August Schilling Elementary

August Schilling Elementary is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in Newark, California, one of the schools within Newark Unified, with 344 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

Newark Unified comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 4,661 students; August Schilling Elementary is among them.

On demographics, August Schilling Elementary lists that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 16% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% White, 2% Black. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at August Schilling Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, August Schilling Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 46.4%; August Schilling Elementary posts 17.2%, -29.2 points below that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Alameda County put the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. August Schilling Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around August Schilling Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts August Schilling Elementary at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 46.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at August Schilling Elementary has shrank 17%, going from 413 students in 2018 to 344 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 75% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.