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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMEDA UNIFIED·NCES 060177000043
Amelia Earhart Elementary
400 Packet Landing Rd., Alameda, CA 94502 · (510) 748-4003 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
127 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 139 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 40% larger than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
74.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.7pp since 2014
Math
81.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 49.8% | 24.5% | 15.3% | 10.3% |
| Math | 58.2% | 23.6% | 11.0% | 7.2% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 81.8% |
| 2023-24 | 75.6% | 77.2% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 84.8% |
| 2021-22 | 79.2% | 83.6% |
| 2018-19 | 84.0% | 86.9% |
| 2017-18 | 84.3% | 83.6% |
| 2016-17 | 80.1% | 77.9% |
| 2015-16 | 78.0% | 79.0% |
| 2014-15 | 76.0% | 77.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
77.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Amelia Earhart Elementary
Amelia Earhart Elementary's state test result (77.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Earhart Elementary this school | 573 | 22.2% | 77.1% |
| Tustin Memorial Elementary Santa Ana | 613 | 22.5% | 85.9% |
| Bay Farm Alameda | 531 | 18.5% | 77.1% |
| Walteria Elementary Torrance | 650 | 16.8% | 81.6% |
| Eastshore Elementary Irvine | 549 | 17.3% | 79.0% |
| Audubon Elementary Foster City | 445 | 20.9% | 68.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Amelia Earhart Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #351 of 5,151 | #29 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #177 of 5,172 ▲ 156 | #19 of 192 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #523 of 5,172 ▼ 84 | #43 of 192 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.3pp | #883 of 5,116 | #56 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #1,612 of 5,915 | #55 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #4,378 of 5,352 | #152 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #618 of 5,354 | #57 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.2% | #5,075 of 5,625 | #172 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #2,572 of 3,837 | #102 of 138 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
573
-64 (-10%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 665
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 22.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 573 | 23 | 24.9:1 | 22% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 23 | 24.9:1 | 16% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 588 | 23 | 25.6:1 | 20% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 637 | 29 | 22.0:1 | 10% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 24 | 26.8:1 | 13% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 25 | 24.9:1 | 7% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | N/A | N/A | 11% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 683 | 34 | 20.1:1 | 8% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 665 | 26 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amelia Earhart Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (643 to 573); teachers down 4% (24 to 23).
About Amelia Earhart Elementary
Amelia Earhart Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Alameda, California, (ZIP code 94502). A federal count lists 573 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 23% bigger than that.
Alameda Unified, which runs Amelia Earhart Elementary, has 15 schools and 9,260 students.
The most common group at Amelia Earhart Elementary is Asian students, at 45%. The school is also 21% multiracial, 20% White, 10% Hispanic, and 2% Black. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 33%. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Amelia Earhart Elementary is 23 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 24.9:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school counts 127 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 22%. For comparison, public schools in Alameda County average 49%.
Amelia Earhart Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Amelia Earhart Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 77.1% actual against 66.5% predicted.
Alameda County has these Census figures: the median household income is $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alameda County is home to 394 public schools and about 210,511 public school students.
Frank Otis Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Amelia Earhart Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Amelia Earhart Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Amelia Earhart Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has fallen by 64 students since 2020-21, to 573. The school's ratio rose from 22.0:1 to 24.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Amelia Earhart Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alameda Unified
- Alameda HighHigh · 1,868 students
- Encinal Junior/Senior HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 971 students
- Will C. Wood MiddleMiddle · 613 students
- Frank Otis ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Bay FarmElementary · 531 students
Other schools in Alameda
- Alameda HighHigh · 1,868 students
- Encinal Junior/Senior HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 971 students
- The Academy of AlamedaElementary · 638 students
- Will C. Wood MiddleMiddle · 613 students
- Frank Otis ElementaryElementary · 569 students
Other Amelia Earhart Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Amelia Earhart Elementary. Amelia Earhart Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Amelia Earhart Elementary SchoolGoddard, KS · 514 students
- Amelia Earhart Elementary SchoolLafayette, IN · 455 students
- AMELIA EARHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHIALEAH, FL · 454 students
Nearby schools
- Frank Otis Elementary0.6 mi · 569
- Lincoln Middle0.7 mi · 971
- Bay Farm0.7 mi · 531
- Edison Elementary1.4 mi · 474
- Alameda High1.5 mi · 1,868
- Will C. Wood Middle1.7 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Amelia Earhart ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Amelia Earhart Elementary?
Amelia Earhart Elementary enrolls approximately 573 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Amelia Earhart Elementary serve?
Amelia Earhart Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Amelia Earhart Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Amelia Earhart Elementary is approximately 24.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Amelia Earhart Elementary?
Amelia Earhart Elementary reports a student body of 20% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 45% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Who oversees Amelia Earhart Elementary?
Amelia Earhart Elementary is overseen by Alameda Unified in Alameda County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.