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What tradition at Allison Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
427
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POMONA UNIFIED·NCES 063132004835
Allison Elementary
1011 Russell Pl., Pomona, CA 91767 · (909) 397-4556 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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.
- 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
22.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
401 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 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (69).
Student demographics
25%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
30.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.5pp since 2014
Math
25.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.9% | 17.6% | 29.6% | 39.9% |
| Math | 10.1% | 15.6% | 31.6% | 42.6% |
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 | 30.5% | 25.7% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 17.8% |
| 2022-23 | 31.6% | 19.3% |
| 2021-22 | 42.6% | 26.9% |
| 2018-19 | 42.5% | 38.1% |
| 2017-18 | 32.5% | 25.4% |
| 2016-17 | 30.4% | 29.0% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Allison Elementary
Allison Elementary's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Elementary this school | 427 | 93.9% | 24.9% |
| Del Norte Elementary Ontario | 428 | 93.0% | 27.0% |
| Myra Linn Elementary Riverside | 440 | 92.5% | 26.8% |
| Davidson Elementary San Bernardino | 408 | 95.3% | 25.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary Hanford | 392 | 94.6% | 26.8% |
| Rio Vista Elementary San Bernardino | 412 | 95.6% | 22.3% |
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 Allison Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #4,091 of 5,151 | #997 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #3,691 of 5,172 ▲ 722 | #944 of 1,129 ▲ 106 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #3,940 of 5,172 ▲ 459 | #957 of 1,129 ▲ 72 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.7pp | #335 of 5,116 | #52 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #3,322 of 5,915 | #688 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,567 of 5,352 | #672 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.6% | #4,196 of 5,354 | #797 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #590 of 5,625 | #276 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +40.9% | #73 of 1,139 | #11 of 181 |
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
427
+144 (+51%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 427 | 19 | 22.5:1 | 94% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 19 | 22.9:1 | 91% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 19.7 | 22.8:1 | 96% (430) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 14 | 20.2:1 | 94% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 303 | 13 | 23.3:1 | 89% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 293 | 13 | 22.5:1 | 89% (260) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | N/A | N/A | 82% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 27 | 19.3:1 | 75% (391) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 18 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 41% (303 to 427); teachers up 46% (13 to 19).
About Allison Elementary
Allison Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Pomona, California. It enrolls 427 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6.
Pomona Unified is the district for Allison Elementary. It has 37 schools and 20,422 students.
Of every 100 students at Allison Elementary, about 86 are Hispanic. It is also 7% Black and 4% White. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
Allison Elementary lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 22.5 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. About 94% of students at Allison Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is higher.
Allison Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 21% of California public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Allison Elementary would score about 24.5%. It scores 24.9%, within a point of that figure.
In the wider Los Angeles County area, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Los Angeles County counts 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Barfield Elementary, is the closest to Allison Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Allison Elementary. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Allison Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 283 in 2020-21 and 427 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. The number of students per teacher increased from 20.2 to 22.5 over 4 years.
Allison Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Allison Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Allison Elementary. Allison Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Allison Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Barfield Elementary0.4 mi · 282
- Kingsley Elementary0.5 mi · 656
- Emerson Middle0.7 mi · 664
- Pomona High0.7 mi · 993
- Vista del Valle Elementary0.8 mi · 264
- San Antonio High (Continuation)1.0 mi · 69
Frequently asked questions
About Allison ElementaryHow large is Allison Elementary?
Allison Elementary enrolls approximately 427 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Allison Elementary serve?
Allison Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Allison Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Allison Elementary is approximately 22.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Allison Elementary?
Allison Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 86% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Allison Elementary?
Allison Elementary is overseen by Pomona Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.