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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ALTOS ELEMENTARY·NCES 062265011202
Covington Elementary
205 Covington Rd., Los Altos, CA 94024 · (650) 947-1100 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
19.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
33 students
DISTRICT 7% · 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 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (59).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
89.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.7pp since 2014
Math
91.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 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 have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 73.5% | 15.7% | 6.2% | 4.5% |
| Math | 80.5% | 11.4% | 4.9% | 3.3% |
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 | 89.3% | 91.9% |
| 2023-24 | 94.6% | 93.8% |
| 2022-23 | 91.6% | 90.3% |
| 2021-22 | 90.8% | 91.9% |
| 2018-19 | 92.8% | 92.0% |
| 2017-18 | 93.0% | 93.7% |
| 2016-17 | 92.0% | 90.6% |
| 2015-16 | 95.0% | 94.0% |
| 2014-15 | 93.0% | 92.0% |
% 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
92.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 75% 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 18 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 Covington Elementary
Covington Elementary's state test result (92.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Elementary this school | 404 | 8.2% | 92.3% |
| Montclaire Elementary Los Altos | 442 | 8.8% | 83.9% |
| Neil A. Armstrong Elementary San Ramon | 465 | 6.7% | 81.9% |
| Cornerstone at Pedregal Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | 411 | 8.5% | 90.2% |
| Graystone Elementary San Jose | 466 | 8.8% | 81.8% |
| Pacific Sky San Diego | 368 | 11.1% | 78.6% |
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 Covington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.3% | #5 of 5,151 | #4 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.9% | #13 of 5,172 ▼ 6 | #6 of 226 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.3% | #24 of 5,172 ▼ 21 | #8 of 226 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #1,540 of 5,116 | #118 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #3,652 of 5,915 | #141 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #608 of 5,352 | #40 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #1,859 of 5,354 | #110 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.2% | #5,521 of 5,625 | #234 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.3% | #525 of 3,837 | #48 of 189 |
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
404
+34 (+9%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 404 | 21 | 19.2:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 21.5 | 18.9:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 23.4 | 18.9:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 18 | 20.6:1 | 4% (14) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 27 | 21.5:1 | 5% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 25 | 22.4:1 | 2% (13) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | N/A | N/A | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Covington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (580 to 404); teachers down 22% (27 to 21).
About Covington Elementary
Los Altos, California, is home to Covington Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 6 and has 404 students enrolled.
Los Altos Elementary enrolls 3,368 students in 9 schools, including Covington Elementary.
More than half of the students at Covington Elementary are Asian (56%). The rest of enrollment is 26% White, 9% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Asian share of Santa Clara County's population at about 41%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Covington Elementary scores 60%.
Staffing at Covington Elementary comes to 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. Covington Elementary counts 8% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 29 points below the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County.
Among California public elementary schools, Covington Elementary outscored 97%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Covington Elementary are 17.5 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 92.3%, compared with a predicted 74.8%, which ranks in the top 10% in California.
Census data for Santa Clara County show median household income comes to about $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 412 public schools in the county, enrolling about 230,059, Covington Elementary among them.
Springer Elementary sits about 0.7 miles from Covington Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 92.3% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Covington Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 9% rise, from 370 to 404. The ratio was 20.6:1 in 2020-21 and 19.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Los Altos Elementary
- Ardis G. Egan Junior HighMiddle · 517 students
- Georgina P. Blach Junior HighMiddle · 388 students
- Loyola ElementaryElementary · 367 students
- Springer ElementaryElementary · 365 students
- Almond ElementaryElementary · 354 students
- Oak Avenue ElementaryElementary · 334 students
Other schools in Los Altos
- Los Altos HighHigh · 2,170 students
- Bullis CharterElementary · 997 students
- Ardis G. Egan Junior HighMiddle · 517 students
- Montclaire ElementaryElementary · 442 students
- Georgina P. Blach Junior HighMiddle · 388 students
- Loyola ElementaryElementary · 367 students
Other Covington Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Covington Elementary. Covington Elementary is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Covington Elementary SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 746 students
- Covington Elementary SchoolCovington, LA · 551 students
- Covington Elementary SchoolCovington, WA · 456 students
- Covington Elementary SchoolCovington, IN · 447 students
- COVINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSO SIOUX CITY, NE · 408 students
Nearby schools
- Springer Elementary0.7 mi · 365
- Almond Elementary0.9 mi · 354
- Los Altos High1.0 mi · 2,170
- Loyola Elementary1.2 mi · 367
- Palo Alto Middle College High1.4 mi · 45
- Gardner Bullis Elementary1.4 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Covington ElementaryHow many students attend Covington Elementary?
Covington Elementary enrolls approximately 404 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Covington Elementary serve?
Covington Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Covington Elementary?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at Covington Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Covington Elementary?
Student demographics at Covington Elementary are roughly 26% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 56% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Covington Elementary public or private?
Covington Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Altos Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.