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Enrollment
626
Elementary
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAJARO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062949004554
Alianza Charter
115 Casserly Rd., Watsonville, CA 95076 · (831) 728-6333 · Santa Cruz County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL626 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
22.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
502 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 27% larger than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
42.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.5pp since 2014
Math
27.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.4% | 30.1% | 27.2% | 30.3% |
| Math | 9.1% | 18.6% | 26.7% | 45.6% |
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 | 42.5% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 34.5% | 24.6% |
| 2022-23 | 36.4% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.3% | 20.8% |
| 2018-19 | 38.8% | 35.1% |
| 2017-18 | 35.3% | 29.5% |
| 2016-17 | 28.5% | 27.3% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Alianza Charter
Alianza Charter's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alianza Charter this school | 626 | 80.2% | 32.2% |
| Los Padres Elementary Salinas | 620 | 80.5% | 24.8% |
| KIPP Raices Academy Los Angeles | 619 | 80.9% | N/A |
| KIPP Iluminar Academy Los Angeles | 593 | 79.9% | N/A |
| Lamont Elementary Lamont | 586 | 79.7% | 19.6% |
| George Nicoloff Elementary San Ysidro | 616 | 79.9% | 19.5% |
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 Alianza Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Cruz County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #3,254 of 5,151 | #24 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #3,452 of 5,172 ▲ 218 | #25 of 36 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #2,692 of 5,172 ▲ 592 | #21 of 36 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.6pp | #997 of 5,116 | #4 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 626 | #1,183 of 5,915 | #1 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,467 of 5,352 | #19 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.3% | #5,180 of 5,354 | #31 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.2% | #2,173 of 5,625 | #11 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #3,119 of 3,837 | #26 of 30 |
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
626
-49 (-7%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 626 | 28 | 22.3:1 | 80% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 648 | 29 | 22.3:1 | 79% (513) |
| 2022-23 | 640 | 28.4 | 22.5:1 | 80% (509) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 30 | 22.5:1 | 72% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 28 | 23.9:1 | 73% (487) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 28 | 23.6:1 | 78% (513) |
| 2010-11 | 623 | N/A | N/A | 80% (501) |
| 2000-01 | 724 | 36 | 20.1:1 | 82% (594) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 26 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alianza Charter.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (670 to 626); teachers unchanged (28 to 28).
About Alianza Charter
Alianza Charter is a mid-sized elementary school in Watsonville, California, (ZIP code 95076). The school has 626 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 8. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
The district for Alianza Charter is Pajaro Valley Unified, with 33 schools and 16,482 students.
At Alianza Charter, 97% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 2% White. Census figures show Santa Cruz County is about 35% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 5%.
For every teacher at Alianza Charter, there are about 22.3 students; the school has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is close to this figure. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 80%. Public schools in Santa Cruz County average 52%.
Among California public elementary schools, Alianza Charter outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Alianza Charter sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.2% and a predicted 32.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Santa Cruz County show that median household income comes to about $111,093, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 83, with about 36,316 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Watsonville Charter School of the Arts, is the closest to Alianza Charter. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Alianza Charter. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Alianza Charter is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
Federal data place Alianza Charter in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area. Alianza Charter is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
From 675 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 626 by 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Alianza Charter, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Santa Cruz County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,926
Census ACS
Median income
$111,093
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pajaro Valley Unified
- Watsonville HighHigh · 2,215 students
- Pajaro Valley HighHigh · 1,293 students
- Aptos HighHigh · 1,274 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 588 students
- Aptos Junior HighMiddle · 587 students
- Cesar E. Chavez MiddleMiddle · 548 students
Other schools in Watsonville
- Watsonville HighHigh · 2,215 students
- Pajaro Valley HighHigh · 1,293 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 588 students
- Cesar E. Chavez MiddleMiddle · 548 students
- Bradley ElementaryElementary · 520 students
- Calabasas ElementaryElementary · 512 students
Nearby schools
- Watsonville Charter School of the Arts0.1 mi · 415
- Lakeview Middle1.6 mi · 425
- Amesti Elementary2.3 mi · 431
- Ann Soldo Elementary2.5 mi · 377
- Pacific Coast Charter2.5 mi · 132
- T. S. MacQuiddy Elementary2.6 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About Alianza CharterHow many students attend Alianza Charter?
Alianza Charter enrolls approximately 626 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Alianza Charter serve?
Alianza Charter serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alianza Charter?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alianza Charter is approximately 22.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Alianza Charter?
Student demographics at Alianza Charter are roughly 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Alianza Charter in?
Alianza Charter is part of Pajaro Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.