Bay Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary school in San Lorenzo, California, Bay Elementary educates 422 students from grades K through 5, part of San Lorenzo Unified.

Within San Lorenzo Unified, which oversees 16 schools and 7,936 students, Bay Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Bay Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 31% Asian, 9% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bay Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.8%.

In the broader community, 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%. Bay Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

KIPP Summit Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bay Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 35.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Bay Elementary's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 490 (now 422). The Asian share of enrollment increased from 26% to 31% over that span.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.