Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 062250009902
Alvarado Elementary
1900 East 21st St., Signal Hill, CA 90755 · (562) 591-7477 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.0:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
306 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 81 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
61.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.4pp since 2014
Math
50.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.3% | 28.1% | 19.9% | 18.7% |
| Math | 27.5% | 22.8% | 28.1% | 21.6% |
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 | 61.4% | 50.3% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 51.5% |
| 2022-23 | 57.1% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.3% | 44.5% |
| 2020-21 | N/A | 36.9% |
| 2018-19 | 63.1% | 57.3% |
| 2017-18 | 62.3% | 63.6% |
| 2016-17 | 62.7% | 60.5% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in California's top 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 (56.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvarado Elementary this school | 390 | 78.5% | 56.6% |
| Suy:u Elementary Sacramento | 392 | 76.0% | 21.4% |
| Bonita Street Elementary Carson | 399 | 77.9% | 41.2% |
| Garfield Elementary San Leandro | 357 | 82.9% | 25.2% |
| Robla Elementary Sacramento | 343 | 81.9% | 26.2% |
| Shannon Elementary Pinole | 355 | 73.5% | 36.4% |
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 Alvarado Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #1,307 of 5,151 | #296 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #1,573 of 5,172 ▼ 141 | #366 of 1,129 ▼ 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #1,232 of 5,172 ▼ 212 | #274 of 1,129 ▼ 42 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #849 of 5,116 | #295 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #3,811 of 5,915 | #816 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.0:1 | #4,857 of 5,352 | #1,096 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #991 of 5,354 | #155 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #2,324 of 5,625 | #729 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #3,339 of 3,837 | #858 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
390
+21 (+6%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
26.0:1
was 26.4:1
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 | 390 | 15 | 26.0:1 | 78% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 15.5 | 25.4:1 | 80% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 15 | 26.0:1 | 60% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 14 | 26.4:1 | 74% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 15 | 27.3:1 | 82% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 18 | 24.2:1 | 78% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | N/A | N/A | 85% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 471 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 82% (384) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 22 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alvarado Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (410 to 390); teachers unchanged (15 to 15).
About Alvarado Elementary
This page covers Alvarado Elementary, a small elementary school in Signal Hill, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 390 students on the rolls.
Alvarado Elementary falls under Long Beach Unified, which has 82 schools enrolling 62,255 students.
Of every 100 students at Alvarado Elementary, about 49 are Hispanic, the largest group. Smaller groups are 26% Asian, 13% Black, 7% White, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put Los Angeles County at about 48% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, Alvarado Elementary has a ratio of 26.0:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 3.7 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 78%. That is 8 points above the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Alvarado Elementary is in the top 10% of California schools: 56.6% actual against 33.6% predicted.
The county, Los Angeles County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Jessie Nelson Academy, is about 0.1 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Alvarado Elementary is 1st among 8 schools close by.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school's student count rose 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. 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 Long Beach Unified
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 3,890 students
- Millikan HighHigh · 3,408 students
- Wilson HighHigh · 3,349 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 2,305 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 2,272 students
- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,652 students
Other schools in Signal Hill
- Jessie Nelson AcademyMiddle · 832 students
- Signal Hill ElementaryElementary · 599 students
Other Alvarado Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Alvarado Elementary. Alvarado Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Alvarado ElementaryUnion City, CA · 667 students
- Alvarado ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 538 students
- ALVARADO ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUE, NM · 258 students
Nearby schools
- Jessie Nelson Academy0.1 mi · 832
- Washington Middle0.3 mi · 849
- Signal Hill Elementary0.4 mi · 599
- Whittier Elementary0.4 mi · 526
- Olivia Nieto Herrera Elementary0.8 mi · 615
- Richard D. Browning High0.8 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Alvarado ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Alvarado Elementary?
Alvarado Elementary enrolls approximately 390 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Alvarado Elementary serve?
Alvarado Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Alvarado Elementary?
Approximately 26.0:1 students per teacher at Alvarado Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alvarado Elementary?
At Alvarado Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 49% Hispanic, 13% Black, 26% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Alvarado Elementary public or private?
Alvarado Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Long Beach Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.