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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Alvarado Intermediate this year?
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Enrollment
624
Middle
DISTRICT 544 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROWLAND UNIFIED·NCES 063375005197
Alvarado Intermediate
1901 South Desire Ave., Rowland Heights, CA 91748 · (626) 964-2358 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
498 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 281 | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 343 | 55% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
46.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.0pp since 2014
Math
42.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -14.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.2% | 24.8% | 16.8% | 37.3% |
| Math | 29.8% | 12.2% | 17.4% | 40.5% |
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 | 46.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.2% | 40.7% |
| 2022-23 | 44.8% | 40.7% |
| 2021-22 | 55.3% | 43.0% |
| 2018-19 | 58.6% | 49.8% |
| 2017-18 | 56.8% | 51.3% |
| 2016-17 | 53.0% | 50.5% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 54.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Intermediate
Alvarado Intermediate's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvarado Intermediate this school | 624 | 79.8% | 43.6% |
| Dr. Walter C. Ralston Intermediate Garden Grove | 485 | 81.6% | 50.0% |
| Gordon H. Beatty Middle Buena Park | 641 | 73.8% | 46.8% |
| James Irvine Intermediate Garden Grove | 532 | 88.3% | 56.5% |
| Donald S. Jordan Intermediate Garden Grove | 551 | 85.5% | 62.4% |
| Louis Lake Intermediate Garden Grove | 453 | 81.7% | 52.1% |
Matched among California middle 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 Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #444 of 1,224 | #100 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #375 of 1,227 ▲ 2 | #84 of 248 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #575 of 1,227 ▼ 37 | #124 of 248 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.1pp | #68 of 1,214 | #5 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #716 of 1,377 | #167 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #889 of 1,279 | #184 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #543 of 1,278 | #74 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.8% | #554 of 1,329 | #186 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #537 of 930 | #140 of 213 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
624
-84 (-12%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 1,018
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
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 | 624 | 27.8 | 22.4:1 | 80% (498) |
| 2023-24 | 666 | 28.4 | 23.5:1 | 74% (495) |
| 2022-23 | 648 | 30.7 | 21.1:1 | 73% (471) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 29 | 24.4:1 | 69% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 725 | 31.2 | 23.2:1 | 71% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 795 | 29 | 27.4:1 | 61% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 958 | N/A | N/A | 55% (526) |
| 2000-01 | 1,116 | 44 | 25.4:1 | 40% (446) |
| 1990-91 | 1,018 | 39 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alvarado Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (725 to 624); teachers down 11% (31.2 to 27.8).
About Alvarado Intermediate
Alvarado Intermediate is a medium-sized middle school that serves part of Rowland Heights, California. Enrollment is 624 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 7 through 8.
Alvarado Intermediate belongs to Rowland Unified, a district of 21 schools and 11,541 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Alvarado Intermediate. The largest is Hispanic students, at 48%. Next come 46% Asian and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share in Los Angeles County as a whole is similar, at about 48%. Alvarado Intermediate's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1 at Alvarado Intermediate, with 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.7 above the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 80%. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Alvarado Intermediate is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 69% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Alvarado Intermediate scores 43.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 32.8%.
In the county around the school, Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, enrolling about 1,265,907 students in all.
Rowland Unified Community Day is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Alvarado Intermediate, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Alvarado Intermediate ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 12% from its 2020-21 level of 708. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.4:1 to 22.4:1.
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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 Rowland Unified
- John A. Rowland HighHigh · 2,016 students
- Nogales HighHigh · 1,535 students
- Stanley G. Oswalt AcademyElementary · 879 students
- Blandford ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- Ybarra Academy for the Arts and TechnologyElementary · 630 students
- Telesis Academy of Science & MathElementary · 621 students
Other schools in Rowland Heights
- John A. Rowland HighHigh · 2,016 students
- Blandford ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- Shelyn ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Killian ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Rowland ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Jellick ElementaryElementary · 376 students
Other Alvarado Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Alvarado Intermediate. Alvarado Intermediate is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Alvarado Intermediate SchoolALVARADO, TX · 792 students
Nearby schools
- Rowland Unified Community Day0.4 mi · 28
- Killian Elementary0.5 mi · 469
- Jellick Elementary0.6 mi · 376
- Rowland Elementary0.6 mi · 461
- John A. Rowland High0.7 mi · 2,016
- Blandford Elementary0.8 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About Alvarado IntermediateHow large is Alvarado Intermediate?
Alvarado Intermediate enrolls approximately 624 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Alvarado Intermediate serve?
Alvarado Intermediate serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Alvarado Intermediate?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at Alvarado Intermediate.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alvarado Intermediate?
At Alvarado Intermediate, the student body is approximately 1% White, 48% Hispanic, 0% Black, 46% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Alvarado Intermediate public or private?
Alvarado Intermediate is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rowland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.