Is Rossmoor Elementary a good school?

Yes! Rossmoor Elementary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 209 th of 5862 California elementary schools.

How many students attend Rossmoor Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 550 students attended Rossmoor Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Rossmoor Elementary?

Students at Rossmoor Elementary are 39% White, 29% Hispanic, 15% Two or more races, 15% Asian, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Rossmoor Elementary attend?

Students who attend Rossmoor Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Los Alamitos High

Rossmoor Elementary

Summary:

Rossmoor Elementary is a public elementary school located in Los Alamitos, California, serving grades K-5 with 576 students. It is part of the highly-ranked Los Alamitos Unified School District, which is ranked 63 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Rossmoor Elementary has consistently been one of the top-performing elementary schools in California, ranking in the top 5% of all elementary schools in the state for the past several years. The school has maintained a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating excellent academic performance and student outcomes. Rossmoor students consistently outperform the state and district averages on Smarter Balanced Assessments in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. The school's performance is particularly strong in Mathematics, with 77.82% of students proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to 65.31% for the district and 35.54% for the state. Rossmoor also excels in supporting the academic achievement of various student subgroups, ranking in the top 5% of California elementary schools for Hispanic students, top 10% for Special Education students, and top 20% for Low Socioeconomic Status students.

Compared to nearby schools, Rossmoor Elementary's academic performance is consistently higher than the other schools in the Los Alamitos Unified School District, including Jack L. Weaver Elementary, Francis Hopkinson Elementary, and Los Alamitos Elementary. The schools in the neighboring Long Beach Unified School District, such as Newcomb Academy and Emerson Parkside Academy, generally perform below Rossmoor Elementary, despite being in a larger and more diverse district.

Detail:

Public K-5

3272 Shakespeare Dr.
Los Alamitos, CA 90720-3842

(562) 799-4520

District: Los Alamitos Unified

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $4,860

Students who attend Rossmoor Elementary usually attend:

High:

Los Alamitos High

Student/teacher ratio: 26.1

Number of students: 550

Racial breakdown:

White:

38.5%

Hispanic:

29.3%

Two or more races:

15.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 18.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Rossmoor Elementary ranks better than 96.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 3^rd among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Los Alamitos Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 96.53. (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 Rossmoor Elementary has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Los Alamitos Unified School District. Student population at Rossmoor Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (38.5%), Hispanic (29.3%), two or more races (15.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 18.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Rossmoor Elementary is 26.1, which is the highest among 6 elementary schools in the Los Alamitos Unified School District! (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Rossmoor Elementary is $4,860, which is the lowest among 6 elementary schools in the Los Alamitos Unified School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Rossmoor Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Rossmoor Elementary 209^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Rossmoor Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Los Alamitos Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Alamitos Unified 63^rd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Rossmoor Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Rossmoor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	94.94	240^th	4809	95.0%
2005	92.84	339^th	4822	93.0%
2006	92.04	382^nd	4818	92.1%
2007	92.53	378^th	5113	92.6%
2008	86.50	677^th	5113	86.8%
2009	90.83	440^th	5193	91.5%
2010	85.96	678^th	5314	87.2%
2011	92.85	256^th	5377	95.2%
2012	93.98	154^th	5390	97.1%
2013	94.80	124^th	5530	97.8%
2015	94.49	362^nd	5611	93.5%
2016	95.94	237^th	5614	95.8%
2017	96.39	228^th	5692	96.0%
2018	96.50	173^rd	5662	96.9%
2019	94.97	291^st	5789	95.0%
2022	97.25	180^th	5883	96.9%
2023	95.50	317^th	5874	94.6%
2024	96.53	209^th	5862	96.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Rossmoor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	80.98	82^nd	610	86.6%
2023	66.90	236^th	669	64.7%
2024	66.92	246^th	669	63.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Rossmoor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	88.82	184^th	2420	92.4%
2024	96.49	82^nd	2634	96.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Rossmoor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	95.38	116^th	5084	97.7%
2019	96.23	98^th	5173	98.1%
2022	99.42	29^th	5264	99.4%
2023	94.11	224^th	5374	95.8%
2024	94.85	245^th	5511	95.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Rossmoor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	96.65	105^th	5413	98.1%
2019	93.02	359^th	5492	93.5%
2022	96.17	215^th	5635	96.2%
2023	93.19	427^th	5617	92.4%
2024	94.61	323^rd	5605	94.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Rossmoor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	98.82	31^st	2128	98.5%
2022	98.22	44^th	2227	98.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Rossmoor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	95.23	232^nd	5431	95.7%
2019	95.04	245^th	5510	95.6%
2022	96.82	172^nd	5663	97.0%
2023	95.86	233^rd	5650	95.9%
2024	96.63	151^st	5636	97.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at Rossmoor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	76.23	230^th	1071	78.5%
2019	70.18	373^rd	1149	67.5%
2022	88.50	9^th	1154	99.2%
2023	81.36	128^th	1190	89.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Rossmoor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	98.20	46^th	4830	99.0%
2019	97.40	77^th	4963	98.4%
2022	99.54	20^th	5084	99.6%
2023	97.21	98^th	5098	98.1%
2024	98.51	45^th	5102	99.1%

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Rank History for White students at Rossmoor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	88.23	140^th	2737	94.9%
2019	84.42	291^st	2834	89.7%
2022	84.99	270^th	2726	90.1%
2023	81.22	379^th	2662	85.8%
2024	86.71	192^nd	2647	92.7%

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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 Rossmoor Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	486	7	52	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	571
1989	495	22	67	40	0	n/a	n/a	0	624
1990	490	27	75	54	0	n/a	n/a	0	646
1991	542	37	67	53	0	n/a	n/a	0	699
1992	560	37	70	52	0	n/a	n/a	0	719
1993	462	39	58	51	0	n/a	n/a	0	610
1994	451	41	62	53	0	n/a	n/a	0	607
1995	482	40	65	55	2	n/a	n/a	0	644
1996	482	40	65	55	2	n/a	n/a	0	644
1997	485	31	54	45	1	n/a	n/a	0	616
1998	470	14	48	53	1	n/a	n/a	0	586
1999	491	11	59	61	1	n/a	n/a	0	623
2000	493	9	61	51	1	n/a	n/a	0	615
2001	489	11	76	52	1	n/a	n/a	3	632
2002	451	2	97	52	2	n/a	n/a	6	610
2003	451	2	97	52	2	n/a	n/a	6	610
2004	409	10	89	55	5	n/a	n/a	25	593
2005	383	8	79	60	4	n/a	n/a	46	580
2006	374	10	74	62	4	n/a	n/a	62	586
2007	377	9	69	71	8	n/a	n/a	56	590
2008	362	11	53	67	2	n/a	n/a	0	495
2009	369	12	48	65	1	6	126	0	627
2010	381	11	53	139	0	2	49	0	635
2011	374	5	54	142	1	1	54	0	631
2012	351	10	55	166	0	0	56	0	638
2013	365	8	54	179	0	3	81	0	690
2014	398	13	56	179	1	2	63	0	712
2015	366	18	48	169	0	1	60	0	662
2016	335	12	66	172	0	1	62	0	648
2017	327	17	72	180	2	1	61	0	660
2018	322	15	77	166	0	1	65	0	646
2019	296	10	85	167	0	1	70	0	629
2020	281	11	78	166	0	0	73	0	609
2021	235	9	77	152	0	0	68	0	541
2022	238	8	73	159	0	0	80	0	558
2023	231	10	80	168	0	0	87	0	576
2024	212	9	83	161	0	0	85	0	550

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 Rossmoor Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	571	24.0	23.7	n/a
1989	624	25.0	24.9	n/a
1990	646	24.4	26.4	n/a
1991	699	26.7	26.1	n/a
1992	719	27.1	26.5	13.5
1993	610	22.1	27.6	19.7
1994	607	22.1	27.5	22.1
1995	644	24.5	26.3	15.4
1996	644	24.5	26.3	15.4
1997	616	29.4	21.0	17.5
1998	586	31.5	18.6	9.6
1999	623	30.2	20.6	8.5
2000	615	29.7	20.7	6.2
2001	632	30.2	20.9	6.4
2002	610	29.1	21.0	15.9
2003	610	29.1	21.0	15.9
2004	593	29.1	20.4	7
2005	580	28.1	20.6	6.9
2006	586	27.8	21.1	8.2
2007	590	29.3	20.1	10.7
2008	495	30.5	16.2	10.3
2009	627	28.5	19.9	0
2010	635	26.0	24.4	6.6
2011	631	n/a	n/a	7
2012	638	26.0	24.5	n/a
2013	690	27.6	25.0	9.4
2014	712	27.0	26.3	10
2015	662	26.0	25.4	11.2
2016	648	25.0	25.9	11.9
2017	660	25.0	26.4	13.2
2018	646	25.0	25.8	16.9
2019	629	25.0	25.1	16.2
2020	609	n/a	n/a	18.1
2021	541	22.0	24.5	15.5
2022	558	21.7	25.6	15.6
2023	576	22.0	26.1	16.5
2024	550	21.0	26.1	18.5

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 Rossmoor Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	571	24.0	23.7	n/a
1989	624	25.0	24.9	n/a
1990	646	24.4	26.4	n/a
1991	699	26.7	26.1	n/a
1992	719	27.1	26.5	13.5
1993	610	22.1	27.6	19.7
1994	607	22.1	27.5	22.1
1995	644	24.5	26.3	15.4
1996	644	24.5	26.3	15.4
1997	616	29.4	21.0	17.5
1998	586	31.5	18.6	9.6
1999	623	30.2	20.6	8.5
2000	615	29.7	20.7	6.2
2001	632	30.2	20.9	6.4
2002	610	29.1	21.0	15.9
2003	610	29.1	21.0	15.9
2004	593	29.1	20.4	7
2005	580	28.1	20.6	6.9
2006	586	27.8	21.1	8.2
2007	590	29.3	20.1	10.7
2008	495	30.5	16.2	10.3
2009	627	28.5	19.9	0
2010	635	26.0	24.4	6.6
2011	631	n/a	n/a	7
2012	638	26.0	24.5	n/a
2013	690	27.6	25.0	9.4
2014	712	27.0	26.3	10
2015	662	26.0	25.4	11.2
2016	648	25.0	25.9	11.9
2017	660	25.0	26.4	13.2
2018	646	25.0	25.8	16.9
2019	629	25.0	25.1	16.2
2020	609	n/a	n/a	18.1
2021	541	22.0	24.5	15.5
2022	558	21.7	25.6	15.6
2023	576	22.0	26.1	16.5
2024	550	21.0	26.1	18.5

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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