Bay Farm

Bay Farm operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Alameda, California, overseen by Alameda Unified. Current enrollment sits at 531 students spanning grades K through 8.

Alameda Unified comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 9,260 students; Bay Farm is among them.

Demographically, Bay Farm lists that 38% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% multiracial, 24% White, 12% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 18% 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 south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Bay Farm performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.5%, the actual is 75.3%, a residual of +6.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Alameda County) shows that median household earnings sit near $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Bay Farm is one.

Nearest neighbor: Amelia Earhart Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bay Farm. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bay Farm at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 67.2%.

Bay Farm operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 640 students in 2018 compared to 531 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Bay Farm community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.