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Alvin Elementary

Public Grades K-6

5502^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 6% of California elementary schools

Summary

Alvin Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 998 students in Santa Maria, California, operating within the Santa Maria-Bonita school district, and it faces significant academic challenges while demonstrating a notable strength in student attendance.

The school's academic performance, with fewer than 20% of students proficient in English and math, places it in the bottom tier of California schools and is comparable to several nearby schools like Adam (William Laird) Elementary and Rice (William) Elementary. However, a key positive finding is its low chronic absenteeism rate of 8.1%, which is better than both the district and state averages and is a particular strength given the school's high poverty rate. A major concern is a dramatic decline in math scores as students advance, dropping from 22.3% proficiency in 3rd grade to just 6.67% by 6th grade.

Interestingly, the school's situation highlights that improvement is possible within the same community. Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary, a nearby school with a very similar student population, achieves proficiency rates more than double those at Alvin, suggesting factors like teaching methods or school culture play a critical role. For parents, this indicates that while Alvin struggles academically, it successfully gets children to school regularly, but the district-wide challenges and the stark contrast with Ontiveros raise important questions about how to better translate that attendance into academic success.

998

Students ?

24.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,564

Per pupil spending ?

97.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

301 East Alvin Ave.
Santa Maria, CA 93454-3703

(805) 361-6760

District: Santa Maria-Bonita

Students who attend Alvin Elementary usually attend:

Middle:

Fesler (Isaac) Junior High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.5%

White:

1.2%

American Indian:

0.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 14th percentile in 2013 → 6th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (16% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school16%

District avg20%

California avg41%

5,502^nd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 6%▼ down 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 16% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

13^th of 17Elementary Schools in the Santa Maria-Bonita

1409^th of 1,543Santa Maria-Bonita among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.0	5502 of 5857	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	5322 of 5869	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.8	5488 of 5859	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.6	5396 of 5883	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.3	4517 of 5789	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.8	5023 of 5662	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.0	4950 of 5692	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	18.3	4754 of 5614	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.0	4727 of 5611	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	19.4	4778 of 5530	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	22.3	4492 of 5390	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	19.3	4729 of 5377	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	10.0	5152 of 5314	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	10.0	5000 of 5193	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	8.4	4992 of 5113	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	10.1	4912 of 5113	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	15.1	4353 of 4818	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	11.6	4561 of 4822	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	13.3	4468 of 4809	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	21.3	1958 of 2227	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.9	2073 of 2585	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	31.1	2486 of 3162	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.3	2066 of 3245	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.5	2322 of 3311	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.5	2972 of 3275	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.2	3033 of 3246	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.9	5384 of 5597	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.5	5243 of 5612	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.5	5472 of 5609	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.0	5276 of 5635	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.5	4191 of 5492	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.8	4859 of 5413	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.5	4673 of 5107	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	4472 of 5107	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.0	4678 of 5087	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.7	4528 of 5084	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.0	3623 of 4963	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.8	4258 of 4830	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.5	312 of 429	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.8	236 of 364	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.7	284 of 335	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	38.1	220 of 356	38.2%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.2	4985 of 5460	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	4796 of 5517	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.0	4962 of 5363	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.8	4670 of 5264	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.0	3714 of 5173	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.7	4349 of 5084	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.1	5111 of 5628	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	4913 of 5643	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.9	4995 of 5638	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	5018 of 5663	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.6	4414 of 5510	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.6	4849 of 5431	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.4	63 of 78	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.1	66 of 74	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.0	49 of 68	27.9%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.4	2561 of 2847	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.7	2190 of 2635	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.1	2353 of 2420	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)27th percentile+21 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)21st percentile+12 vs school

Migrant (2025)19th percentile+13 vs school

Disabled (2022)12th percentile+4 vs school

Special Education (2025)10th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)8th percentile~ school

Female (2025)4th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy18%-31 vs state

Mathematics16%-22 vs state

Science13%-20 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Alvin Elementary	Public	K-6	301 East Alvin Ave.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-6760	998	41	24.2	97.6%	12 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	973 (97.5%)	3 (0.3%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	12	5502^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	6.1%		14.8	5322^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	9.3%	180	12.8	12.8	17.2	17.4	22.2	15.9	18.1	22.3	16.4	16.7	6.7	15.6	97.2						$19,564	$17,888	$1,676
Rice (William) Elementary	Public	K-6	700 East Vickie Ave.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-7740	887	40	21.9	95.2%	16 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	847 (95.5%)	3 (0.3%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.6%)	11	5567^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.0%		13	5480^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.6%	87	5.1	5.1	19.7	13.0	13.8	25.6	18.1	24.1	13.4	6.8	13.3	14.4							$21,406	$19,548	$1,858
Bruce (Robert) Elementary	Public	K-6	601 West Alvin Ave.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-6940	1,050	47	22.3	96.1%	10 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1,026 (97.7%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	10.8	5583^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	4.7%		10.7	5651^st of 5869 public elementary schools	3.7%	68	8.6	8.6	12.0	17.1	26.3	11.9	16.5	17.6	20.5	14.2	6.7	14.6	98.1						$20,386	$18,294	$2,092
Fairlawn Elementary	Public	K-6	120 Mary Dr.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-7500	716	34	20.8	97.6%	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	705 (98.5%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14.9	5272^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	10.0%		18.4	4993^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	14.9%	279	11.8	11.8	21.1	22.2	16.8	29.7	22.4	16.5	18.9	14.7	18.5	17.1	96.5			97.4			$21,460	$19,810	$1,650
Tunnell (Martin Luther) Elementary	Public	K-6	1248 East Dena Way	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-7940	917	42	21.6	84.2%	56 (6.1%)	2 (0.2%)	819 (89.3%)	18 (2.0%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (1.9%)	17.2	5077^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.3%		21.8	4701^st of 5869 public elementary schools	19.9%	376	17.7	17.7	27.6	18.4	26.7	19.3	23.3	30.3	15.0	14.0	17.7	19.2	92.3	94.4		93.7	96.5	96.5	$19,170	$17,446	$1,724
Taylor (Ida Redmond) Elementary	Public	K-6	1921 North Carlotti Dr.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-6250	849	45	19.0	85.7%	36 (4.2%)	2 (0.2%)	762 (89.8%)	33 (3.9%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	12 (1.4%)	17.3	5074^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.4%		18.2	5009^th of 5869 public elementary schools	14.7%	65	12.4	12.4	17.2	26.3	20.7	30.3	24.3	19.0	21.6	10.7	24.1	19.0	98.3			98.3		98.3	$23,943	$21,272	$2,671
Oakley (Calvin C.) Elementary	Public	K-6	1120 West Harding St.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-7620	849	40	21.0	95.9%	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	830 (97.8%)	11 (1.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	15	5261^st of 5857 public elementary schools	10.2%		14.8	5321^st of 5869 public elementary schools	9.3%	60	13.5	13.5	14.2	25.9	20.0	17.2	19.4	18.2	33.0	12.7	11.1	19.0	95.6				96.4		$22,073	$20,412	$1,661
Miller (Isaac) Elementary	Public	K-6	410 East Camino Colegio	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-7560	883	40	21.8	94.5%	20 (2.3%)	2 (0.2%)	839 (95.0%)	5 (0.6%)	7 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	8 (0.9%)	16	5179^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.6%		18	5030^th of 5869 public elementary schools	14.3%	149	12.4	12.4	24.1	22.0	26.8	22.9	24.0	27.4	21.6	11.5	14.4	19.0							$20,246	$18,608	$1,638
Ontiveros (Juan Pacifico) Elementary	Public	K-6	930 West Rancho Verde	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-7680	869	35	24.8	94.2%	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	840 (96.7%)	10 (1.2%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	40.6	3177^th of 5857 public elementary schools	45.8%		44.8	2878^th of 5869 public elementary schools	51.0%	299	22.1	22.1	32.5	44.4	40.2	37.7	38.5	49.6	46.3	30.1	22.8	37.2							$21,512	$19,834	$1,678
Sanchez (David J.) Elementary	Public	K-6	804 West Liberty St.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-4625	654	31	20.8	96.2%	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	645 (98.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24.4	4459^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.9%		25.2	4353^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	25.8%	106	16.5	16.5	15.1	24.4	23.4	40.2	25.9	34.5	28.4	11.5	33.0	27.3	95.1	95.1	97.0	98.0	96.0	98.0	$23,109	$21,348	$1,761

Frequently Asked Questions about Alvin Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Alvin Elementary?

Students at Alvin Elementary are 97% Hispanic, 1% White.

What schools do graduates of Alvin Elementary attend?

Students who attend Alvin Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Fesler (Isaac) Junior High

How many students attend Alvin Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 998 students attended Alvin Elementary.

What district is Alvin Elementary in?

Santa Maria-Bonita

Is Alvin Elementary a good school?

Alvin Elementary ranks in the bottom 6.1% of California elementary schools.

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