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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANTON UNIFIED·NCES 060002009285
Alisal Elementary
1454 Santa Rita Rd., Pleasanton, CA 94566 · (925) 426-4200 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- 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
23.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
48 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 119 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
65.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.6pp since 2014
Math
65.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.3% | 25.1% | 14.1% | 20.5% |
| Math | 44.3% | 21.6% | 19.3% | 14.8% |
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 | 65.4% | 65.9% |
| 2023-24 | 60.6% | 64.8% |
| 2022-23 | 66.1% | 64.4% |
| 2021-22 | 63.2% | 61.8% |
| 2018-19 | 72.2% | 69.9% |
| 2017-18 | 73.1% | 71.0% |
| 2016-17 | 70.2% | 68.0% |
| 2015-16 | 74.0% | 77.0% |
| 2014-15 | 70.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Alisal Elementary
Alisal Elementary's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alisal Elementary this school | 544 | 8.8% | 64.3% |
| Guadalupe Elementary San Jose | 537 | 8.2% | 76.2% |
| Lydiksen Elementary Pleasanton | 586 | 7.2% | 78.8% |
| Laurelwood Elementary Santa Clara | 571 | 11.2% | 80.5% |
| Williams Elementary San Jose | 559 | 8.2% | 83.9% |
| Tassajara Hills Elementary Danville | 506 | 8.1% | 80.1% |
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 Alisal Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #910 of 5,151 | #76 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #781 of 5,172 ▲ 44 | #67 of 192 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #999 of 5,172 ▲ 213 | #72 of 192 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #2,199 of 5,116 | #49 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #1,931 of 5,915 | #65 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,475 of 5,352 | #112 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #1,448 of 5,354 | #95 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.8% | #5,498 of 5,625 | #201 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #2,356 of 3,837 | #89 of 138 |
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
544
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 566
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 544 | 23 | 23.6:1 | 9% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 25 | 22.1:1 | 11% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 25 | 20.5:1 | 7% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 26 | 21.9:1 | 8% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 622 | 26 | 23.9:1 | 8% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | 25 | 25.1:1 | 8% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | N/A | N/A | 10% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 620 | 35 | 17.7:1 | 6% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 566 | 24 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alisal Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (622 to 544); teachers down 12% (26 to 23).
About Alisal Elementary
Alisal Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Pleasanton, California. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 544 students enrolled.
Enrollment across the 16 schools in Pleasanton Unified totals 13,302 students.
Of every 100 students at Alisal Elementary, about 53 are Asian. After that, the student body is 25% White, 11% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Among all residents of Alameda County, the Asian share is about 33%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
Alisal Elementary reports a ratio of 23.6 students per teacher, from 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.3 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Alisal Elementary, 9% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 49% average for public schools in Alameda County is 40 points.
Among California public elementary schools, Alisal Elementary outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Alisal Elementary is 74.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.3%.
Alameda County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $129,367 a year, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Alameda County number 394, with about 210,511 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Amador Valley High, is the closest to Alisal Elementary. Alisal Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 64.3% average proficiency ranks 6th among 7 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Alisal Elementary as City: Small.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 4%. By 2024-25, the school had 23.6 students per teacher, compared with 21.9 in 2020-21.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pleasanton Unified
- Amador Valley HighHigh · 2,583 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 2,169 students
- Thomas S. Hart MiddleMiddle · 1,129 students
- Harvest Park MiddleMiddle · 1,015 students
- Pleasanton MiddleMiddle · 944 students
- Donlon ElementaryElementary · 700 students
Other schools in Pleasanton
- Amador Valley HighHigh · 2,583 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 2,169 students
- Thomas S. Hart MiddleMiddle · 1,129 students
- Harvest Park MiddleMiddle · 1,015 students
- Pleasanton MiddleMiddle · 944 students
- Donlon ElementaryElementary · 700 students
Nearby schools
- Amador Valley High0.3 mi · 2,583
- Harvest Park Middle0.7 mi · 1,015
- Walnut Grove Elementary0.8 mi · 629
- Valley View Elementary0.9 mi · 629
- The Pleasanton Virtual Academy1.0 mi · 138
- Village High1.1 mi · 85
Frequently asked questions
About Alisal ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Alisal Elementary?
Alisal Elementary enrolls approximately 544 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Alisal Elementary serve?
Alisal Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Alisal Elementary?
Approximately 23.6:1 students per teacher at Alisal Elementary.
How diverse is Alisal Elementary?
Alisal Elementary reports a student body of 25% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 53% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Alisal Elementary public or private?
Alisal Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pleasanton Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.