Enrollment
164
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003355
Sierra Vista Elementary
4342 Alpha St., Los Angeles, CA 90032 · (323) 222-2530 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL164 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.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
20.5:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
138 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 32 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 52% larger than its 6th grade class (21).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sierra Vista Elementary→El Sereno Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
60.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +33.6pp since 2014
Math
61.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +42.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 34 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 42 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 37.2% | 23.4% | 24.5% | 14.9% |
| Math | 39.0% | 22.1% | 16.8% | 22.1% |
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 | 60.6% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.2% | 62.9% |
| 2022-23 | 56.3% | 53.1% |
| 2021-22 | 53.9% | 41.8% |
| 2018-19 | 50.9% | 37.1% |
| 2017-18 | 53.1% | 41.2% |
| 2016-17 | 44.4% | 40.6% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+32.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% 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 32 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 Sierra Vista Elementary
Sierra Vista Elementary's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Vista Elementary this school | 164 | 84.1% | 62.2% |
| Bushnell Way Elementary Los Angeles | 157 | 84.1% | 41.3% |
| Latona Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 149 | 89.3% | 40.2% |
| Voices College Bound Language Academy at Stockton Stockton | 139 | 82.0% | N/A |
| Chaparral Academy of Technology Fontana | 205 | 87.3% | 30.2% |
| Equitas Academy 5 Los Angeles | 184 | 89.7% | N/A |
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 Sierra Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #1,017 of 5,151 | #235 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,016 of 5,172 ▼ 122 | #236 of 1,129 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #1,285 of 5,172 ▼ 334 | #288 of 1,129 ▼ 75 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #306 of 5,116 | #120 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 164 | #5,467 of 5,915 | #1,243 of 1,300 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.1% | #1,745 of 5,625 | #611 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.8% | #484 of 3,837 | #215 of 947 |
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
164
-18 (-10%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 164 | 8 | 20.5:1 | 84% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 151 | 9 | 16.8:1 | 84% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 187 | 9 | 20.8:1 | 87% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 182 | 9 | 20.2:1 | 85% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 237 | 11 | 21.6:1 | 81% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 11 | 27.1:1 | 78% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 251 | N/A | N/A | 38% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 21 | 16.5:1 | 92% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 20 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sierra Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (237 to 164); teachers down 27% (11 to 8).
About Sierra Vista Elementary
Sierra Vista Elementary is a very small elementary school in California, with an address in Los Angeles. It teaches 164 students in kindergarten through 6. It has 65% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Sierra Vista Elementary reports to Los Angeles Unified, which has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
At Sierra Vista Elementary, 88% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 4% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.5:1. The school has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Federal data show 84% of students (138) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Sierra Vista Elementary earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 97% of California public elementary schools.
Sierra Vista Elementary is 32.0 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in California.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Sierra Vista Elementary shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Emery Park Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Sierra Vista Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Sierra Vista Elementary is ahead of the 54.6% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 10%.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Sierra Vista Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
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11 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sierra Vista Elementary. Sierra Vista Elementary is the 12th largest of the 12.
- Sierra Vista ElementaryPerris, CA · 867 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryMadera, CA · 740 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryArvin, CA · 690 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryLa Habra, CA · 467 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryClovis, CA · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Emery Park Elementary0.6 mi · 383
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Frequently asked questions
About Sierra Vista ElementaryHow many students attend Sierra Vista Elementary?
Sierra Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 164 students in grades KG-06.
Is Sierra Vista Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sierra Vista Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Sierra Vista Elementary have?
Sierra Vista Elementary employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Sierra Vista Elementary?
Student demographics at Sierra Vista Elementary are roughly 2% White, 88% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Sierra Vista Elementary?
Sierra Vista Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.