameda Elementary's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda Elementary this school | 744 | 84.5% | 45.8% |
| Fenton Avenue Charter Lake View Terrace | 746 | 82.7% | N/A |
| Pleasant Elementary Tulare | 668 | 84.4% | 38.2% |
| Kingsley Elementary Pomona | 656 | 83.8% | 19.2% |
| Walnut Grove Elementary Patterson | 744 | 81.5% | 22.4% |
| Lauderbach (J. Calvin) Elementary Chula Vista | 763 | 83.7% | 30.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alameda Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #2,013 of 5,151 | #467 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #2,083 of 5,172 ▼ 67 | #519 of 1,129 ▼ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #2,226 of 5,172 ▼ 303 | #520 of 1,129 ▼ 92 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.6pp | #1,477 of 5,116 | #441 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 744 | #554 of 5,915 | #100 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,747 of 5,352 | #866 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #4,409 of 5,354 | #871 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #1,714 of 5,625 | #605 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.8% | #216 of 1,139 | #40 of 181 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
744
-86 (-10%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 761
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 25.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 744 | 31 | 24.0:1 | 85% (629) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 31 | 24.4:1 | 76% (578) |
| 2022-23 | 757 | 30 | 25.2:1 | 77% (586) |
| 2020-21 | 830 | 33 | 25.1:1 | 73% (610) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 26 | 23.5:1 | 75% (459) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 26 | 23.4:1 | 75% (457) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | N/A | N/A | 62% (383) |
| 2000-01 | 748 | 39 | 19.2:1 | 75% (558) |
| 1990-91 | 761 | 27 | 28.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alameda Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (611 to 744); teachers up 19% (26 to 31).
About Alameda Elementary
Alameda Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school, is located in Downey, California. It serves 744 students in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Alameda Elementary falls under Downey Unified, which has 21 schools enrolling 22,405 students.
The student body at Alameda Elementary is 89% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 4% White, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. Los Angeles County's residents are about 48% Hispanic, 41 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 20% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 31 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 24.0:1. That is 1.7 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Alameda Elementary is 85%. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Alameda Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California are predicted to post 30.0%, so the school is 15.8 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Across Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Los Angeles County is home to 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Sussman (Edward A.) Middle, is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Alameda Elementary ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Alameda Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is down 10% from 2020-21, when Alameda Elementary had 830 students, to 2024-25, when it had 744. Its ratio of students to teachers was 25.1:1 in 2020-21, and 24.0:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Downey Unified
- Downey HighHigh · 4,051 students
- Warren (Earl) HighHigh · 3,609 students
- Stauffer (Mary R.) MiddleMiddle · 1,329 students
- Doty (Wendy Lopour) MiddleMiddle · 1,304 students
- Griffiths (Gordon) MiddleMiddle · 1,264 students
- Sussman (Edward A.) MiddleMiddle · 1,240 students
Other schools in Downey
- Downey HighHigh · 4,051 students
- Warren (Earl) HighHigh · 3,609 students
- Stauffer (Mary R.) MiddleMiddle · 1,329 students
- Doty (Wendy Lopour) MiddleMiddle · 1,304 students
- Griffiths (Gordon) MiddleMiddle · 1,264 students
- Sussman (Edward A.) MiddleMiddle · 1,240 students
Other Alameda Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Alameda Elementary. Alameda Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Alameda Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 498 students
- ALAMEDA ELEMENTARYLAS CRUCES, NM · 331 students
- ALAMEDA ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUE, NM · 212 students
Nearby schools
- Sussman (Edward A.) Middle0.4 mi · 1,240
- Imperial Elementary0.7 mi · 653
- Warren (Earl) High0.7 mi · 3,609
- Ward (E. W.) Elementary0.8 mi · 543
- Gauldin (A.L.) Elementary1.0 mi · 641
- Carpenter (C. C.) Elementary1.1 mi · 796
Frequently asked questions
About Alameda ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Alameda Elementary?
Alameda Elementary enrolls approximately 744 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Alameda Elementary serve?
Alameda Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alameda Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alameda Elementary is approximately 24.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Alameda Elementary?
Student demographics at Alameda Elementary are roughly 4% White, 89% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Alameda Elementary in?
Alameda Elementary is part of Downey Unified.
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