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Alvin Elementary

Santa Maria-Bonita Santa Maria Santa Barbara County 93454
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
2,176 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
939 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
96%
Teachers
40 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 98.0%
White 1.0%
Asian 0.1%
Black 0.1%
Other 0.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Alvin Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard4.8%
Met Standard12.0%
Below Standard83.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "17% proficient" for Alvin Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

4.8% of students exceeded standard while 12.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 16.1 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Santa Maria-Bonita district average of 6.6%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 6.8% exceeded — about the same. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 0.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 8.1%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
4.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
16.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-0.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
8.1%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.3%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
2,176
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 134 5.2% 11.9% 24.6% 58.2% 17.2%
4th 144 6.9% 10.4% 23.6% 59.0% 17.4%
5th 126 4.8% 17.5% 29.4% 48.4% 22.2%
6th 132 1.5% 14.4% 28.8% 55.3% 15.9%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 139 6.5% 15.8% 21.6% 56.1% 22.3%
4th 146 6.2% 10.3% 42.5% 41.1% 16.4%
5th 132 6.1% 10.6% 20.4% 62.9% 16.7%
6th 135 1.5% 5.2% 20.0% 73.3% 6.7%