Beach Elementary

Beach Elementary operates as a modestly sized elementary school in Piedmont, California, operated by Piedmont City Unified. Current enrollment sits at 323 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Beach Elementary sits 31% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Piedmont City Unified, which oversees 6 schools and 2,447 students, Beach Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Beach Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 23% multiracial, 19% Asian, 10% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the income-and-resources front, Beach Elementary shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Beach Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 4% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Beach Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 76.9%; actual is 93.6%, +16.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Alameda County put median household income runs about $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Beach Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

Nearest neighbor: Piedmont Avenue Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Beach Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 67.6%.

Beach Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Beach Elementary has increased 8%, going from 298 students in 2018 to 323 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged up from 12% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Beach Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.