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Alta Loma Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
736 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
367 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
16:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
91%
Teachers
23 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 84.7%
White 2.7%
Asian 0.3%
Black 10.1%
Other 2.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Alta Loma Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard14.3%
Met Standard17.2%
Below Standard68.5%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "32% proficient" for Alta Loma Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

14.3% of students exceeded standard while 17.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 6.6 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 6.8 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. The 33 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 19.8% exceeded — 5.5 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 1.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 20.9%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
14.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
31.6%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+1.4pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
20.9%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
736
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 63 12.7% 15.9% 31.8% 39.7% 28.6%
4th 57 14.0% 24.6% 36.8% 24.6% 38.6%
5th 63 19.1% 20.6% 25.4% 34.9% 39.7%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 63 15.9% 17.5% 25.4% 41.3% 33.3%
4th 58 8.6% 15.5% 43.1% 32.8% 24.1%
5th 64 15.6% 9.4% 28.1% 46.9% 25.0%