Bancroft Middle

Located at 1150 Bancroft Ave., in San Leandro, California, Bancroft Middle is a reasonably sized intermediate school that serves 948 students (grades 6 through 8), run under San Leandro Unified. That puts it 44% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

San Leandro Unified runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 8,834 students. Bancroft Middle is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Bancroft Middle reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Black, 12% Asian, 8% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Bancroft Middle logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bancroft Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.4%; this one delivers 23.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Alameda County reports that median household earnings sit near $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Bancroft Middle is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

Nearest neighbor: Roosevelt Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bancroft Middle at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 36.4%.

Bancroft Middle operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Bancroft Middle's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,048 (now 948). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 18% to 14%.

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