Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002808
Alta Loma Elementary
1745 Vineyard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90019 · (323) 939-2113 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
17.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
342 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 97 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Alta Loma Elementary→Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
35.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +17.5pp since 2014
Math
27.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.3% | 20.2% | 31.1% | 33.3% |
| Math | 13.5% | 14.1% | 31.9% | 40.5% |
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 | 35.5% | 27.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.2% | 27.7% |
| 2022-23 | 33.7% | 24.8% |
| 2021-22 | 32.1% | 21.5% |
| 2018-19 | 28.3% | 25.8% |
| 2017-18 | 20.7% | 17.2% |
| 2016-17 | 14.7% | 17.0% |
| 2015-16 | 15.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 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
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Alta Loma Elementary
Alta Loma Elementary's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Loma Elementary this school | 381 | 89.8% | 30.3% |
| Cienega Elementary Los Angeles | 370 | 88.6% | 34.5% |
| Kendall Elementary San Bernardino | 351 | 87.7% | 28.3% |
| Newmark Elementary San Bernardino | 392 | 93.4% | 14.0% |
| Oehl Elementary Highland | 436 | 89.0% | 23.1% |
| Washington Elementary STEM Magnet Pasadena | 428 | 86.0% | 26.1% |
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 Alta Loma Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #3,473 of 5,151 | #872 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #3,466 of 5,172 ▼ 145 | #891 of 1,129 ▼ 57 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #3,376 of 5,172 ▲ 389 | #818 of 1,129 ▲ 78 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #1,753 of 5,116 | #488 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #3,908 of 5,915 | #838 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #168 of 5,352 | #46 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.8% | #3,814 of 5,354 | #697 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.8% | #1,131 of 5,625 | #455 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #853 of 3,837 | #342 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
381
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 1,015
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 381 | 22 | 17.3:1 | 90% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 91% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 21 | 18.4:1 | 96% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 19 | 21.3:1 | 97% (394) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 22 | 23.3:1 | 94% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 25 | 23.7:1 | 91% (541) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | N/A | N/A | 41% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 1,012 | 51 | 19.8:1 | 98% (988) |
| 1990-91 | 1,015 | 44 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alta Loma Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (513 to 381); teachers unchanged (22 to 22).
About Alta Loma Elementary
Alta Loma Elementary is a small elementary school in Los Angeles, California. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 381 students.
Alta Loma Elementary belongs to Los Angeles Unified, a district of 784 schools and 406,887 students.
Most students at Alta Loma Elementary are Hispanic: 81% of enrollment. Other students are 11% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. Alta Loma Elementary has a diversity index of 33%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 22 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.3:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Alta Loma Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Alta Loma Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.3% and a predicted 26.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
The nearest public school is Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle, at about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Alta Loma Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Alta Loma Elementary saw enrollment fall 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 17.3 students per teacher, compared with 21.3 in 2020-21.
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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
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Other Alta Loma Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Alta Loma Elementary. Alta Loma Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Alta Loma ElementaryAlta Loma, CA · 328 students
- Alta Loma Elementary SchoolSAN ANGELO, TX · 201 students
Nearby schools
- Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle0.7 mi · 441
- Queen Anne Place Elementary0.8 mi · 337
- Global Education Academy 20.8 mi · 49
- Arlington Heights Elementary0.8 mi · 308
- City Language Immersion Charter0.8 mi · 380
- Los Angeles Senior High1.0 mi · 978
Frequently asked questions
About Alta Loma ElementaryHow large is Alta Loma Elementary?
Alta Loma Elementary enrolls approximately 381 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Alta Loma Elementary serve?
Alta Loma Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Alta Loma Elementary?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Alta Loma Elementary.
How diverse is Alta Loma Elementary?
Alta Loma Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 81% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Alta Loma Elementary?
Alta Loma Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.