Amelia Earhart Elementary

Amelia Earhart Elementary operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in Alameda, California, one of the schools within Alameda Unified. Current enrollment sits at 573 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 23% above typical.

Amelia Earhart Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Alameda Unified, a district that serves 9,260 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Amelia Earhart Elementary lists that the largest single group is Asian at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 21% multiracial, 20% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 33% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Amelia Earhart Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.3%; this one delivers 76.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Alameda County) shows that median household income runs about $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Amelia Earhart Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Frank Otis Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Amelia Earhart Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 67.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Amelia Earhart Elementary's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 643 (now 573). Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Amelia Earhart Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.