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Enrollment
625
Elementary
DISTRICT 629 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ALAMITOS UNIFIED·NCES 062259007303
Los Alamitos Elementary
10862 Bloomfield St., Los Alamitos, CA 90720 · (714) 816-3300 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL625 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
198 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 128 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
70.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.3pp since 2014
Math
63.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 41.1% | 29.1% | 19.0% | 10.8% |
| Math | 33.9% | 29.4% | 26.3% | 10.4% |
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 | 70.3% | 63.3% |
| 2023-24 | 74.5% | 62.7% |
| 2022-23 | 74.3% | 67.6% |
| 2021-22 | 74.1% | 70.8% |
| 2018-19 | 81.3% | 78.7% |
| 2017-18 | 69.8% | 76.6% |
| 2016-17 | 66.8% | 69.4% |
| 2015-16 | 72.0% | 74.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Los Alamitos Elementary
Los Alamitos Elementary's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Alamitos Elementary this school | 625 | 31.7% | 67.8% |
| Condit Elementary Claremont | 603 | 33.2% | 61.3% |
| Chaparral Elementary Claremont | 648 | 29.6% | 64.2% |
| Arma J. Shull Elementary San Dimas | 633 | 26.1% | 79.8% |
| Temecula Luiseno Elementary Temecula | 738 | 31.4% | 61.2% |
| Beckford Charter for Enriched Studies Northridge | 588 | 29.9% | 82.2% |
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 Los Alamitos Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #752 of 5,151 | #120 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #910 of 5,172 ▼ 7 | #135 of 382 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #742 of 5,172 ▼ 259 | #117 of 382 ▼ 43 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.7pp | #457 of 5,116 | #22 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 625 | #1,188 of 5,915 | #85 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,785 of 5,352 | #208 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #731 of 5,354 | #62 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.7% | #4,689 of 5,625 | #295 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #2,204 of 3,837 | #214 of 324 |
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
625
-67 (-10%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 625 | 26 | 24.0:1 | 32% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 26 | 24.9:1 | 29% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 671 | 27 | 24.9:1 | 29% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 29 | 23.9:1 | 29% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 723 | 29 | 24.9:1 | 32% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 27 | 25.8:1 | 24% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | N/A | N/A | 25% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 680 | 31 | 21.9:1 | 15% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 638 | 25 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Alamitos Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (723 to 625); teachers down 10% (29 to 26).
About Los Alamitos Elementary
Los Alamitos Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Los Alamitos, California. It has an enrollment of 625 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 34% above average.
Los Alamitos Elementary falls under Los Alamitos Unified, which has 9 schools enrolling 8,702 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Los Alamitos Elementary is Hispanic, with 47% of students. Enrollment also includes 21% White, 17% Asian, 12% multiracial, and 2% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 12 points above the 34% share among Orange County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
Its staff includes 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 24.0 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. Los Alamitos Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 32%. Across public schools in Orange County, the average is 55%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Los Alamitos Elementary would be expected to post about 61.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 67.8%.
In the wider Orange County area, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Orange County, 649 public schools serve about 430,458 students.
Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Los Alamitos Elementary ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
Los Alamitos Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 692 (2020-21) to 625 (2024-25).
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Los Alamitos Unified
- Los Alamitos HighHigh · 2,915 students
- Sharon Christa McAuliffe MiddleMiddle · 1,018 students
- Oak MiddleMiddle · 998 students
- J. H. McGaugh ElementaryElementary · 721 students
- Francis Hopkinson ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Jack L. Weaver ElementaryElementary · 640 students
Other schools in Los Alamitos
- Los Alamitos HighHigh · 2,915 students
- Sharon Christa McAuliffe MiddleMiddle · 1,018 students
- Oak MiddleMiddle · 998 students
- Francis Hopkinson ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Jack L. Weaver ElementaryElementary · 640 students
- Richard Henry Lee ElementaryElementary · 603 students
Other Los Alamitos Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Los Alamitos Elementary. Los Alamitos Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Los Alamitos ElementarySan Jose, CA · 602 students
Nearby schools
- Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle0.3 mi · 1,018
- Los Alamitos High0.6 mi · 2,915
- Oak Middle0.8 mi · 998
- Margaret Landell Elementary1.1 mi · 662
- Newcomb Academy1.2 mi · 914
- Rossmoor Elementary1.2 mi · 540
Frequently asked questions
About Los Alamitos ElementaryHow many students attend Los Alamitos Elementary?
Los Alamitos Elementary enrolls approximately 625 students in grades KG-05.
Is Los Alamitos Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Los Alamitos Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Los Alamitos Elementary?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at Los Alamitos Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Los Alamitos Elementary?
Student demographics at Los Alamitos Elementary are roughly 21% White, 47% Hispanic, 2% Black, 17% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Los Alamitos Elementary?
Los Alamitos Elementary is overseen by Los Alamitos Unified in Orange County.
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