Los Altos Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 22.9% |
| Met Standard | 26.5% |
| Below Standard | 50.5% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "49% proficient" for Los Altos Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
22.9% of students exceeded standard while 26.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.5 points above the Hacienda la Puente Unified district average of 20.4%. The 9 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 26.2% exceeded — 3.2 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 2.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 17.7%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 65 | 26.1% | 20.0% | 46.1% |
| 4th | 61 | 34.4% | 24.6% | 59.0% |
| 5th | 65 | 20.0% | 32.3% | 52.3% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 67 | 20.9% | 26.9% | 47.8% |
| 4th | 62 | 19.4% | 35.5% | 54.8% |
| 5th | 65 | 16.9% | 20.0% | 36.9% |
Nearby schools
9 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 48.6