Birch Grove Primary

Set in Newark, California, Birch Grove Primary is an average-sized elementary school, overseen by Newark Unified. It educates 409 students across grades K through 2.

Newark Unified comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 4,661 students; Birch Grove Primary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Birch Grove Primary shows that the most-represented group is Asian (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 31% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% White, 4% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

In terms of school funding signals, Birch Grove Primary shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the surrounding community, Alameda County reports that the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Birch Grove Primary is one.

The closest other public school is Birch Grove Intermediate, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Birch Grove Primary.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Birch Grove Primary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 408 (now 409). White enrollment moved from 15% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 31.6:1 in 2018 to 25.6:1 today.

On this page, members of the Birch Grove Primary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.