Ardenwood Elementary

Located at 33955 Emilia Ln., in Fremont, California, Ardenwood Elementary is a mid-tier K-5 school that caters to 637 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Fremont Unified. That puts it 37% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Ardenwood Elementary is one of 43 schools operated by Fremont Unified, a district that educates 33,073 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Ardenwood Elementary reports that Asian students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school records 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 33% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Ardenwood Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

After controlling for student poverty, Ardenwood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.3%, the actual is 82.5%, a residual of +14.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Alameda County shows median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Ardenwood Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Forest Park Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ardenwood Elementary. On composite proficiency, Ardenwood Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Ardenwood Elementary's enrollment has shrank 33% since 2018, when it stood at 948 (now 637). The Asian share of enrollment declined from 84% to 78% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.