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Enrollment
792
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALVARADO ISD·NCES 480001107367
Alvarado Intermediate School
1401 E DAVIS, ALVARADO, TX 76009 · (817) 783-6825 · Johnson County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL792 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- B+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 Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
521 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 244 | 31% |
| Grade 4 | 271 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 277 | 35% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63% · 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
Based on grade levels within ALVARADO ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 53.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 43.3% . -8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 21.0% | 29.0% | 35.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 44.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Alvarado Intermediate School
Alvarado Intermediate School's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvarado Intermediate School this school | 792 | 65.8% | 35.4% |
| J L Lyon Elementary School MAGNOLIA | 762 | 65.2% | 55.1% |
| Fredericksburg Elementary School FREDERICKSBURG | 765 | 65.0% | 46.1% |
| Valley Ranch Elementary School PORTER | 790 | 65.9% | 45.0% |
| Edward B Cannan Elementary School WILLIS | 714 | 69.5% | 36.3% |
| Sealy Elementary School SEALY | 694 | 66.3% | 53.5% |
Matched among Texas 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 Alvarado Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #3,125 of 4,401 | #26 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,285 of 4,466 ▲ 31 | #26 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,290 of 4,466 ▲ 251 | #26 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,429 of 3,998 | #14 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 792 | #470 of 4,938 | #2 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #3,074 of 4,622 | #26 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #1,752 of 4,628 | #13 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.8% | #2,793 of 4,789 | #13 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #2,094 of 2,838 | #10 of 21 |
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
792
+36 (+5%) vs 2020
+52% since 2000-01, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 792 | 50.4 | 15.7:1 | 66% (521) |
| 2023-24 | 809 | 56.5 | 14.3:1 | 73% (587) |
| 2022-23 | 799 | 58.4 | 13.7:1 | 73% (586) |
| 2020-21 | 756 | 53 | 14.3:1 | 69% (525) |
| 2017-18 | 872 | 47 | 18.6:1 | 64% (562) |
| 2015-16 | 837 | 45 | 18.6:1 | 63% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | 39 | 18.8:1 | 63% (465) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 31 | 16.8:1 | 43% (223) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alvarado Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (872 to 792); teachers up 7% (47 to 50.4).
About Alvarado Intermediate School
The public elementary school Alvarado Intermediate School is located in ALVARADO, Texas. Students in grades 3 through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 792 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
District-wide, ALVARADO ISD has 6 schools and 3,788 students.
More than half of the students at Alvarado Intermediate School are Hispanic (53%). Next come 39% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 25% Hispanic among all Johnson County residents. The diversity index for Alvarado Intermediate School is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Alvarado Intermediate School has 50.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 66%. The average for public schools in Johnson County is 51%.
On the allk12 Grade, Alvarado Intermediate School lands at C-, ahead of 23% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 45.6% at Alvarado Intermediate School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.4%.
The school's county is Johnson County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $84,859 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. There are 77 public schools in the county, enrolling about 39,004, Alvarado Intermediate School among them.
Alvarado El-South is the nearest public school to Alvarado Intermediate School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Alvarado Intermediate School ranks 4th on proficiency.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% rise, from 756 to 792. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.3:1 to 15.7:1.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
195,597
Census ACS
Median income
$84,859
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
39,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALVARADO ISD
- Alvarado High SchoolHigh · 1,163 students
- Alvarado Junior High SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Alvarado El-SouthElementary · 386 students
- Lillian Elementary SchoolElementary · 309 students
- Alvarado El-NorthElementary · 276 students
- Juvenile Justice AlternativeElementary
Other schools in ALVARADO
- Alvarado High SchoolHigh · 1,163 students
- Alvarado Junior High SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Alvarado El-SouthElementary · 386 students
- Lillian Elementary SchoolElementary · 309 students
- Alvarado El-NorthElementary · 276 students
Other Alvarado Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Alvarado Intermediate. Alvarado Intermediate School is the largest of the 2.
- Alvarado IntermediateRowland Heights, CA · 624 students
Nearby schools
- Alvarado El-South0.4 mi · 386
- Alvarado High School1.0 mi · 1,163
- Alvarado Junior High School1.7 mi · 862
- Alvarado El-North2.5 mi · 276
- Venus Elementary School5.6 mi · 663
- Venus High School5.6 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About Alvarado Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Alvarado Intermediate School?
Alvarado Intermediate School enrolls approximately 792 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Alvarado Intermediate School serve?
Alvarado Intermediate School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Alvarado Intermediate School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Alvarado Intermediate School.
How diverse is Alvarado Intermediate School?
Alvarado Intermediate School reports a student body of 39% White, 53% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Alvarado Intermediate School?
Alvarado Intermediate School is overseen by ALVARADO ISD in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.