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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY UNIFIED·NCES 060474000431
Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier
1645 Milvia St., Berkeley, CA 94709 · (510) 644-6225 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
119 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 65%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
78.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.0pp since 2014
Math
72.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 60.2% | 17.8% | 12.6% | 9.4% |
| Math | 50.8% | 22.0% | 16.2% | 11.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 72.8% |
| 2023-24 | 80.8% | 70.4% |
| 2022-23 | 77.4% | 72.6% |
| 2021-22 | 74.0% | 68.3% |
| 2018-19 | 72.0% | 70.2% |
| 2017-18 | 64.8% | 64.4% |
| 2016-17 | 58.6% | 60.8% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 64.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 66.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier
Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier this school | 407 | 29.2% | 75.5% |
| Hillcrest Oakland | 393 | 29.8% | 67.8% |
| Peralta Elementary Oakland | 355 | 30.4% | 71.5% |
| Rosa Parks Environmental Science Berkeley | 393 | 33.8% | 72.5% |
| Ruth Acty Elementary Berkeley | 410 | 23.7% | 86.3% |
| Washington Elementary Berkeley | 401 | 33.4% | 71.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #408 of 5,151 | #35 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #491 of 5,172 ▲ 91 | #46 of 192 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #361 of 5,172 ▼ 139 | #25 of 192 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #1,897 of 5,116 | #42 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #3,608 of 5,915 | #135 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,777 of 5,352 | #47 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #578 of 5,354 | #54 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.2% | #4,788 of 5,625 | #148 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #2,951 of 3,837 | #114 of 138 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
407
+20 (+5%) vs 2020
+102% since 1990-91, when it was 201
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 19.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 407 | 19 | 21.4:1 | 29% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 19 | 21.3:1 | 23% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 21.9 | 18.0:1 | 22% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 25% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 21 | 21.1:1 | 33% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 20 | 22.4:1 | 34% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 408 | N/A | N/A | 49% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 417 | 23 | 18.1:1 | 42% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 201 | 9 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (442 to 407); teachers down 9% (21 to 19).
About Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier
Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier is a mid-sized elementary school in Berkeley, California, (ZIP code 94709). There are 407 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
In Berkeley Unified, 17 schools enroll a combined 9,116 students.
No group is above 50% at Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier; the largest is White, at 47%. It is also 20% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 9% Black. Alameda County's residents are about 30% White, 17 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier scores 70%.
Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier has a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1, with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The school has 29% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 49% for public schools in Alameda County.
Among California public elementary schools, Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 75.5%, compared with a predicted 62.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Alameda County, median household income comes to about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Alameda County counts 394 public schools with about 210,511 students.
Of the public schools around it, Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier is closest to Martin Luther King Middle, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier at 2nd of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment increased 5% over 4 years, reaching 407 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 19.4:1 to 21.4:1.
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Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Berkeley Unified
- Berkeley HighHigh · 3,218 students
- Martin Luther King MiddleMiddle · 851 students
- Willard MiddleMiddle · 596 students
- Malcolm X ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Longfellow Arts and Technology MiddleMiddle · 462 students
- Ruth Acty ElementaryElementary · 410 students
Other schools in Berkeley
- Berkeley HighHigh · 3,218 students
- Martin Luther King MiddleMiddle · 851 students
- Willard MiddleMiddle · 596 students
- Malcolm X ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Longfellow Arts and Technology MiddleMiddle · 462 students
- Ruth Acty ElementaryElementary · 410 students
Nearby schools
- Martin Luther King Middle0.5 mi · 851
- Berkeley High0.6 mi · 3,218
- Washington Elementary0.7 mi · 401
- Ruth Acty Elementary0.8 mi · 410
- Oxford Elementary at West Campus1.1 mi · 254
- Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle1.2 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Berkeley Arts Magnet at WhittierHow large is Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier?
Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier enrolls approximately 407 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier serve?
Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier have?
Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier?
Student demographics at Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier are roughly 47% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 10% Asian, 20% Two or more.
What district is Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier in?
Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier is part of Berkeley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.