Alvarado Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 19.6% |
| Met Standard | 25.5% |
| Below Standard | 54.9% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "45% proficient" for Alvarado Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
19.6% of students exceeded standard while 25.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.2 points below the New Haven Unified district average of 24.8%. The 8 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 31.3% exceeded — 11.7 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.
Proficiency drops by 10.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 26.4%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 93 | 20.4% | 26.9% | 47.3% |
| 4th | 102 | 33.3% | 21.6% | 54.9% |
| 5th | 102 | 22.6% | 24.5% | 47.1% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 94 | 10.6% | 37.2% | 47.9% |
| 4th | 102 | 15.7% | 31.4% | 47.1% |
| 5th | 101 | 14.8% | 11.9% | 26.7% |
Nearby schools
8 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 52.4