Alta Loma Elementary

Alta Loma Elementary, a compact K-5 school in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools within Los Angeles Unified, educates 381 students, covering grades K through 5.

Los Angeles Unified runs 784 schools in total, collectively educating 406,887 students. Alta Loma Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Alta Loma Elementary shows that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alta Loma Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.0%.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Alta Loma Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Johnnie Cochran Jr. Middle, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alta Loma Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alta Loma Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 31.7%.

Alta Loma Elementary operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alta Loma Elementary has fell 26%, going from 513 students in 2018 to 381 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 87% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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