Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 153 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MODOC JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 062519003762
Alturas Elementary
809 West Eighth St., Alturas, CA 96101 · (530) 233-7201 · Modoc County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
16.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
243 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
31.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.6pp since 2014
Math
30.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.9% | 17.4% | 23.8% | 44.8% |
| Math | 5.3% | 25.1% | 31.6% | 38.0% |
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 | 31.4% | 30.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 23.8% |
| 2022-23 | 23.3% | 21.7% |
| 2021-22 | 25.5% | 27.2% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 28.3% |
| 2018-19 | 31.7% | 23.1% |
| 2017-18 | 25.5% | 19.0% |
| 2016-17 | 26.4% | 21.6% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Alturas Elementary
Alturas Elementary's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alturas Elementary this school | 333 | 73.0% | 29.4% |
| San Andreas Elementary San Andreas | 334 | 69.8% | 20.5% |
| Mariposa Elementary Mariposa | 386 | 75.6% | 35.1% |
| Bonny View Elementary Redding | 292 | 69.5% | 34.1% |
| South Fork Elementary Weldon | 348 | 79.0% | 34.7% |
| Jamestown Elementary Jamestown | 409 | 71.6% | 27.4% |
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 Alturas Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #3,591 of 5,151 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #3,180 of 5,172 ▲ 588 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #3,832 of 5,172 ▼ 278 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #1,811 of 5,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #4,448 of 5,915 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #94 of 5,352 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #2,261 of 5,354 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #2,778 of 5,625 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #1,667 of 3,837 |
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
333
-51 (-13%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 333 | 20.1 | 16.6:1 | 73% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 18.6 | 19.1:1 | 66% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 23.1 | 16.8:1 | 65% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 20 | 19.2:1 | 63% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 22.7 | 17.8:1 | 66% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 19 | 20.1:1 | 62% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | N/A | N/A | 60% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 407 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 58% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 504 | 23 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alturas Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (405 to 333); teachers down 12% (22.7 to 20.1).
About Alturas Elementary
Alturas Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Alturas, California. It reports enrollment of 333 students in kindergarten through 5. The school is 28% below the average for elementary schools in California.
Alturas Elementary falls under Modoc Joint Unified, which has 5 schools enrolling 766 students.
About 62% of the student body at Alturas Elementary is White. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Native American. Among people living in Modoc County, the White share is about 79%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
The school had 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. The school reported 73% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Alturas Elementary lands at C, ahead of 26% of California public elementary schools.
Alturas Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 29.4% and a predicted 36.8%.
In Modoc County, home to about 8,600 people, median household income comes to about $59,455, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Modoc County has 10 public schools with about 855 students, including Alturas Elementary.
Modoc Middle, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Alturas Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Alturas Elementary the locale Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school's enrollment fell 13% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.2:1 to 16.6:1.
This page is set up for the Alturas Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Modoc County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,600
Census ACS
Median income
$59,455
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
855 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Modoc Joint Unified
- Modoc HighHigh · 245 students
- Modoc MiddleMiddle · 172 students
- Warner HighHigh · 13 students
- High Desert Community DayMiddle · 3 students
- State Line ElementaryElementary
Other schools in Alturas
- Modoc HighHigh · 245 students
- Modoc MiddleMiddle · 172 students
- Warner HighHigh · 13 students
- High Desert Community DayMiddle · 3 students
- Modoc County ROPHigh
- Modoc County Special EducationCombined
Other Alturas Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Alturas Elementary. Alturas Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- ALTURAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHAILEY, ID · 445 students
- ALTURAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLALTURAS, FL · 274 students
Nearby schools
- Modoc Middle0.2 mi · 172
- Modoc High0.7 mi · 245
- High Desert Community Day0.8 mi · 3
- Warner High0.8 mi · 13
- Surprise Valley Elementary19.7 mi · 51
- Surprise Valley High19.7 mi · 38
Frequently asked questions
About Alturas ElementaryHow many students attend Alturas Elementary?
Alturas Elementary enrolls approximately 333 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Alturas Elementary serve?
Alturas Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Alturas Elementary have?
Alturas Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Alturas Elementary?
Student demographics at Alturas Elementary are roughly 62% White, 23% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Alturas Elementary in?
Alturas Elementary is part of Modoc Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.