Enrollment
263
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY·NCES 060861000867
Los Altos Elementary
1332 Kenalan Dr., San Diego, CA 92154 · (619) 690-5880 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
17.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
216 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 28% larger than its 6th grade class (40).
Student demographics
12%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
27.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.0pp since 2014
Math
24.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.9% | 15.1% | 22.0% | 50.9% |
| Math | 12.4% | 12.4% | 27.9% | 47.2% |
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 | 27.0% | 24.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.1% | 22.5% |
| 2022-23 | 33.1% | 22.5% |
| 2021-22 | 30.9% | 24.2% |
| 2018-19 | 44.4% | 34.9% |
| 2017-18 | 41.1% | 23.8% |
| 2016-17 | 36.8% | 27.9% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Altos Elementary
Los Altos Elementary's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Altos Elementary this school | 263 | 82.1% | 27.6% |
| Los Angeles Leadership Primary Academy Los Angeles | 265 | 82.3% | N/A |
| Cleveland Elementary Santa Barbara | 254 | 80.7% | 31.6% |
| Mariano Castro Elementary Mountain View | 248 | 82.7% | 16.3% |
| Lowell Elementary San Jose | 261 | 85.1% | 8.4% |
| Cresson Elementary Norwalk | 243 | 82.3% | 53.5% |
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 Altos Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #3,788 of 5,151 | #314 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #3,784 of 5,172 ▲ 113 | #314 of 393 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,267 of 5,172 ▼ 1,153 | #345 of 393 ▼ 73 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #1,322 of 5,116 | #121 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 263 | #5,045 of 5,915 | #397 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #201 of 5,352 | #13 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.7% | #4,863 of 5,354 | #400 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.1% | #1,965 of 5,625 | #93 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #1,392 of 3,837 | #94 of 279 |
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
263
-35 (-12%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 263 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 82% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 16 | 17.9:1 | 75% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 288 | 17.5 | 16.5:1 | 75% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 16 | 18.6:1 | 83% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 330 | 17 | 19.4:1 | 84% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 19 | 19.5:1 | 77% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | N/A | N/A | 69% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 26 | 19.9:1 | 64% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 503 | 19 | 26.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Altos Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (330 to 263); teachers down 12% (17 to 15).
About Los Altos Elementary
Los Altos Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in San Diego, California, under Chula Vista Elementary. It enrolled 263 students in kindergarten through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 43% lower than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Los Altos Elementary falls under Chula Vista Elementary, which has 43 schools enrolling 22,235 students.
Hispanic students make up 94% of enrollment at Los Altos Elementary. Smaller groups are 3% Asian and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of San Diego County is roughly 35% Hispanic. Los Altos Elementary's diversity index is 12%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 17.5:1 comes from the school's 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The lunch program counts 82% of students at Los Altos Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in San Diego County, the average is 54%.
allk12 grades Los Altos Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Los Altos Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.6% is 3.8 points below the 31.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, San Diego County, the median household income is $106,268, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. San Diego County is home to 766 public schools and about 467,437 public school students.
Nearby, Montgomery Middle is about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Los Altos Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 27.2%; Los Altos Elementary's is 27.6%, ranking 5th of 9.
The NCES locale for Los Altos Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 12% enrollment decrease, from 298 in 2020-21 to 263 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 17.5:1, from 18.6:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Los Altos Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
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Other Los Altos Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Los Altos Elementary. Los Altos Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Los Altos ElementaryWhittier, CA · 457 students
- Los Altos ElementaryHacienda Heights, CA · 391 students
Nearby schools
- Montgomery Middle0.5 mi · 734
- Silver Wing Elementary0.6 mi · 335
- Smythe Elementary0.6 mi · 534
- La Mirada Elementary0.6 mi · 382
- Juarez-Lincoln Elementary0.7 mi · 426
- Howard Pence Elementary0.8 mi · 419
Frequently asked questions
About Los Altos ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Los Altos Elementary?
Los Altos Elementary enrolls approximately 263 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Los Altos Elementary serve?
Los Altos Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Los Altos Elementary have?
Los Altos Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Los Altos Elementary?
Student demographics at Los Altos Elementary are roughly 0% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Los Altos Elementary public or private?
Los Altos Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chula Vista Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.