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What's something Alta Vista Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
547
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REDONDO BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 060003204950
Alta Vista Elementary
815 Knob Hill Ave., Redondo Beach, CA 90277 · (310) 798-8650 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL547 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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.
- 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
24.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
74 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
73.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.6pp since 2014
Math
80.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 52.4% | 21.3% | 16.9% | 9.5% |
| Math | 52.9% | 27.2% | 14.5% | 5.4% |
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 | 73.6% | 80.1% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 79.1% |
| 2022-23 | 68.4% | 74.6% |
| 2021-22 | 76.3% | 74.0% |
| 2018-19 | 80.1% | 83.2% |
| 2017-18 | 81.8% | 82.7% |
| 2016-17 | 77.9% | 79.1% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 80.0% |
| 2014-15 | 70.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
75.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 (75.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Vista Elementary this school | 547 | 13.5% | 75.9% |
| Arroyo Elementary Santa Ana | 585 | 14.5% | 78.2% |
| Matthew Turner Elementary Benicia | 529 | 10.8% | 70.8% |
| Overland Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 485 | 14.0% | 88.8% |
| Mar Vista Elementary Los Angeles | 590 | 14.9% | 80.7% |
| Riviera Elementary Torrance | 611 | 16.5% | 73.5% |
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 Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #391 of 5,151 | #85 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #230 of 5,172 ▲ 29 | #50 of 1,129 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #559 of 5,172 ▲ 90 | #125 of 1,129 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #2,741 of 5,116 | #675 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 547 | #1,895 of 5,915 | #376 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,780 of 5,352 | #874 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #565 of 5,354 | #93 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.5% | #5,368 of 5,625 | #1,244 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #1,524 of 3,837 | #522 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
547
-34 (-6%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 641
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 547 | 22.8 | 24.0:1 | 14% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 24.5 | 22.5:1 | 11% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 21.5 | 26.4:1 | 14% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | 25 | 23.2:1 | 9% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 28 | 24.1:1 | 13% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 28 | 23.7:1 | 11% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | N/A | N/A | 14% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 641 | 31 | 20.7:1 | 7% (42) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alta Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (675 to 547); teachers down 19% (28 to 22.8).
About Alta Vista Elementary
Alta Vista Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Redondo Beach, California. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 547 students.
Enrollment across the 14 schools in Redondo Beach Unified totals 9,454 students.
At Alta Vista Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 44%. The remaining students are 23% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 15% Asian, and 2% Black. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the White share is about 31%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
Alta Vista Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.0:1, with 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The school has 14% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Among California public elementary schools, Alta Vista Elementary outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Alta Vista Elementary, the prediction is 71.6% and the result is 75.9%.
American Community Survey estimates for Los Angeles County show that median household income comes to 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 county's public schools total 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Measured in a straight line, Tulita Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Alta Vista Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Alta Vista Elementary is ahead of the 70.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
Alta Vista Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Alta Vista Elementary enrolled 581 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 547.
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.
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 Redondo Beach Unified
- Redondo Union HighHigh · 2,921 students
- Adams MiddleMiddle · 1,165 students
- Parras (Nick G.) MiddleMiddle · 1,031 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 626 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 555 students
Other schools in Redondo Beach
- Redondo Union HighHigh · 2,921 students
- Adams MiddleMiddle · 1,165 students
- Parras (Nick G.) MiddleMiddle · 1,031 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 626 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 555 students
Other Alta Vista Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Alta Vista Elementary. Alta Vista Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 9.
- Alta Vista ElementaryLos Gatos, CA · 584 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
- Tulita Elementary0.6 mi · 443
- Anza Elementary0.9 mi · 613
- Seaside Elementary1.0 mi · 548
- Parras (Nick G.) Middle1.1 mi · 1,031
- Redondo Union High1.2 mi · 2,921
- Jefferson Middle1.2 mi · 674
Frequently asked questions
About Alta Vista ElementaryHow large is Alta Vista Elementary?
Alta Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 547 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Alta Vista Elementary serve?
Alta Vista Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alta Vista Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alta Vista Elementary is approximately 24.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Alta Vista Elementary?
Student demographics at Alta Vista Elementary are roughly 44% White, 23% Hispanic, 2% Black, 15% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Alta Vista Elementary?
Alta Vista Elementary is overseen by Redondo Beach Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.