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What tradition at Alicante Avenue Elementary should never be changed?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
959
Elementary
DISTRICT 773 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAMONT ELEMENTARY·NCES 062085002501
Alicante Avenue Elementary
7998 Alicante Ave., Lamont, CA 93241 · (661) 845-1452 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL959 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
21.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
785 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 156 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 141 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 130 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (156) is 20% larger than its 6th grade class (130).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 2% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Alicante Avenue Elementary→Mountain View Middle
Based on grade levels within Lamont Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
23.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.7pp since 2014
Math
15.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 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 are up about 8 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 | 8.5% | 15.2% | 23.5% | 52.8% |
| Math | 4.1% | 11.7% | 28.3% | 55.9% |
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 | 23.7% | 15.7% |
| 2023-24 | 24.3% | 19.9% |
| 2022-23 | 20.8% | 12.4% |
| 2021-22 | 21.6% | 11.7% |
| 2018-19 | 25.5% | 22.1% |
| 2017-18 | 25.9% | 20.8% |
| 2016-17 | 23.8% | 20.0% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 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
20.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Alicante Avenue Elementary
Alicante Avenue Elementary's state test result (20.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alicante Avenue Elementary this school | 959 | 81.9% | 20.8% |
| Coral Mountain Academy Coachella | 815 | 83.3% | 31.4% |
| Montague Charter Academy Pacoima | 852 | 84.6% | N/A |
| Sylmar Leadership Academy Sylmar | 850 | 82.6% | 41.0% |
| Rio Real Elementary Oxnard | 794 | 82.6% | 29.2% |
| Wilhelmina Henry Elementary Stockton | 881 | 81.6% | 16.2% |
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 Alicante Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #4,512 of 5,151 | #113 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #4,677 of 5,172 ▼ 499 | #124 of 150 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #4,595 of 5,172 ▼ 229 | #126 of 150 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,285 of 5,116 | #73 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 959 | #110 of 5,915 | #7 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #2,044 of 5,352 | #78 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.7% | #5,310 of 5,354 | #143 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.9% | #1,988 of 5,625 | #94 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #1,538 of 3,837 | #25 of 95 |
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
959
-82 (-8%) vs 2020
+73% since 1990-91, when it was 553
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 959 | 44 | 21.8:1 | 82% (785) |
| 2023-24 | 953 | 46 | 20.7:1 | 79% (756) |
| 2022-23 | 990 | 48.8 | 20.3:1 | 84% (834) |
| 2020-21 | 1,041 | 45 | 23.1:1 | 92% (954) |
| 2017-18 | 1,182 | 40 | 29.6:1 | 91% (1,072) |
| 2015-16 | 1,212 | 47 | 25.8:1 | 87% (1,058) |
| 2010-11 | 1,099 | N/A | N/A | 96% (1,050) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 37 | 17.8:1 | 93% (617) |
| 1990-91 | 553 | 21 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alicante Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (1,182 to 959); teachers up 10% (40 to 44).
About Alicante Avenue Elementary
Alicante Avenue Elementary serves students in Lamont, California, as a large elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 6 and has 959 students enrolled. That is 106% bigger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Lamont Elementary has 2,561 students in 4 schools, and Alicante Avenue Elementary is one of those schools.
At Alicante Avenue Elementary, 99% of students are Hispanic. Census figures show Kern County is about 57% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Alicante Avenue Elementary scores 3%.
Alicante Avenue Elementary has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. At Alicante Avenue Elementary, 82% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Alicante Avenue Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of California public elementary schools.
Alicante Avenue Elementary scores 20.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 31.6%.
The school's county is Kern County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $70,210, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Public schools in Kern County number 279, with about 197,431 students.
Lamont Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Alicante Avenue Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 20.8% average proficiency ranks 4th among 8 nearby schools.
Alicante Avenue Elementary falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment decreased by 8% across 4 years, from 1,041 in 2020-21 to 959 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 23.1:1 to 21.8:1 over the same years.
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Kern County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
915,075
Census ACS
Median income
$70,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
279
197,431 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lamont Elementary
- Mountain View MiddleMiddle · 594 students
- Lamont ElementaryElementary · 586 students
- Myrtle Avenue ElementaryMiddle · 422 students
Other schools in Lamont
- Lamont ElementaryElementary · 586 students
- Myrtle Avenue ElementaryMiddle · 422 students
- Nueva Continuation HighHigh · 79 students
Nearby schools
- Lamont Elementary0.3 mi · 586
- Myrtle Avenue Elementary0.4 mi · 422
- Nueva Continuation High0.5 mi · 79
- Mountain View Middle1.5 mi · 594
- Sunset2.7 mi · 302
- Vineland Elementary2.8 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Alicante Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Alicante Avenue Elementary?
Alicante Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 959 students in grades KG-06.
Is Alicante Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alicante Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Alicante Avenue Elementary have?
Alicante Avenue Elementary employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
How diverse is Alicante Avenue Elementary?
Alicante Avenue Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Is Alicante Avenue Elementary public or private?
Alicante Avenue Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lamont Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.