Elementary Schools in Alum Rock Union Elementary

The Alum Rock Union Elementary district in California contains 17 elementary schools serving grades K-8, with student populations ranging from 27 to 491. The district as a whole is ranked 1274 out of 1568 in California and is rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger, indicating significant room for improvement.

A few schools stand out as performing better than the district and state averages, including Adelante Dual Language Academy, Millard McCollam Elementary, and Russo/McEntee Academy. These schools outperform their peers in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science proficiency. The Adelante Dual Language Academy schools also excel in Spanish Language Arts assessments, highlighting the benefits of bilingual education programs.

However, the district faces significant challenges, with wide disparities in academic performance between the top-performing and lower-performing schools. Chronic absenteeism rates range from 9.5% to 40.9%, and free/reduced lunch rates vary from 46.23% to 88.86%, indicating high levels of economic disadvantage. Addressing these issues, as well as inequities in resources and teaching quality, should be the district's top priorities to raise student achievement and close the gaps between schools.