Is Alvarado Elementary a good school?

Alvarado Elementary ranks 2756 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Alvarado Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 660 students attended Alvarado Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Alvarado Elementary?

Students at Alvarado Elementary are 54% Asian, 23% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 6% White, 4% African American, 3% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Alvarado Elementary attend?

Students who attend Alvarado Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Itliong-Vera Cruz High : James Logan High

Alvarado Elementary

Summary:

Alvarado Elementary is a public elementary school located in Union City, California, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 660 students. It is part of the New Haven Unified School District, which is ranked 703 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Alvarado Elementary's academic performance, as measured by the Smarter Balanced Assessments, is generally below the district and state averages across various grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy ranged from 37.11% (4th grade) to 48.42% (3rd grade), compared to the district average of 45.37% to 56.15% and the state average of 42.8% to 47.37%. In Mathematics, the percentage of students proficient or better ranged from 27.72% (4th grade) to 44% (3rd grade), compared to the district average of 39.85% to 46.46% and the state average of 35.02% to 45.64%. Alvarado Elementary's performance in Science, as measured by the CAST assessment, is also below the district and state averages, with 32.11% of students proficient or better in 5th grade compared to 37.48% for the district and 32.68% for the state. Additionally, the school has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 14.6% in the 2020-2021 school year to 51.6% in the 2018-2019 school year, with a rate of 31.0% in the 2022-2023 school year, which is significantly higher than the state average.

Compared to nearby schools, Alvarado Elementary's academic performance is generally lower. For instance, Pioneer Elementary and Tom Kitayama Elementary, also within the New Haven Unified School District, have significantly higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. When compared to schools in the Fremont Unified School District, such as Forest Park Elementary and Ardenwood Elementary, Alvarado Elementary's academic performance is significantly lower. Additionally, the school's performance for specific student subgroups, such as Asian students and Hispanic students, is particularly low, ranking in the bottom 20-25% of California elementary schools, and its performance for English Language Learners and students with disabilities is also below average, ranking in the bottom 40-50% of California elementary schools.

Detail:

Public K-5

31100 Fredi St.
Union City, CA 94587-2662

(510) 471-1039

District: New Haven Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2756^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,643

Students who attend Alvarado Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Itliong-Vera Cruz
High:	James Logan High

Student/teacher ratio: 27.2

Number of students: 660

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

54.1%

Hispanic:

23.5%

Two or more races:

9.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 45.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Alvarado Elementary ranks better than 53% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 4^th among 7 ranked elementary schools in the New Haven Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 46.54. (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.

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Alvarado Elementary is $12,643, which is the 3^rd highest among 7 elementary schools in the New Haven Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Alvarado Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Alvarado Elementary 2756^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Alvarado Elementary in the ranking list.)

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New Haven Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks New Haven Unified 703^rd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Alvarado Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Alvarado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	49.46	2183^rd	4809	54.6%
2005	40.74	2674^th	4822	44.5%
2006	56.65	1890^th	4818	60.8%
2007	57.97	1930^th	5113	62.3%
2008	56.14	2044^th	5113	60.0%
2009	61.03	1874^th	5193	63.9%
2010	68.78	1526^th	5314	71.3%
2011	64.80	1760^th	5377	67.3%
2012	62.84	1904^th	5390	64.7%
2013	50.28	2677^th	5530	51.6%
2015	55.35	2160^th	5611	61.5%
2016	56.16	2170^th	5614	61.3%
2017	62.83	1891^st	5692	66.8%
2018	66.05	1764^th	5662	68.8%
2019	68.46	1676^th	5789	71.0%
2022	61.56	1961^st	5883	66.7%
2023	49.23	2571^st	5874	56.2%
2024	46.54	2756^th	5862	53.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Alvarado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	45.56	282^nd	445	36.6%
2023	9.23	624^th	669	6.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Alvarado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	55.80	1014^th	3246	68.8%
2019	62.97	736^th	3275	77.5%
2022	71.80	454^th	3311	86.3%
2023	51.19	1127^th	3250	65.3%
2024	35.45	2142^nd	3160	32.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Alvarado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	47.51	975^th	2420	59.7%
2024	34.77	1568^th	2634	40.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Alvarado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	70.17	1174^th	5084	76.9%
2019	71.45	1116^th	5173	78.4%
2022	74.98	958^th	5264	81.8%
2023	47.20	2557^th	5374	52.4%
2024	39.62	3161^st	5511	42.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Alvarado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	67.19	1648^th	5413	69.6%
2019	65.68	1709^th	5492	68.9%
2022	65.73	1705^th	5635	69.7%
2023	50.56	2376^th	5617	57.7%
2024	45.10	2717^th	5605	51.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Alvarado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	45.98	878^th	2128	58.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Alvarado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	63.26	1797^th	5431	66.9%
2019	68.27	1586^th	5510	71.2%
2022	56.31	2129^th	5663	62.4%
2023	47.45	2596^th	5650	54.1%
2024	47.12	2621^st	5636	53.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Alvarado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	30.42	850^th	1071	20.6%
2019	40.65	815^th	1149	29.1%
2022	28.29	911^th	1154	21.1%
2023	22.80	974^th	1190	18.2%
2024	16.05	1038^th	1203	13.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Alvarado Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	48.59	2319^th	4830	52.0%
2019	47.50	2449^th	4963	50.7%
2022	48.77	2287^th	5084	55.0%
2023	36.18	3207^th	5098	37.1%
2024	23.68	4214^th	5102	17.4%

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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 Alvarado Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	194	119	282	141	1	n/a	n/a	0	737
1989	197	130	295	180	4	n/a	n/a	0	806
1990	203	141	354	172	2	n/a	n/a	0	872
1991	185	105	331	163	1	n/a	n/a	0	785
1992	188	103	333	155	1	n/a	n/a	0	780
1993	216	122	356	151	0	n/a	n/a	0	845
1994	231	91	366	156	0	n/a	n/a	0	844
1995	216	128	371	157	4	n/a	n/a	0	876
1996	216	128	371	157	4	n/a	n/a	0	876
1997	219	130	386	140	1	n/a	n/a	0	876
1998	183	125	441	142	4	n/a	n/a	0	895
1999	140	85	385	129	3	n/a	n/a	1	743
2000	150	96	503	160	4	n/a	n/a	0	913
2001	123	87	538	160	10	n/a	n/a	0	918
2002	85	87	464	118	5	n/a	n/a	0	759
2003	85	87	464	118	5	n/a	n/a	0	759
2004	80	82	443	110	3	n/a	n/a	1	719
2005	61	82	439	123	2	n/a	n/a	2	709
2006	50	84	409	121	2	n/a	n/a	0	666
2007	35	82	387	120	0	n/a	n/a	1	625
2008	43	122	523	183	2	n/a	n/a	0	873
2009	39	93	471	129	0	49	86	0	867
2010	35	85	477	151	2	39	58	0	847
2011	40	75	464	176	4	27	61	0	847
2012	39	71	473	183	3	24	71	0	864
2013	50	65	472	202	2	18	72	0	881
2014	46	58	521	213	1	13	70	0	922
2015	43	55	503	217	3	17	63	0	901
2016	41	48	471	211	2	14	52	0	839
2017	42	37	461	198	3	12	47	0	800
2018	44	34	454	174	5	10	46	0	767
2019	43	31	432	162	4	9	45	0	726
2020	47	34	408	151	4	12	53	0	709
2021	41	33	380	135	3	11	52	0	655
2022	30	22	364	142	3	13	56	0	630
2023	40	28	357	155	3	17	60	0	660

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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 Alvarado Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	737	32.0	23.0	n/a
1989	806	37.1	21.7	n/a
1990	872	38.6	22.5	n/a
1991	785	35.5	22.1	n/a
1992	780	36.1	21.6	19.9
1993	845	36.8	23.0	25.8
1994	844	36.4	23.2	28.4
1995	876	37.0	23.7	36.9
1996	876	37.0	23.7	36.9
1997	876	46.3	18.9	38.4
1998	895	52.5	17.0	36.5
1999	743	43.0	17.3	39.8
2000	913	49.9	18.3	33.4
2001	918	50.5	18.2	30.7
2002	759	41.3	18.4	38.5
2003	759	41.3	18.4	38.5
2004	719	40.9	17.6	37
2005	709	40.0	17.7	34.7
2006	666	37.0	18.0	39.5
2007	625	34.4	18.2	41.5
2008	873	56.1	15.6	37.3
2009	867	44.0	18.1	38.2
2010	847	43.0	19.7	48.6
2011	847	n/a	n/a	49.2
2012	864	39.4	21.9	n/a
2013	881	35.1	25.0	53.8
2014	922	33.0	27.9	53.8
2015	901	32.0	28.1	52.7
2016	839	33.0	25.4	48.9
2017	800	33.0	24.2	51.1
2018	767	32.0	23.9	51.5
2019	726	31.2	23.2	48.6
2020	709	n/a	n/a	47.4
2021	655	25.0	26.2	38.8
2022	630	25.2	25.0	49.2
2023	660	24.2	27.2	45.8

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 Alvarado Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	737	32.0	23.0	n/a
1989	806	37.1	21.7	n/a
1990	872	38.6	22.5	n/a
1991	785	35.5	22.1	n/a
1992	780	36.1	21.6	19.9
1993	845	36.8	23.0	25.8
1994	844	36.4	23.2	28.4
1995	876	37.0	23.7	36.9
1996	876	37.0	23.7	36.9
1997	876	46.3	18.9	38.4
1998	895	52.5	17.0	36.5
1999	743	43.0	17.3	39.8
2000	913	49.9	18.3	33.4
2001	918	50.5	18.2	30.7
2002	759	41.3	18.4	38.5
2003	759	41.3	18.4	38.5
2004	719	40.9	17.6	37
2005	709	40.0	17.7	34.7
2006	666	37.0	18.0	39.5
2007	625	34.4	18.2	41.5
2008	873	56.1	15.6	37.3
2009	867	44.0	18.1	38.2
2010	847	43.0	19.7	48.6
2011	847	n/a	n/a	49.2
2012	864	39.4	21.9	n/a
2013	881	35.1	25.0	53.8
2014	922	33.0	27.9	53.8
2015	901	32.0	28.1	52.7
2016	839	33.0	25.4	48.9
2017	800	33.0	24.2	51.1
2018	767	32.0	23.9	51.5
2019	726	31.2	23.2	48.6
2020	709	n/a	n/a	47.4
2021	655	25.0	26.2	38.8
2022	630	25.2	25.0	49.2
2023	660	24.2	27.2	45.8

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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