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Enrollment
602
Elementary
DISTRICT 412 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JOSE UNIFIED·NCES 063459005727
Los Alamitos Elementary
6130 Silberman Ave., San Jose, CA 95120 · (408) 535-6297 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
22.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
73 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 119 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
73.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.9pp since 2014
Math
75.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 50.0% | 23.1% | 15.0% | 11.9% |
| Math | 52.9% | 22.9% | 14.3% | 9.9% |
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 | 73.1% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 75.4% | 77.8% |
| 2022-23 | 73.4% | 69.0% |
| 2021-22 | 76.2% | 71.9% |
| 2020-21 | 74.9% | 71.2% |
| 2018-19 | 82.5% | 77.8% |
| 2017-18 | 82.7% | 73.5% |
| 2016-17 | 77.9% | 76.3% |
| 2015-16 | 81.0% | 73.0% |
| 2014-15 | 74.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 (75.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Alamitos Elementary this school | 602 | 12.1% | 75.5% |
| Oxford Preparatory Academy - South Orange County Mission Viejo | 704 | 12.6% | N/A |
| Willow Grove Elementary San Diego | 701 | 14.1% | 81.3% |
| Red Oak Elementary Oak Park | 569 | 11.6% | 80.2% |
| Shoal Creek Elementary San Diego | 500 | 13.8% | 68.0% |
| Creekside Elementary San Diego | 585 | 14.4% | 77.7% |
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 Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #406 of 5,151 | #60 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #391 of 5,172 ▼ 77 | #62 of 226 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #586 of 5,172 ▼ 140 | #68 of 226 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #3,224 of 5,116 | #93 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #1,386 of 5,915 | #29 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,254 of 5,352 | #133 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #444 of 5,354 | #33 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.1% | #5,420 of 5,625 | #212 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #1,617 of 3,837 | #110 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
602
-51 (-8%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 602 | 27.3 | 22.1:1 | 12% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 596 | 27.8 | 21.5:1 | 12% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 25.5 | 23.6:1 | 13% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 653 | 26 | 25.1:1 | 9% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 737 | 26.9 | 27.4:1 | 10% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 749 | 27 | 27.7:1 | 11% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | N/A | N/A | 9% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 564 | 27 | 20.9:1 | 5% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 22 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Alamitos Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (737 to 602); teachers up 2% (26.9 to 27.3).
About Los Alamitos Elementary
In San Jose, California, Los Alamitos Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 602 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
In San Jose Unified, 41 schools enroll a combined 24,322 students.
No group is above 50% at Los Alamitos Elementary; the largest is White, at 37%. The school is also 32% Asian, 16% multiracial, and 14% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Los Alamitos Elementary scores 72%.
Los Alamitos Elementary reported 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 22.1:1. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Roughly 12% of students at Los Alamitos Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Santa Clara County average 37%.
Among California public elementary schools, Los Alamitos Elementary outscored 78%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Los Alamitos Elementary is +3.1 points: 75.5% actual, 72.4% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Santa Clara County show that median household income comes to about $164,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Across Santa Clara County, 412 public schools serve about 230,059 students.
Los Alamitos Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Castillero Middle, its nearest public school. Los Alamitos Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Los Alamitos Elementary at 3rd of 9.
Los Alamitos Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 51 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 25.1:1 to 22.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 San Jose Unified
- Abraham Lincoln HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Willow Glen HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Leland HighHigh · 1,471 students
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,393 students
- Willow Glen MiddleMiddle · 1,180 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddleMiddle · 910 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Other Los Alamitos Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Los Alamitos Elementary. Los Alamitos Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Los Alamitos ElementaryLos Alamitos, CA · 625 students
Nearby schools
- Castillero Middle0.6 mi · 865
- Simonds Elementary0.8 mi · 480
- Guadalupe Elementary0.9 mi · 537
- Dartmouth Middle1.2 mi · 903
- Pioneer High1.3 mi · 1,393
- Almaden Elementary1.6 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Los Alamitos ElementaryHow many students attend Los Alamitos Elementary?
Los Alamitos Elementary enrolls approximately 602 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Los Alamitos Elementary serve?
Los Alamitos Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Los Alamitos Elementary?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Los Alamitos Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Los Alamitos Elementary?
Student demographics at Los Alamitos Elementary are roughly 37% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 32% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Los Alamitos Elementary in?
Los Alamitos Elementary is part of San Jose Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.