Is Arroyo Seco Elementary a good school?

Arroyo Seco Elementary ranks 1842 nd of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Arroyo Seco Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 582 students attended Arroyo Seco Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Arroyo Seco Elementary?

Students at Arroyo Seco Elementary are 47% White, 30% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 10% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Arroyo Seco Elementary attend?

Students who attend Arroyo Seco Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : East Avenue Middle High : Livermore High

Arroyo Seco Elementary

Summary:

Arroyo Seco Elementary is a public elementary school in Livermore, California, serving 587 students in grades K-5. It is part of the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District, which is ranked 399 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Arroyo Seco Elementary has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 19:1, the school faces several challenges. Its test scores are generally lower than the district and state averages, particularly for Hispanic and English Language Learner students, who perform in the bottom 25% of California elementary schools. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism, which has increased from 4.1% in 2018-2019 to 26.9% in 2021-2022, much higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, Arroyo Seco has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 33.56%.

Compared to nearby schools in the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District, such as Rancho Las Positas Elementary, Emma C. Smith Elementary, and Altamont Creek Elementary, Arroyo Seco's performance is generally weaker, with lower test scores and higher chronic absenteeism. The school with the most similar demographics, Marylin Avenue Elementary, also struggles with these issues. Addressing the challenges at Arroyo Seco Elementary should be a priority for the school and the district to improve student outcomes.

Detail:

Public K-5

5280 Irene Way
Livermore, CA 94550-3508

(925) 606-4700

District: Livermore Valley Joint Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1842^nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,904

Students who attend Arroyo Seco Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	East Avenue Middle
High:	Livermore High

Student/teacher ratio: 17.8

Number of students: 582

Racial breakdown:

White:

46.7%

Hispanic:

29.9%

Asian:

11.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 24.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Arroyo Seco Elementary ranks better than 68.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 9^th among 11 ranked elementary schools in the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 64.62. (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: White (46.7%), Hispanic (29.9%), Asian (11.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 24.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Arroyo Seco Elementary is 17.8, which is the lowest among 11 elementary schools in the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District! (See more...)

Compare Arroyo Seco Elementary employs 32.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Arroyo Seco Elementary is $6,904. 8 elementary schools in the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Arroyo Seco Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Arroyo Seco Elementary 1842^nd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Arroyo Seco Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Livermore Valley Joint Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Livermore Valley Joint Unified 399^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Arroyo Seco Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Arroyo Seco Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	80.58	871^st	4809	81.9%
2005	81.02	891^st	4822	81.5%
2006	84.13	776^th	4818	83.9%
2007	81.04	936^th	5113	81.7%
2008	72.80	1287^th	5113	74.8%
2009	75.90	1168^th	5193	77.5%
2010	69.92	1457^th	5314	72.6%
2011	77.05	1155^th	5377	78.5%
2012	84.68	745^th	5390	86.2%
2013	85.05	755^th	5530	86.3%
2015	74.22	1346^th	5611	76.0%
2016	70.36	1513^th	5614	73.0%
2017	71.83	1477^th	5692	74.1%
2018	61.78	1965^th	5662	65.3%
2019	68.31	1683^rd	5789	70.9%
2021	69.76	393^rd	1417	72.3%
2022	79.10	1231^st	5883	79.1%
2023	72.21	1490^th	5874	74.6%
2024	64.62	1842^nd	5862	68.6%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Arroyo Seco Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.63	278^th	339	18.0%
2019	31.98	343^rd	445	22.9%
2024	61.98	303^rd	669	54.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Arroyo Seco Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	30.01	2495^th	3275	23.8%
2022	35.16	2191^st	3311	33.8%
2024	43.57	1580^th	3160	50.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Arroyo Seco Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	44.86	1049^th	2420	56.7%
2024	46.73	1074^th	2634	59.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Arroyo Seco Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	43.47	2788^th	5084	45.2%
2019	31.50	3754^th	5173	27.4%
2021	38.46	671^st	1110	39.5%
2022	36.79	3277^th	5264	37.7%
2023	37.00	3319^th	5374	38.2%
2024	37.78	3304^th	5511	40.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Arroyo Seco Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	59.20	2015^th	5413	62.8%
2019	63.78	1809^th	5492	67.1%
2021	77.57	259^th	1267	79.6%
2022	83.83	919^th	5635	83.7%
2023	77.19	1208^th	5617	78.5%
2024	67.02	1613^th	5605	71.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Arroyo Seco Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.22	1033^rd	2128	51.5%
2019	61.88	682^nd	2585	73.6%
2021	50.29	106^th	293	63.8%
2022	62.89	536^th	2227	75.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Arroyo Seco Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	62.53	1831^st	5431	66.3%
2019	70.28	1508^th	5510	72.6%
2021	57.04	480^th	1272	62.3%
2022	68.47	1594^th	5663	71.9%
2023	63.58	1786^th	5650	68.4%
2024	59.91	1982^nd	5636	64.8%

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Rank History for Asian students at Arroyo Seco Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	31.30	848^th	1071	20.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Arroyo Seco Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	46.44	2446^th	4830	49.4%
2019	43.47	2717^th	4963	45.3%
2022	54.64	1913^th	5084	62.4%
2023	47.93	2364^th	5098	53.6%
2024	27.05	3949^th	5102	22.6%

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Rank History for White students at Arroyo Seco Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	44.86	1665^th	2737	39.2%
2019	63.87	1066^th	2834	62.4%
2022	73.69	673^rd	2726	75.3%
2023	62.57	1028^th	2662	61.4%
2024	52.64	1337^th	2647	49.5%

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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 Arroyo Seco Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	364	12	14	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	410
1989	383	16	25	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	444
1990	411	16	15	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	462
1991	437	21	15	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	498
1992	483	19	14	34	1	n/a	n/a	0	551
1993	488	16	33	39	2	n/a	n/a	0	578
1994	529	18	38	60	1	n/a	n/a	0	646
1995	487	16	38	80	3	n/a	n/a	0	624
1996	487	16	38	80	3	n/a	n/a	0	624
1997	493	12	45	97	3	n/a	n/a	0	650
1998	500	16	31	94	1	n/a	n/a	0	642
1999	501	16	35	97	2	n/a	n/a	0	651
2000	499	19	31	93	2	n/a	n/a	0	644
2001	472	23	30	87	3	n/a	n/a	0	615
2002	416	32	50	75	3	n/a	n/a	5	581
2003	416	32	50	75	3	n/a	n/a	5	581
2004	416	24	64	79	1	n/a	n/a	9	593
2005	513	36	76	130	2	n/a	n/a	13	770
2006	459	27	60	128	2	n/a	n/a	22	698
2007	445	33	62	127	2	n/a	n/a	14	683
2008	468	23	64	150	2	n/a	n/a	0	707
2009	452	32	57	151	4	4	5	0	705
2010	465	28	54	143	3	3	14	0	710
2011	438	23	52	156	2	4	39	0	714
2012	418	29	42	180	2	4	63	0	738
2013	377	23	36	180	1	1	69	0	687
2014	368	25	39	182	1	1	72	0	688
2015	323	20	46	185	1	0	76	0	651
2016	291	15	44	199	0	0	72	0	621
2017	317	19	52	191	1	0	80	0	660
2018	303	14	70	196	0	0	81	0	664
2019	314	15	62	216	0	0	71	0	678
2020	309	17	68	200	0	0	71	0	665
2021	296	11	67	182	3	1	76	0	636
2022	288	2	57	182	1	1	61	0	592
2023	286	7	59	172	1	2	60	0	587
2024	272	10	66	174	0	1	59	0	582

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 Arroyo Seco Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	410	16.8	24.4	n/a
1989	444	18.0	24.6	n/a
1990	462	16.0	28.8	n/a
1991	498	17.0	29.2	n/a
1992	551	17.3	31.8	13.8
1993	578	20.0	28.9	13.5
1994	646	23.0	28.1	17.6
1995	624	21.0	29.7	16.5
1996	624	21.0	29.7	16.5
1997	650	24.7	26.3	16.9
1998	642	27.7	23.2	19
1999	651	31.7	20.5	16
2000	644	32.5	19.8	16.5
2001	615	33.3	18.5	12.8
2002	581	28.0	20.8	15.1
2003	581	28.0	20.8	15.1
2004	593	26.0	22.8	15.2
2005	770	28.0	27.5	17.6
2006	698	30.0	23.3	17
2007	683	33.0	20.7	20.6
2008	707	36.8	19.2	22.8
2009	705	34.8	19.2	22.7
2010	710	34.0	20.8	24.6
2011	714	n/a	n/a	23.9
2012	738	32.0	23.0	n/a
2013	687	31.4	21.8	23.7
2014	688	29.0	23.7	20.8
2015	651	28.0	23.2	23.5
2016	621	29.0	21.4	23.5
2017	660	25.5	25.8	23
2018	664	27.0	24.5	22.9
2019	678	29.0	23.3	23.3
2020	665	n/a	n/a	22.1
2021	636	28.0	22.7	22.2
2022	592	27.5	21.5	18.4
2023	587	30.8	19.0	33.6
2024	582	32.6	17.8	24.7

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 Arroyo Seco Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	410	16.8	24.4	n/a
1989	444	18.0	24.6	n/a
1990	462	16.0	28.8	n/a
1991	498	17.0	29.2	n/a
1992	551	17.3	31.8	13.8
1993	578	20.0	28.9	13.5
1994	646	23.0	28.1	17.6
1995	624	21.0	29.7	16.5
1996	624	21.0	29.7	16.5
1997	650	24.7	26.3	16.9
1998	642	27.7	23.2	19
1999	651	31.7	20.5	16
2000	644	32.5	19.8	16.5
2001	615	33.3	18.5	12.8
2002	581	28.0	20.8	15.1
2003	581	28.0	20.8	15.1
2004	593	26.0	22.8	15.2
2005	770	28.0	27.5	17.6
2006	698	30.0	23.3	17
2007	683	33.0	20.7	20.6
2008	707	36.8	19.2	22.8
2009	705	34.8	19.2	22.7
2010	710	34.0	20.8	24.6
2011	714	n/a	n/a	23.9
2012	738	32.0	23.0	n/a
2013	687	31.4	21.8	23.7
2014	688	29.0	23.7	20.8
2015	651	28.0	23.2	23.5
2016	621	29.0	21.4	23.5
2017	660	25.5	25.8	23
2018	664	27.0	24.5	22.9
2019	678	29.0	23.3	23.3
2020	665	n/a	n/a	22.1
2021	636	28.0	22.7	22.2
2022	592	27.5	21.5	18.4
2023	587	30.8	19.0	33.6
2024	582	32.6	17.8	24.7

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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