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If you had an hour of school board time for Rancho Las Positas Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
586
Elementary
DISTRICT 612 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVERMORE VALLEY JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 062211002632
Rancho Las Positas Elementary
401 East Jack London Blvd., Livermore, CA 94551 · (925) 606-4748 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- C-Beats 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
20.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
95 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 126 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is 40% larger than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
62.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.1pp since 2014
Math
62.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +23.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.4% | 25.6% | 17.1% | 20.8% |
| Math | 31.8% | 30.7% | 18.3% | 19.3% |
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 | 62.1% | 62.4% |
| 2023-24 | 61.4% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.4% | 64.9% |
| 2021-22 | 67.3% | 63.3% |
| 2020-21 | 72.3% | 57.1% |
| 2018-19 | 61.9% | 57.9% |
| 2017-18 | 54.5% | 51.3% |
| 2016-17 | 57.7% | 53.9% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Rancho Las Positas Elementary
Rancho Las Positas Elementary's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Las Positas Elementary this school | 586 | 16.2% | 61.3% |
| Encinal Elementary Atherton | 604 | 15.6% | 74.6% |
| Bagby Elementary San Jose | 529 | 14.9% | 71.8% |
| Rossmoor Elementary Los Alamitos | 540 | 18.0% | 78.5% |
| Lincoln Elementary Redondo Beach | 626 | 16.9% | 74.2% |
| Richard Henry Lee Elementary Los Alamitos | 603 | 19.1% | 83.9% |
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 Rancho Las Positas Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #1,058 of 5,151 | #82 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #949 of 5,172 ▲ 114 | #78 of 192 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #1,197 of 5,172 ▼ 32 | #84 of 192 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.1pp | #936 of 5,116 | #61 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #1,516 of 5,915 | #49 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,308 of 5,352 | #29 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #364 of 5,354 | #38 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.2% | #5,273 of 5,625 | #189 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #3,567 of 3,837 | #128 of 138 |
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
586
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 586 | 28.4 | 20.7:1 | 16% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 29.1 | 19.8:1 | 21% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 28.5 | 19.9:1 | 29% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 594 | 25 | 23.8:1 | 19% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 25 | 24.1:1 | 23% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 24 | 22.6:1 | 21% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | N/A | N/A | 25% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 648 | 31 | 20.9:1 | 6% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 508 | 18 | 28.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rancho Las Positas Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (602 to 586); teachers up 13% (25 to 28.4).
About Rancho Las Positas Elementary
Rancho Las Positas Elementary, located in Livermore, California, is a medium-sized elementary school. Its 586 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 26% larger than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Livermore Valley Joint Unified counts 18 schools and 12,945 students, including Rancho Las Positas Elementary.
White students form the largest group at Rancho Las Positas Elementary, 38% of enrollment. Other groups make up 28% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 13% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, 30% of Alameda County residents are White. Rancho Las Positas Elementary has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 20.7:1, with 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Rancho Las Positas Elementary is 16%. The 49% average for public schools in Alameda County is 33 points higher.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Rancho Las Positas Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 70.0% for a school in California with Rancho Las Positas Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Rancho Las Positas Elementary posts 61.3%.
Among Alameda County residents, median household income is about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 394 public schools in Alameda County, with a combined enrollment of about 210,511.
The shortest distance from Rancho Las Positas Elementary to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Marylin Avenue Elementary. The five-mile area around Rancho Las Positas Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Rancho Las Positas Elementary comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Rancho Las Positas Elementary is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment at Rancho Las Positas Elementary was 594 in 2020-21 and 586 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.8:1 in 2020-21, and 20.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livermore Valley Joint Unified
- Granada HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Livermore HighHigh · 1,827 students
- William Mendenhall MiddleMiddle · 876 students
- Junction K-8Elementary · 801 students
- Joe MichellElementary · 786 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 759 students
Other schools in Livermore
- Granada HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Livermore HighHigh · 1,827 students
- William Mendenhall MiddleMiddle · 876 students
- Junction K-8Elementary · 801 students
- Joe MichellElementary · 786 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 759 students
Nearby schools
- Marylin Avenue Elementary0.6 mi · 430
- Granada High1.0 mi · 2,156
- Lawrence Elementary1.5 mi · 494
- Joe Michell1.5 mi · 786
- Emma C. Smith Elementary1.5 mi · 648
- Junction K-81.7 mi · 801
Frequently asked questions
About Rancho Las Positas ElementaryHow many students attend Rancho Las Positas Elementary?
Rancho Las Positas Elementary enrolls approximately 586 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Rancho Las Positas Elementary serve?
Rancho Las Positas Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rancho Las Positas Elementary?
Approximately 20.7:1 students per teacher at Rancho Las Positas Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Rancho Las Positas Elementary?
Student demographics at Rancho Las Positas Elementary are roughly 38% White, 28% Hispanic, 2% Black, 18% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Rancho Las Positas Elementary in?
Rancho Las Positas Elementary is part of Livermore Valley Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.