California School for the Deaf-Fremont

Set in Fremont, California, California School for the Deaf-Fremont is a low-enrollment all-grades campus, one of the schools within California School for the Deaf-Fremont (State Special Schl). It educates 279 students across grades K through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 602 students each, so California School for the Deaf-Fremont sits 54% below that benchmark.

Operationally, California School for the Deaf-Fremont answers to California School for the Deaf-Fremont (State Special Schl), which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, California School for the Deaf-Fremont lists that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 18% White, 11% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, California School for the Deaf-Fremont reports 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 4.3:1. The state averages around 18.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% 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 north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Alameda County shows the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. California School for the Deaf-Fremont is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

Nearest neighbor: California School for the Blind, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around California School for the Deaf-Fremont.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at California School for the Deaf-Fremont has declined 26%, going from 375 students in 2018 to 279 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 51% to 58%.

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