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Enrollment
606
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POMONA UNIFIED·NCES 063132004834
Alcott Elementary
1600 South Towne Ave., Pomona, CA 91766 · (909) 397-4552 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL606 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
576 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 122 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 44% larger than its 6th grade class (85).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
28.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.2pp since 2014
Math
15.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 11.7% | 16.6% | 24.9% | 46.9% |
| Math | 5.7% | 10.2% | 22.4% | 61.8% |
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 | 28.2% | 15.8% |
| 2023-24 | 27.2% | 15.5% |
| 2022-23 | 23.9% | 12.6% |
| 2021-22 | 24.2% | 12.8% |
| 2018-19 | 34.4% | 23.3% |
| 2017-18 | 34.8% | 21.0% |
| 2016-17 | 35.7% | 18.8% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Alcott Elementary
Alcott Elementary's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcott Elementary this school | 606 | 95.0% | 21.8% |
| Oak Street Inglewood | 569 | 93.0% | 25.4% |
| Langdon Avenue Elementary North Hills | 532 | 96.1% | 21.3% |
| Mary B. Lewis Elementary Bloomington | 548 | 93.1% | 24.3% |
| Bradley Elementary San Bernardino | 530 | 94.9% | 34.3% |
| Sixty-Sixth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 649 | 97.8% | 41.9% |
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 Alcott Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #4,413 of 5,151 | #1,050 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #4,672 of 5,172 ▼ 39 | #1,097 of 1,129 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #4,157 of 5,172 ▼ 57 | #995 of 1,129 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,126 of 5,116 | #567 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 606 | #1,350 of 5,915 | #261 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,469 of 5,352 | #441 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.8% | #4,430 of 5,354 | #879 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #440 of 5,625 | #221 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.6% | #571 of 3,837 | #243 of 947 |
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
606
-171 (-22%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 944
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 606 | 28.9 | 20.9:1 | 95% (576) |
| 2023-24 | 634 | 28 | 22.7:1 | 97% (613) |
| 2022-23 | 667 | 28 | 23.8:1 | 96% (639) |
| 2020-21 | 777 | 34 | 22.9:1 | 96% (749) |
| 2017-18 | 861 | 34 | 25.3:1 | 94% (812) |
| 2015-16 | 934 | 36 | 25.9:1 | 95% (890) |
| 2010-11 | 946 | N/A | N/A | 95% (897) |
| 2000-01 | 923 | 46 | 20.1:1 | 88% (813) |
| 1990-91 | 944 | 37 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alcott Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (861 to 606); teachers down 15% (34 to 28.9).
About Alcott Elementary
Alcott Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Pomona, California. It serves 606 students in kindergarten through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Pomona Unified has 37 schools; together they serve 20,422 students.
The large majority of students at Alcott Elementary, 89%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 7% Black. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. The chance that two students picked at random at Alcott Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
With 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Alcott Elementary was 20.9:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. Alcott Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 95%. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Alcott Elementary, the prediction is 23.9% and the result is 21.8%.
Los Angeles County census figures show that median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 2,244 public schools operate in Los Angeles County, serving about 1,265,907 students.
The shortest distance from Alcott Elementary to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Simons Middle. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Alcott Elementary places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Alcott Elementary as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Alcott Elementary went from 777 students to 606. The ratio was 22.9:1 in 2020-21 and 20.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Pomona Unified
- Garey HighHigh · 1,567 students
- Diamond Ranch HighHigh · 1,542 students
- School of Extended Educational OptionsCombined · 1,204 students
- Pomona HighHigh · 993 students
- Ganesha HighHigh · 895 students
- Vejar ElementaryElementary · 741 students
Other schools in Pomona
- Garey HighHigh · 1,567 students
- Diamond Ranch HighHigh · 1,542 students
- School of Extended Educational OptionsCombined · 1,204 students
- Pomona HighHigh · 993 students
- Ganesha HighHigh · 895 students
- Vejar ElementaryElementary · 741 students
Other Alcott Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Alcott Elementary. Alcott Elementary is the largest of the 8.
- Alcott ElementaryRiverside, CA · 603 students
- Alcott ElementarySan Diego, CA · 234 students
- Alcott Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 567 students
- Alcott Elementary SchoolWesterville, OH · 537 students
- ALCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHASTINGS, NE · 267 students
Nearby schools
- Simons Middle0.2 mi · 578
- Washington Elementary0.7 mi · 645
- Philadelphia Elementary0.7 mi · 535
- Madison Elementary0.7 mi · 382
- Garey High0.8 mi · 1,567
- Fremont Academy of Engineering and Design0.9 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About Alcott ElementaryHow many students attend Alcott Elementary?
Alcott Elementary enrolls approximately 606 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Alcott Elementary serve?
Alcott Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Alcott Elementary have?
Alcott Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alcott Elementary?
At Alcott Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Alcott Elementary public or private?
Alcott Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pomona Unified.
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