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How has Alvarado Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441005583
Alvarado Elementary
625 Douglas St., San Francisco, CA 94114 · (415) 695-5695 · San Francisco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
26.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
159 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 109 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
59.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
53.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 38.4% | 21.1% | 14.5% | 26.0% |
| Math | 30.4% | 22.6% | 24.7% | 22.2% |
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 | 59.5% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 61.4% | 55.8% |
| 2022-23 | 62.6% | 56.4% |
| 2021-22 | 69.2% | 53.7% |
| 2018-19 | 67.7% | 62.2% |
| 2017-18 | 60.9% | 58.3% |
| 2016-17 | 62.3% | 62.8% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 58.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Alvarado Elementary
Alvarado Elementary's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvarado Elementary this school | 538 | 29.6% | 57.6% |
| Campus Canyon Elementary Moorpark | 545 | 35.2% | 55.8% |
| Riverview Elementary Lakeside | 469 | 25.2% | 61.2% |
| El Toro Health Science Academy Morgan Hill | 456 | 35.1% | 41.6% |
| Arcohe Elementary Herald | 560 | 31.1% | 36.8% |
| Del Rio Elementary Bakersfield | 595 | 34.3% | 51.5% |
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 Alvarado Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #1,243 of 5,151 | #29 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #1,399 of 5,172 ▼ 207 | #31 of 69 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #1,365 of 5,172 ▼ 197 | #27 of 69 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.2pp | #536 of 5,116 | #21 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #2,003 of 5,915 | #12 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.2:1 | #4,939 of 5,352 | #60 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #1,323 of 5,354 | #29 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #4,777 of 5,625 | #64 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #732 of 1,139 | #9 of 23 |
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
538
+31 (+6%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
26.2:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 538 | 20.5 | 26.2:1 | 30% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 24.5 | 21.1:1 | 30% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 22 | 22.2:1 | 31% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 24 | 21.1:1 | 29% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 24 | 21.3:1 | 33% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 25 | 20.3:1 | 38% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | N/A | N/A | 42% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 465 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 53% (248) |
| 1990-91 | 458 | 28 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alvarado Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (510 to 538); teachers down 15% (24 to 20.5).
About Alvarado Elementary
Alvarado Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in San Francisco, California. It enrolled 538 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
San Francisco Unified serves 48,706 students across 106 schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Alvarado Elementary. The largest is Hispanic students, at 48%. The remaining students are 30% White, 18% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of San Francisco County's population at about 16%. Alvarado Elementary's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 26.2:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 26.2:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Alvarado Elementary is 30%. That rate is below the 54% average among public schools in San Francisco County.
allk12 grades Alvarado Elementary a B-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 62.2%. Alvarado Elementary scores 57.6%.
Within San Francisco County, the median household income is $140,970, about 60% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, San Francisco County has 132 public schools and roughly 56,505 students.
The school nearest to Alvarado Elementary is Rooftop Elementary, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Alvarado Elementary is 1st among 6 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Alvarado Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 6% from 2020-21, when Alvarado Elementary had 507 students, to 2024-25, when it had 538. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 21.1:1 to 26.2:1.
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San Francisco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,235
Census ACS
Median income
$140,970
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
56,505 students
Quick facts
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Other Alvarado Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Alvarado Elementary. Alvarado Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Alvarado ElementaryUnion City, CA · 667 students
- Alvarado ElementarySignal Hill, CA · 390 students
- ALVARADO ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUE, NM · 258 students
Nearby schools
- Rooftop Elementary0.3 mi · 575
- Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary0.4 mi · 137
- Lick (James) Middle0.4 mi · 479
- Thomas Edison Charter Academy0.7 mi · 574
- Sanchez Elementary0.8 mi · 272
- Mission High0.8 mi · 993
Frequently asked questions
About Alvarado ElementaryHow many students attend Alvarado Elementary?
Alvarado Elementary enrolls approximately 538 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Alvarado Elementary serve?
Alvarado Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alvarado Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alvarado Elementary is approximately 26.2:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alvarado Elementary?
At Alvarado Elementary, the student body is approximately 30% White, 48% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is Alvarado Elementary public or private?
Alvarado Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Francisco Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.