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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Altamont Elementary?
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Enrollment
616
Elementary
DISTRICT 690 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAMMERSVILLE JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060141013781
Altamont Elementary
452 West Saint Francis St., Mountain House, CA 95391 · (209) 836-7240 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% 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.
- CBeats 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
23.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
78 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (94).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Altamont Elementary→Mountain House High
Based on grade levels within Lammersville Joint Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
70.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.4pp since 2014
Math
64.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.4% | 31.0% | 20.2% | 9.4% |
| Math | 40.6% | 23.8% | 20.8% | 14.9% |
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 | 70.4% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 71.8% | 66.7% |
| 2022-23 | 72.2% | 72.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.8% | 68.1% |
| 2018-19 | 64.6% | 60.4% |
| 2017-18 | 64.8% | 53.0% |
| 2016-17 | 67.7% | 55.6% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 58.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
67.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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 Altamont Elementary
Altamont Elementary's state test result (67.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altamont Elementary this school | 616 | 12.7% | 67.7% |
| Wicklund Elementary Mountain House | 689 | 17.6% | 62.5% |
| Bethany Elementary Mountain House | 768 | 16.1% | 69.0% |
| Don Callejon Santa Clara | 568 | 21.3% | 60.8% |
| Twin Creeks Elementary San Ramon | 674 | 11.4% | 71.4% |
| Murray Elementary Dublin | 656 | 17.8% | 72.6% |
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 Altamont Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #756 of 5,151 | #8 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #862 of 5,172 ▼ 121 | #9 of 138 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #731 of 5,172 ▼ 111 | #7 of 138 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.6pp | #629 of 5,116 | #18 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #1,254 of 5,915 | #58 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #2,977 of 5,352 | #59 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #910 of 5,354 | #24 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.7% | #5,403 of 5,625 | #150 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.6% | #499 of 3,837 | #4 of 95 |
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
616
-67 (-10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 616 | 26.8 | 23.0:1 | 13% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 27.1 | 23.7:1 | 12% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 701 | 29.6 | 23.7:1 | 19% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 683 | 28 | 24.4:1 | 13% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 887 | 37.3 | 23.8:1 | 15% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 25 | 27.2:1 | 11% (73) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Altamont Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (887 to 616); teachers down 28% (37.3 to 26.8).
About Altamont Elementary
Altamont Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Mountain House, California. The school reports 616 students in kindergarten through 8. The school's enrollment is 32% above the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Altamont Elementary is one school in a 9-school district, Lammersville Joint Unified, which enrolls 7,945 students.
A majority of students at Altamont Elementary, 51%, are Asian. The rest of enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 14% White, 10% multiracial, and 7% Black. Among all residents of San Joaquin County, the Asian share is about 19%. By the diversity index, Altamont Elementary comes in at 68%.
Altamont Elementary's 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 23.0:1. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 13%. The 66% average for public schools in San Joaquin County is 53 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Altamont Elementary is B. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 55% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 72.1% at Altamont Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.7%.
Altamont Elementary is located in San Joaquin County, where median household income is about $92,179, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Altamont Elementary is one of 251 public schools in San Joaquin County, which together enroll about 153,026 students.
The shortest distance from Altamont Elementary to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Sebastian Questa Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Altamont Elementary places 7th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 683 to 616. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 23.0:1, from 24.4:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
San Joaquin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
797,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
251
153,026 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lammersville Joint Unified
- Mountain House HighHigh · 2,428 students
- Hansen ElementaryElementary · 930 students
- Julius Cordes ElementaryElementary · 877 students
- Sebastian Questa ElementaryElementary · 822 students
- Bethany ElementaryElementary · 768 students
- Wicklund ElementaryElementary · 689 students
Other schools in Mountain House
- Mountain House HighHigh · 2,428 students
- Hansen ElementaryElementary · 930 students
- Julius Cordes ElementaryElementary · 877 students
- Sebastian Questa ElementaryElementary · 822 students
- Bethany ElementaryElementary · 768 students
- Wicklund ElementaryElementary · 689 students
Other Altamont Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Altamont Elementary. Altamont Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLALTAMONT, NY · 295 students
- Altamont ElemAltamont, KS · 208 students
Nearby schools
- Sebastian Questa Elementary0.4 mi · 822
- Bethany Elementary0.7 mi · 768
- Wicklund Elementary0.9 mi · 689
- Mountain House High1.2 mi · 2,428
- Mountain House Elementary1.5 mi · 14
- Hansen Elementary1.5 mi · 930
Frequently asked questions
About Altamont ElementaryHow large is Altamont Elementary?
Altamont Elementary enrolls approximately 616 students in grades KG-08.
Is Altamont Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Altamont Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Altamont Elementary?
Approximately 23.0:1 students per teacher at Altamont Elementary.
How diverse is Altamont Elementary?
Altamont Elementary reports a student body of 14% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 51% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Altamont Elementary in?
Altamont Elementary is part of Lammersville Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.