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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Alta Vista Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
584
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 064032006667
Alta Vista Elementary
200 Blossom Valley Rd., Los Gatos, CA 95032 · (408) 356-6146 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of California public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- C+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
26.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
40 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 110 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
78.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.8pp since 2014
Math
82.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 58.0% | 20.8% | 9.2% | 11.9% |
| Math | 61.9% | 20.1% | 9.5% | 8.5% |
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 | 78.8% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.9% | 78.1% |
| 2022-23 | 83.5% | 79.1% |
| 2021-22 | 80.1% | 79.5% |
| 2018-19 | 76.5% | 79.2% |
| 2017-18 | 83.6% | 78.5% |
| 2016-17 | 78.8% | 80.0% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 79.0% |
| 2014-15 | 77.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Vista Elementary
Alta Vista Elementary's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Vista Elementary this school | 584 | 6.8% | 78.7% |
| Cumberland Elementary Sunnyvale | 586 | 9.7% | 79.4% |
| Carmel Del Mar Elementary San Diego | 562 | 10.5% | 86.0% |
| Carlton Elementary San Jose | 656 | 5.3% | 78.0% |
| Russell Ranch Elementary Folsom | 503 | 9.9% | 79.6% |
| Steindorf STEAM K-8 Magnet San Jose | 491 | 4.7% | 81.6% |
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 Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #286 of 5,151 | #46 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #172 of 5,172 ▲ 128 | #34 of 226 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #321 of 5,172 ▲ 99 | #42 of 226 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #3,170 of 5,116 | #86 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #1,537 of 5,915 | #35 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.0:1 | #4,837 of 5,352 | #225 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #1,027 of 5,354 | #71 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.8% | #5,544 of 5,625 | #237 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #2,598 of 3,837 | #149 of 189 |
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
584
-70 (-11%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
26.0:1
was 24.2:1
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 | 584 | 22.5 | 26.0:1 | 7% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 23.5 | 24.5:1 | 5% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 21.5 | 26.2:1 | 6% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 654 | 27 | 24.2:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 27 | 24.3:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 26 | 24.9:1 | 3% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | N/A | N/A | 8% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 21 | 19.3:1 | 1% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 15 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alta Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (655 to 584); teachers down 17% (27 to 22.5).
About Alta Vista Elementary
Alta Vista Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Los Gatos, California. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 584 students. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 26% above that.
Union Elementary operates 8 schools. Combined enrollment is 5,376 students.
Federal enrollment data show Asian students as the largest group at Alta Vista Elementary, at 43%. Other reported shares: 35% White, 11% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. That is close to the 41% Asian share among all Santa Clara County residents. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Alta Vista Elementary is 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 26.0:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 7% of students, or 40, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Santa Clara County averages 37%, higher than here.
Alta Vista Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Alta Vista Elementary is 3.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (78.7% versus 75.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Alta Vista Elementary is located in Santa Clara County, where the median household income is $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides Alta Vista Elementary, Santa Clara County has 411 other public schools.
The closest public school to Alta Vista Elementary is Union Middle, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Alta Vista Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Alta Vista Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 11% from its 2020-21 level of 654. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.2:1 in 2020-21, and 26.0:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union Elementary
- Union MiddleMiddle · 1,068 students
- Dartmouth MiddleMiddle · 903 students
- Carlton ElementaryElementary · 656 students
- Oster ElementaryElementary · 627 students
- Guadalupe ElementaryElementary · 537 students
- Lietz ElementaryElementary · 501 students
Other schools in Los Gatos
- Los Gatos HighHigh · 1,914 students
- Raymond J. Fisher MiddleMiddle · 1,015 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Daves Avenue ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Blossom Hill ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- Louise Van Meter ElementaryElementary · 507 students
Other Alta Vista Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Alta Vista Elementary. Alta Vista Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 9.
- Alta Vista ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 547 students
- Alta Vista ElementaryPorterville, CA · 531 students
- ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHAINES CITY, FL · 780 students
- Alta Vista Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 531 students
- Alta Vista Elementary SchoolWACO, TX · 479 students
Nearby schools
- Union Middle0.4 mi · 1,068
- Carlton Elementary0.6 mi · 656
- Blossom Hill Elementary0.9 mi · 530
- Leigh High1.2 mi · 1,884
- Raymond J. Fisher Middle1.5 mi · 1,015
- Farnham Charter1.5 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Alta Vista ElementaryHow many students attend Alta Vista Elementary?
Alta Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 584 students in grades KG-05.
Is Alta Vista Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alta Vista Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alta Vista Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alta Vista Elementary is approximately 26.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alta Vista Elementary?
At Alta Vista Elementary, the student body is approximately 35% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 43% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Alta Vista Elementary in?
Alta Vista Elementary is part of Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.