Is Glen Alta Elementary a good school?

Glen Alta Elementary ranks 2089 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Glen Alta Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 116 students attended Glen Alta Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Glen Alta Elementary?

Students at Glen Alta Elementary are 94% Hispanic, 3% African American, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Glen Alta Elementary attend?

Students who attend Glen Alta Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Abraham Lincoln Senior High High : Woodrow Wilson Senior High

Glen Alta Elementary

Summary:

Glen Alta Elementary is a public K-8 school in Los Angeles, California, with a total enrollment of 125 students. Despite serving a predominantly low-income student population, the school consistently outperforms the Los Angeles Unified School District and the state of California in standardized test scores across various subjects and grade levels.

In the 2023-2024 school year, Glen Alta Elementary had 51.25% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 43.06% for Los Angeles Unified and 47.04% for California. In Mathematics, the school had 39.51% of students proficient or better, compared to 32.83% for Los Angeles Unified and 35.54% for California. Glen Alta Elementary also outperformed the district and state in Science, with 35.71% of students proficient or better, compared to 23.96% for Los Angeles Unified and 30.7% for California. The school's strong performance extends to specific student subgroups, such as female students and Hispanic students, who consistently rank higher than their peers across the state.

While Glen Alta Elementary's overall performance is impressive, the school has experienced fluctuations in chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 19.6% in the 2020-2021 school year to 43.3% in the 2021-2022 school year. This high rate of chronic absenteeism is a concern and may be impacting the school's overall performance. When compared to nearby schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District, Glen Alta Elementary generally outperforms its peers in academic achievement, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics. However, the school could potentially improve in areas such as 6th and 8th grade Mathematics, where proficiency rates are lower compared to other grade levels, and in Science, where the school's performance, while still above the district and state averages, could be further enhanced.

Detail:

Public K-8

3410 Sierra St.
Los Angeles, CA 90031-2137

(323) 223-1195

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2089^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,916

Students who attend Glen Alta Elementary usually attend:

High:	Abraham Lincoln Senior High
	Woodrow Wilson Senior High

Student/teacher ratio: 14.5

Number of students: 116

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

94.0%

African American:

3.4%

Asian:

2.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 97.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Glen Alta Elementary ranks better than 64.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 130^th among 486 ranked elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 59.46. (See more...)

Compare Details Glen Alta Elementary ranks better than 69% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 60.92. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (94%), African American (3.4%), Asian (2.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 97.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Glen Alta Elementary is 14.5, which is the 10^th best among 486 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Glen Alta Elementary is $15,916, which is the 41^st highest among 486 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Glen Alta Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Glen Alta Elementary 2089^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Glen Alta Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

SchoolDigger ranks Glen Alta Elementary 861^st of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Glen Alta Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Los Angeles Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Angeles Unified 871^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Glen Alta Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Glen Alta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	33.10	3059^th	4809	36.4%
2005	28.10	3401^st	4822	29.5%
2006	26.88	3525^th	4818	26.8%
2007	36.39	3147^th	5113	38.5%
2008	29.67	3617^th	5113	29.3%
2009	19.15	4487^th	5193	13.6%
2010	23.43	4336^th	5314	18.4%
2011	35.11	3611^th	5377	32.8%
2012	32.88	3748^th	5390	30.5%
2013	49.40	2725^th	5530	50.7%
2015	19.42	4689^th	5611	16.4%
2016	18.03	4796^th	5614	14.6%
2017	22.88	4440^th	5692	22.0%
2018	31.07	3745^th	5662	33.9%
2019	25.94	4276^th	5789	26.1%
2022	60.24	2016^th	5883	65.7%
2023	46.90	2703^rd	5874	54.0%
2024	59.46	2089^th	5862	64.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Glen Alta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.63	2911^th	5084	42.7%
2019	36.38	3396^th	5173	34.4%
2022	71.34	1111^th	5264	78.9%
2023	60.85	1700^th	5374	68.4%
2024	72.08	1170^th	5511	78.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Glen Alta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	61.36	1878^th	5635	66.7%
2023	65.80	1683^rd	5617	70.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Glen Alta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	28.70	3793^rd	5431	30.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Glen Alta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.34	2910^th	4830	39.8%
2019	33.21	3454^th	4963	30.4%
2022	80.96	702^nd	5084	86.2%
2023	66.65	1333^rd	5098	73.9%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Glen Alta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2011	30.45	1629^th	2236	27.1%
2012	16.90	1989^th	2259	12.0%
2013	31.68	1653^rd	2379	30.5%
2015	24.45	1854^th	2477	25.2%
2016	36.33	1453^rd	2497	41.8%
2017	44.47	1270^th	2508	49.4%
2018	54.31	977^th	2480	60.6%
2019	39.96	1447^th	2715	46.7%
2022	56.01	1000^th	2740	63.5%
2023	68.22	713^th	2802	74.6%
2024	60.92	861^st	2777	69.0%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Glen Alta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	69.78	482^nd	2230	78.4%
2019	54.44	892^nd	2369	62.3%
2022	73.26	442^nd	2458	82.0%
2023	82.28	290^th	2549	88.6%
2024	73.45	461^st	2575	82.1%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Glen Alta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	25.50	1776^th	2380	25.4%
2024	46.72	1154^th	2546	54.7%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Glen Alta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	67.40	504^th	2072	75.7%
2019	51.46	900^th	2213	59.3%
2022	73.98	412^th	2359	82.5%
2023	86.45	200^th	2391	91.6%
2024	82.92	261^st	2383	89.0%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Glen Alta Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	1	1	44	353	1	n/a	n/a	0	400
1989	2	3	47	376	1	n/a	n/a	0	429
1990	3	3	50	371	0	n/a	n/a	0	427
1991	1	1	51	356	0	n/a	n/a	0	409
1992	2	4	46	331	0	n/a	n/a	0	383
1993	2	8	44	387	0	n/a	n/a	0	441
1994	1	11	45	394	1	n/a	n/a	0	452
1995	15	7	33	387	0	n/a	n/a	0	442
1996	15	7	33	387	0	n/a	n/a	0	442
1997	6	13	30	353	0	n/a	n/a	0	402
1998	2	10	25	362	0	n/a	n/a	0	399
1999	3	6	26	366	0	n/a	n/a	0	401
2000	2	6	26	351	0	n/a	n/a	0	385
2001	1	8	25	333	0	n/a	n/a	0	367
2002	3	4	14	289	0	n/a	n/a	0	310
2003	3	4	14	289	0	n/a	n/a	0	310
2004	4	5	21	300	0	n/a	n/a	0	330
2005	5	7	19	279	0	n/a	n/a	0	310
2006	3	11	17	311	0	n/a	n/a	0	342
2007	2	13	13	292	0	n/a	n/a	0	320
2008	5	6	10	261	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	282
2009	4	8	12	236	0	0	0	0	260
2010	4	10	5	198	0	0	1	0	218
2011	2	14	5	231	0	0	2	0	254
2012	2	13	8	289	0	0	0	0	312
2013	6	16	5	237	0	0	0	0	264
2014	6	11	5	214	1	0	0	0	237
2015	7	9	3	182	0	0	2	0	203
2016	6	9	4	184	0	0	0	0	203
2017	4	7	3	169	0	0	0	0	183
2018	3	6	5	166	0	0	0	0	180
2019	1	9	5	153	0	0	0	0	168
2020	1	10	6	147	0	0	2	0	166
2021	1	7	5	124	0	0	0	0	137
2022	0	6	4	110	0	0	0	0	120
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	125	125
2024	0	4	3	109	0	0	0	0	116

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Glen Alta Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	400	17.0	23.5	n/a
1989	429	18.0	23.8	n/a
1990	427	19.0	22.4	n/a
1991	409	16.5	24.7	n/a
1992	383	16.8	22.7	94.8
1993	441	20.5	21.5	95
1994	452	19.8	22.8	93.8
1995	442	16.5	26.8	94.8
1996	442	16.5	26.8	94.8
1997	402	19.0	21.2	94.8
1998	399	20.0	20.0	95
1999	401	20.5	19.6	94.8
2000	385	19.5	19.7	96.6
2001	367	19.5	18.8	99.2
2002	310	19.0	16.3	90.3
2003	310	19.0	16.3	90.3
2004	330	17.0	19.4	86.1
2005	310	16.0	19.4	94.2
2006	342	18.0	19.0	90.1
2007	320	15.0	21.3	90.3
2008	282	17.0	16.6	95.4
2009	260	15.0	15.3	93.1
2010	218	12.0	18.1	93.6
2011	254	n/a	n/a	5.5
2012	312	14.0	22.2	n/a
2013	264	12.0	22.0	48.5
2014	237	11.0	21.5	84.8
2015	203	9.0	22.5	92.1
2016	203	10.0	20.3	94.6
2017	183	9.0	20.3	88.5
2018	180	10.0	18.0	96.1
2019	168	8.0	21.0	92.3
2020	166	n/a	n/a	96.4
2021	137	9.0	15.2	97.1
2022	120	9.0	13.3	95.8
2023	125	10.0	12.5	96.8
2024	116	8.0	14.5	97.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Glen Alta Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	400	17.0	23.5	n/a
1989	429	18.0	23.8	n/a
1990	427	19.0	22.4	n/a
1991	409	16.5	24.7	n/a
1992	383	16.8	22.7	94.8
1993	441	20.5	21.5	95
1994	452	19.8	22.8	93.8
1995	442	16.5	26.8	94.8
1996	442	16.5	26.8	94.8
1997	402	19.0	21.2	94.8
1998	399	20.0	20.0	95
1999	401	20.5	19.6	94.8
2000	385	19.5	19.7	96.6
2001	367	19.5	18.8	99.2
2002	310	19.0	16.3	90.3
2003	310	19.0	16.3	90.3
2004	330	17.0	19.4	86.1
2005	310	16.0	19.4	94.2
2006	342	18.0	19.0	90.1
2007	320	15.0	21.3	90.3
2008	282	17.0	16.6	95.4
2009	260	15.0	15.3	93.1
2010	218	12.0	18.1	93.6
2011	254	n/a	n/a	5.5
2012	312	14.0	22.2	n/a
2013	264	12.0	22.0	48.5
2014	237	11.0	21.5	84.8
2015	203	9.0	22.5	92.1
2016	203	10.0	20.3	94.6
2017	183	9.0	20.3	88.5
2018	180	10.0	18.0	96.1
2019	168	8.0	21.0	92.3
2020	166	n/a	n/a	96.4
2021	137	9.0	15.2	97.1
2022	120	9.0	13.3	95.8
2023	125	10.0	12.5	96.8
2024	116	8.0	14.5	97.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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