Allison Elementary, Pomona CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Allison Elementary

Allison Elementary is a small school serving kindergarten through sixth grade in Pomona, situated in a densely populated urban setting where most students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and the enrollment is predominantly Hispanic. The school sits within Pomona Unified, a district serving the broader city and its surrounding neighborhoods.

On California's latest state assessments, Allison's proficiency results are low across the board. In English language arts, school-wide proficiency sits at approximately a third of students overall, with performance varying by grade: third grade shows roughly a third of students meeting grade-level standards, fourth grade about a third, fifth grade around two-fifths, and sixth grade about a quarter. In mathematics, results are weaker still, with overall proficiency around a quarter of students. Third and fourth grades again show roughly a third of students proficient, but fifth grade drops to approximately a quarter, and sixth grade falls to around a seventh of students. In the one science assessment available, at fifth grade, roughly a quarter of students met proficiency benchmarks. When compared to schools across Los Angeles County with similar data, Allison falls in the bottom quartile on a combined proficiency index. The school has only one year of recent testing data, so trend information is not available.

The school serves a highly economically disadvantaged population. Over nine-tenths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and enrollment sits at roughly four hundred thirty students distributed fairly evenly across grades. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with small populations of Black, white, Asian, and multiracial students.

In the community context, Pomona has seen recent transit investment with the September 2025 opening of the Metro A Line light rail extension to the city, and the city is actively developing housing alongside its historic downtown Arts Colony and cultural corridor. The median home value in the zip code is in the mid-six-hundred thousands, with median rent near twenty-five hundred monthly; housing affordability relative to income is below the state benchmark. Property taxes in the district will rise due to the November 2024 passage of Measure UU, a general obligation bond for facility repairs and upgrades including roof, restroom, plumbing, safe water, asbestos removal, mold remediation, and lead-paint abatement across district schools. In March 2024, the district and its teachers union agreed to salary increases aimed at bringing teacher compensation closer to neighboring districts.

A parent evaluating Allison should recognize that the school serves an economically disadvantaged student body and currently shows proficiency rates well below state standards across tested grades and subjects. The school's academic performance is a significant consideration. At the same time, district leadership is making visible infrastructure investments and working to improve teacher compensation. The combination of low current proficiency, a high-poverty enrollment, and the economic context of the community suggests families should have clear-eyed conversations with the school about its academic support systems, intervention strategies, and partnership with families on student learning.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 28% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 24% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 22% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 614%

School 14% · District 24% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 332%

School 32% · District 31%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 32% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 35% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 37% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Science

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 21% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

This schoolPomona Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.