Alta Sierra Elementary School in Grass Valley, CA
(KG-05 • Public • Regular School)
- Address
- 16607 Annie Dr.
Grass Valley, CA 95949
- Telephone
- (530) 272-2319
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- City-data.com school rating
- 73
- Students
- 325
- Classroom Teachers (FTE)
- 15.6
- National School Lunch
Program (NSLP) Status - No
- Free lunch eligible students
- 71
- Reduced-price lunch
eligible students - 26
- School district
- Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary
- Charter school
- No
- Title I status
- Not a Title I school
- Magnet School Indicator
- No
- Shared Time Indicator
- Missing
- Adult education offered
- No
Ratings
Bear River High (5.2 miles): | 81 |
Colfax High (4.2 miles): | 81 |
Alta Sierra Elementary School: | 73 |
Cottage Hill Elementary (4.9 miles): | 72 |
Magnolia Intermediate (4.9 miles): | 70 |
Chicago Park Elementary (3.9 miles): | 57 |
Colfax Elementary (4.4 miles): | 54 |
Union Hill Middle (6.0 miles): | 54 |
Chicago Park Community Charter (3.9 miles): | 43 |
California: | 46 |
Nevada County: | 58 |
Grass Valley: | 57 |
Alta Sierra Elementary School: | 73 |
Students & Teachers
Total enrollment:
Enrollment in 2015: 289
Enrollment in 2014: 293
Enrollment in 2013: 328
Enrollment in 2012: 311
Enrollment in 2011: 324
Enrollment in 2010: 291
Enrollment in 2009: 327
Enrollment in 2008: 309
Enrollment in 2007: 355
Enrollment in 2006: 399
Enrollment in 2005: 406
Enrollment in 2004: 426
Enrollment in 2003: 420
Enrollment in 2002: 428
Enrollment in 2001: 429
Enrollment in 2000: 464
Enrollment in 1999: 457
Enrollment by grade, gender and race:
(Note: Details may not add to totals. School year: 2015-2016)
Grade | KG | G01 | G02 | G03 | G04 | G05 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All students | 81 | 48 | 43 | 60 | 49 | 44 | 325 |
Female students | 39 | 27 | 20 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 162 |
Male students | 42 | 21 | 23 | 33 | 22 | 22 | 163 |
American Indian/Alaska Native students | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
Asian students | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
Hispanic students | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
White students | 75 | 43 | 36 | 58 | 43 | 36 | 291 |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander students | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Two or More Races students | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Enrollment by grade:
1st grade enrollment: 48
2nd grade enrollment: 43
3rd grade enrollment: 60
4th grade enrollment: 49
5th grade enrollment: 44
Alta Sierra Elementary School - Historical enrollment by grade
Enrollment by gender:
(State average from 12,430 schools)
Here: | 49.8% |
State: | 49.4% |
School: | 50.2% |
California: | 49.6% |
Alta Sierra Elementary School - Historical enrollment by gender
Enrollment by race/ethnicity:
(State average from 12,430 schools)
School: | 0.6% |
State: | 1.0% |
Here: | 0.9% |
California: | 9.4% |
Alta Sierra Elementary School: | 5.2% |
State: | 46.0% |
Here: | 89.5% |
State: | 28.3% |
Here: | 0.6% |
State: | 0.6% |
School: | 3.1% |
California: | 4.5% |
Alta Sierra Elementary School - Historical enrollment by race/ethnicity
Lunch Program Eligibility:
(State average from 10,111 schools)
Alta Sierra Elementary School: | 29.8% |
California: | 61.2% |
Here: | 21.8% |
California: | 52.8% |
School: | 8.0% |
State: | 8.6% |
Alta Sierra Elementary School - Lunch Program Eligibility
Teachers and support:
(State average from 12,394 schools)
Number of FTE teachers who were absent more than 10 school days during the school years: 4
Number of FTE nurses: 0.2
Number of FTE psychologists: 0.3
Student/Teacher Ratio
Alta Sierra Elementary School: | 20.8 |
State: | 22.8 |
Alta Sierra Elementary School - Teachers (FTE) and pupil/teacher ratio
School Expenditures:
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Teachers: 17.1 (Salary Expenditures: $1,303,322)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Instructional Aides: 3.4 (Salary Expenditures: $77,748)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of School Administration Staff: 1 (Salary Expenditures: $94,704)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Support Services Staff: 4 (Salary Expenditures: $98,792)
Limited English Proficiency:
- Hispanic: 2
Students with disabilities:
Students with Disabilities (Section 504 only): Students with a disability, who receive related aids and services solely under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and not under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The "Section 504 only" column in the survey items always refers to students with disabilities who receive related aids and services under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and not under IDEA.
- Hispanic: 4 (all male)
- White: 29 (male: 16, female: 13)
Students with disabilities served under Section 504: 2 (all female)
- White: 2
Retention:
(State average from 2,285 schools)
- White: 2
Percent of Kindergarten students retained
Alta Sierra Elementary School: | 2.5% |
State: | 5.3% |
Statewide Student Assessments
Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments:
(State average from 10,463 schools)
The summative assessments are comprehensive, end-of-year assessments of grade-level learning that measure progress toward college and career readiness. Each test in English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics is comprised of two parts: (1) a computer-adaptive test and (2) a performance task, administered within a selected testing window available at 66 percent of the instructional year for grades three through eight, and grade eleven.
The summative assessments are aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for ELA and mathematics. The tests capitalize on the strengths of computer adaptive testing efficient and precise measurement across the full range of achievement and timely turnaround of results.
- All55%
- Males49%
- Females62%
- White40%
ELA Standard Met and Above
ELA students with scores: 124
Percentage Standard Met and Above: | 55% |
California: | 49% |
Standard Not Met: 18.6%
Standard Nearly Met: 26.6%
Standard Met: 31.4%
Standard Exceeded: 23.4%
All Grades:
Alta Sierra Elementary School - ELA Area Achievement Levels (all grades)
- All41%
- Males47%
- Females33%
- White26%
Math Standard Met and Above
Math students with scores: 125
Percentage Standard Met and Above: | 41% |
California: | 38% |
Standard Not Met: 18.4%
Standard Nearly Met: 40.8%
Standard Met: 24.0%
Standard Exceeded: 16.8%
All Grades:
Alta Sierra Elementary School - Math Area Achievement Levels (all grades)
Paper-based CAASPP:
(State average from 9,784 schools)
California Standards Tests (CSTs) - The CSTs for science in grades five, eight, and ten are administered only to students in California public schools. All questions are multiple-choice. These tests were developed specifically to assess students' knowledge of the California content standards in science.
CST Science students with scores: 41
Percentage At Or Above Proficient: | 85% |
California: | 54% |
Percentage Far Below Basic: 3.0% Students demonstrate little or a flawed understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Below Basic: 2.0% Students demonstrate little or a flawed understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Basic: 10.0% Students demonstrate a partial and rudimentary understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Proficient: 56.0% Students demonstrate a competent and adequate understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Advanced: 29.0% Students demonstrate a comprehensive and complex understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
5th Grade: (Mean Scale Score: 390.0, Students tested: 42, Far Below Basic: 3.0%, Below Basic: 2.0%, Basic: 10.0%, Proficient: 56.0%, Advanced: 29.0%)
The Physical Fitness Test:
5th grade: (Students tested: 43, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 65.1%, Needs Improvement: 32.6%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 2.3%)
Body Composition:
5th grade: (Students tested: 43, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 62.8%, Needs Improvement: 11.6%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 25.6%)
Abdominal Strength:
5th grade: (Students tested: 43, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 97.7%, Needs Improvement: 2.3%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 0.0%)
Trunk Extension Strength:
5th grade: (Students tested: 43, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 100.0%, Needs Improvement: 0.0%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 0.0%)
Upper Body Strength:
5th grade: (Students tested: 43, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 74.4%, Needs Improvement: 25.6%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 0.0%)
Flexibility:
5th grade: (Students tested: 43, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 86.0%, Needs Improvement: 14.0%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 0.0%)
California English Language Development Test:
(State average from 9,754 schools)
Alta Sierra Elementary School - students who met CELDT criterion (all grades)
Student Count: 7
Number of students who met CELDT criterion: 6
Students who met CELDT criterion: | 86.0% |
California: | 34.0% |
Accountability
Adequate Yearly Progress:
(State average from 9,846 schools)
Alta Sierra Elementary School - Adequate Yearly Progress status
ELA Participation Rate
Alta Sierra Elementary School: | 97.0% |
State: | 96.3% |
- Hispanic89
- Filipino100
- Native Hawaiian100
- White98
- Multirace100
- SED97
- LEP100
- With Disabilities84
ELA Participation Rate
- Hispanic: 89% (tested 8 out of 9 enrolled)
- Filipino: 100% (tested 1 out of 1 enrolled)
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 100% (tested 1 out of 1 enrolled)
- White: 98% (tested 130 out of 133 enrolled)
- Two or More Races: 100% (tested 3 out of 3 enrolled)
- Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 97% (tested 52 out of 54 enrolled)
- English Learners: 100% (tested 2 out of 2 enrolled)
- Students with Disabilities: 84% (tested 15 out of 18 enrolled)
Math Participation Rate
School: | 97.0% |
State: | 96.1% |
- Hispanic89
- Filipino100
- Native Hawaiian100
- White98
- Multirace100
- SED97
- LEP100
- With Disabilities84
Math Participation Rate
- Hispanic: 89% (tested 8 out of 9 enrolled)
- Filipino: 100% (tested 1 out of 1 enrolled)
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 100% (tested 1 out of 1 enrolled)
- White: 98% (tested 130 out of 133 enrolled)
- Two or More Races: 100% (tested 3 out of 3 enrolled)
- Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 97% (tested 52 out of 54 enrolled)
- English Learners: 100% (tested 2 out of 2 enrolled)
- Students with Disabilities: 84% (tested 15 out of 18 enrolled)
Health & Safety
Offenses:
(State average from 5,445 schools)
A weapon is any instrument or object used with the intent to threaten, injure, or kill. This includes look-alikes if they are used to threaten others.
Physical attack or fight refers to an actual and intentional touching or striking of another person against his/her will, or the intentional causing of bodily harm to an individual. Physical attack or fight does not include rape.
A threat refers to an act where there was no physical contact between the offender and victim but the victim felt that physical harm could have occurred based on verbal or nonverbal communication by the offender. This includes nonverbal threats (e.g., brandishing a weapon), and verbal threats of physical harm which are made in person. Threats made over the telephone or threatening letters are excluded.
Any of this school's students, faculty, or staff died as a result of a homicide committed at this school: No
Incidents of threats of physical attack without a weapon: 11
Total incidents per 1,000 students
Here: | 33.8 |
State: | 60.8 |
Chronic Student Absenteeismt:
(State average from 8,737 schools)
- Hispanic4
- White46
- Multirace2
- LEP2
- IDEA13
- 5042
Chronic Student Absenteeism
- Hispanic: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- White: 46 (male: 23, female: 23)
- Two or More Races: 2 (all male)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 2 (all male)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 13 (male: 8, female: 5)
- Section 504: 2 (all female)
Alta Sierra Elementary School: | 160.0 |
California: | 172.7 |
Suspensions:
(State average from 1,406 schools)
- For students with disabilities served under IDEA : Out-of-school suspension is an instance in which a child is temporarily removed from his/her regular school for at least half a day for disciplinary purposes to another setting (e.g., home, behavior center).Out-of-school suspensions include both removals in which no individualized family service plan(IFSP) or individualized education plan(IEP) services are provided because the removal is 10 days or less as well as removals in which the child continues to receive services according to his/her IFSP or IEP.
- For students without disabilities and students with disabilities served solely under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act : Out-of-school suspension is an instance in which a child is temporarily removed from his / her regular school for at least half a day(but less than the remainder of the school year) for disciplinary purposes to another setting(e.g., home, behavior center).Out-of-school suspensions include removals in which no educational services are provided, and removals in which educational services are provided(e.g., school-provided at home instruction or tutoring).
- White: 21 (male: 20, female: 1)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 9 (all male)
Instances of out-of-school suspension (Students without disabilities): 10
Instances of out-of-school suspension per 1,000 students (Students without disabilities)
Here: | 30.8 |
California: | 84.8 |
Students without disabilities receiving only one out-of-school suspension: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- White: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
Students without disabilities receiving more than one out-of-school suspension: 2 (all male)
- White: 2
Instances of out-of-school suspension (Students with disabilities): 5
Instances of out-of-school suspension per 1,000 students (Students with disabilities)
Alta Sierra Elementary School: | 15.4 |
State: | 28.1 |
Students with disabilities receiving only one out-of-school suspension: 2 (all male)
- White: 2
Students with disabilities receiving more than one out-of-school suspension: 2 (all male)
- White: 2
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