Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063513005942
Alamo Elementary
100 Wilson Rd., Alamo, CA 94507 · (925) 855-4800 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
13 students
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 71 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
86.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.2pp since 2014
Math
85.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 3 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 | 56.9% | 29.3% | 7.8% | 6.0% |
| Math | 56.9% | 28.1% | 11.4% | 3.6% |
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 | 86.2% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 77.7% |
| 2022-23 | 81.7% | 83.7% |
| 2021-22 | 77.8% | 79.5% |
| 2018-19 | 82.6% | 84.1% |
| 2017-18 | 84.2% | 82.2% |
| 2016-17 | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2015-16 | 85.0% | 82.0% |
| 2014-15 | 83.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
79.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Alamo Elementary
Alamo Elementary's state test result (79.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo Elementary this school | 348 | 3.7% | 79.5% |
| Beach Elementary Piedmont | 323 | 4.3% | 91.7% |
| Los Perales Elementary Moraga | 366 | 2.5% | 78.8% |
| San Carlos Charter Learning Center San Carlos | 377 | 4.0% | N/A |
| Meadows Avenue Elementary Manhattan Beach | 407 | 6.4% | 85.7% |
| Camino Pablo Elementary Moraga | 340 | 4.4% | 76.1% |
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 Alamo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #246 of 5,151 | #19 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #101 of 5,172 ▲ 218 | #9 of 153 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.2% | #73 of 5,172 ▲ 722 | #7 of 153 ▲ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,142 of 5,116 | #17 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #4,304 of 5,915 | #137 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #2,124 of 5,352 | #65 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #1,176 of 5,354 | #82 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.7% | #5,603 of 5,625 | #150 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #3,562 of 3,837 | #99 of 107 |
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
348
+45 (+15%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 309
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 348 | 15.9 | 21.9:1 | 4% (13) |
| 2023-24 | 350 | 14.5 | 24.2:1 | 5% (17) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 13.4 | 25.1:1 | 6% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 14 | 21.6:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 13.5 | 26.5:1 | 3% (10) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 15 | 25.2:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2010-11 | 321 | N/A | N/A | 1% (4) |
| 2000-01 | 386 | 20 | 19.3:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 309 | 11 | 28.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alamo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (358 to 348); teachers up 18% (13.5 to 15.9).
About Alamo Elementary
Alamo Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Alamo, California. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 348 students. The school's enrollment is 25% smaller than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
San Ramon Valley Unified runs 36 schools with a combined 28,554 students. Alamo Elementary is one of them.
Alamo Elementary is 51% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 21% Asian, 15% multiracial, and 13% Hispanic. That compares with about 41% White among all Contra Costa County residents. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 21.9 students per teacher and 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. About 4% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Contra Costa County average 45%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Alamo Elementary, the prediction is 77.3% and the result is 79.5%.
Within Contra Costa County, the median household income is $127,229, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Besides Alamo Elementary, Contra Costa County has 279 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Alamo Elementary to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Central County Special Education Programs. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Alamo Elementary is 1st among 8 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Alamo Elementary's enrollment climbed 15%, to 348.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Ramon Valley Unified
- Dougherty Valley HighHigh · 3,039 students
- California HighHigh · 2,894 students
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Windemere Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,011 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
Other schools in Alamo
- Stone Valley MiddleMiddle · 586 students
- Rancho Romero ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Central County Special Education ProgramsCombined · 15 students
Other Alamo Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Alamo Elementary. Alamo Elementary is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Alamo ElementaryVacaville, CA · 714 students
- Alamo ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 390 students
- Alamo Elementary SchoolBAYTOWN, TX · 746 students
- Alamo ElementaryAlamo, TN · 600 students
- Alamo Elementary SchoolKALAMAZOO, MI · 287 students
Nearby schools
- Central County Special Education Programs0.8 mi · 15
- Stone Valley Middle0.9 mi · 586
- Murwood Elementary1.5 mi · 451
- Rancho Romero Elementary1.8 mi · 469
- Walnut Heights Elementary1.9 mi · 427
- Las Lomas High2.1 mi · 1,577
Frequently asked questions
About Alamo ElementaryHow many students attend Alamo Elementary?
Alamo Elementary enrolls approximately 348 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Alamo Elementary serve?
Alamo Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alamo Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alamo Elementary is approximately 21.9:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alamo Elementary?
At Alamo Elementary, the student body is approximately 51% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 21% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Alamo Elementary in?
Alamo Elementary is part of San Ramon Valley Unified.
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