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What's the most underrated thing about Alamo Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
714
Elementary
DISTRICT 667 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VACAVILLE UNIFIED·NCES 064059006697
Alamo Elementary
500 South Orchard Ave., Vacaville, CA 95688 · (707) 453-6200 · Solano County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL714 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
398 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 115 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (115).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
47.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.7pp since 2014
Math
35.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.1pp 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 36 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 down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.9% | 28.8% | 22.8% | 29.5% |
| Math | 12.7% | 23.2% | 27.5% | 36.6% |
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 | 47.7% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 48.3% | 46.1% |
| 2022-23 | 52.7% | 45.8% |
| 2021-22 | 48.3% | 42.5% |
| 2018-19 | 56.5% | 52.8% |
| 2017-18 | 48.0% | 42.9% |
| 2016-17 | 44.3% | 39.4% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 (44.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo Elementary this school | 714 | 55.7% | 44.7% |
| Pepper Drive Elementary El Cajon | 661 | 58.2% | 45.2% |
| Florence Markofer Elementary Elk Grove | 670 | 54.3% | 47.3% |
| Clovis Elementary Clovis | 709 | 56.0% | 56.1% |
| Antelope Meadows Elementary Antelope | 731 | 58.7% | 43.5% |
| Thomas Edison Elementary Glendale | 859 | 57.9% | 56.6% |
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 Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #2,091 of 5,151 | #14 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #2,660 of 5,172 ▼ 913 | #18 of 55 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #2,218 of 5,172 ▼ 193 | #15 of 55 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.6pp | #830 of 5,116 | #9 of 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 714 | #692 of 5,915 | #11 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #4,172 of 5,352 | #36 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #1,074 of 5,354 | #33 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #3,660 of 5,625 | #38 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #1,026 of 1,139 | #19 of 21 |
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
714
+33 (+5%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 714 | 29 | 24.6:1 | 56% (398) |
| 2023-24 | 671 | 27 | 24.8:1 | 49% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 26.7 | 25.8:1 | 44% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 681 | 27 | 25.2:1 | 36% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 704 | 27 | 26.1:1 | 40% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 684 | 26 | 26.3:1 | 42% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | N/A | N/A | 39% (222) |
| 2000-01 | 566 | 29 | 19.5:1 | 17% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 693 | 29 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alamo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (704 to 714); teachers up 7% (27 to 29).
About Alamo Elementary
Alamo Elementary is a large elementary school based in Vacaville, California. A federal count lists 714 students at the school, in kindergarten through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 54% larger than that.
The Vacaville Unified system has 17 schools and 12,690 students.
Alamo Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 43%. The rest of enrollment is 37% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. Alamo Elementary's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 24.6:1 comes from the school's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The lunch program counts 56% of students at Alamo Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Alamo Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 46.9% for a school in California with Alamo Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Alamo Elementary posts 44.7%.
In the county around the school, Solano County, the median household income is $100,401, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 110 public schools in Solano County, enrolling about 60,765 students in all.
Nearby, Kairos Public is about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Alamo Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 33.9%; Alamo Elementary's is 44.7%, ranking 2nd of 8.
NCES assigns Alamo Elementary the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Alamo Elementary grew 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 681 to 714 students.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Alamo Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Solano County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
451,918
Census ACS
Median income
$100,401
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
60,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vacaville Unified
- Vacaville HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Will C. Wood HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Willis Jepson MiddleMiddle · 954 students
- Edwin Markham ElementaryElementary · 882 students
- Browns Valley ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- Jean Callison ElementaryElementary · 762 students
Other schools in Vacaville
- Vacaville HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Will C. Wood HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Willis Jepson MiddleMiddle · 954 students
- Edwin Markham ElementaryElementary · 882 students
- Browns Valley ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- Kairos PublicCombined · 786 students
Other Alamo Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Alamo Elementary. Alamo Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Alamo ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 390 students
- Alamo ElementaryAlamo, CA · 348 students
- Alamo Elementary SchoolBAYTOWN, TX · 746 students
- Alamo ElementaryAlamo, TN · 600 students
- Alamo Elementary SchoolKALAMAZOO, MI · 287 students
Nearby schools
- Kairos Public0.6 mi · 786
- Vacaville High0.6 mi · 2,044
- Ernest Kimme Charter Academy0.7 mi · 194
- Willis Jepson Middle0.9 mi · 954
- Hemlock Elementary0.9 mi · 413
- Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy1.1 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Alamo ElementaryHow large is Alamo Elementary?
Alamo Elementary enrolls approximately 714 students in grades KG-06.
Is Alamo Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alamo Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Alamo Elementary?
Approximately 24.6:1 students per teacher at Alamo Elementary.
How diverse is Alamo Elementary?
Alamo Elementary reports a student body of 43% White, 37% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Alamo Elementary public or private?
Alamo Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vacaville Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.