Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND UNIFIED·NCES 062805004251
Cleveland Elementary
745 Cleveland St., Oakland, CA 94606 · (510) 879-2108 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
26.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
210 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
80%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
60.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.1pp since 2014
Math
57.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.3% | 23.8% | 18.6% | 21.2% |
| Math | 32.0% | 25.8% | 20.6% | 21.6% |
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 | 60.1% | 57.7% |
| 2023-24 | 57.9% | 58.1% |
| 2022-23 | 59.9% | 56.8% |
| 2021-22 | 61.8% | 54.5% |
| 2018-19 | 61.6% | 61.1% |
| 2017-18 | 59.1% | 64.2% |
| 2016-17 | 57.7% | 59.2% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 58.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Cleveland Elementary
Cleveland Elementary's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Elementary this school | 376 | 55.9% | 58.3% |
| Parks (Rosa) Elementary San Francisco | 326 | 62.6% | 34.2% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Sacramento | 357 | 61.9% | 26.8% |
| Ruby Bridges Elementary Alameda | 458 | 65.7% | 40.5% |
| Madison Elementary Lakewood | 406 | 51.5% | 53.5% |
| Rolling Hills Elementary Fairfield | 526 | 57.0% | 38.3% |
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 Cleveland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #1,210 of 5,151 | #90 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #1,164 of 5,172 ▼ 75 | #90 of 192 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #1,318 of 5,172 ▲ 50 | #91 of 192 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #3,133 of 5,116 | #83 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #3,986 of 5,915 | #146 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.9:1 | #5,087 of 5,352 | #191 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 80.3% | #1 of 5,354 | #1 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.9% | #3,656 of 5,625 | #94 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #2,880 of 3,837 | #112 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
376
-27 (-7%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
26.9:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 376 | 14 | 26.9:1 | 56% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 14 | 27.4:1 | 55% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 14 | 26.5:1 | 51% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 16 | 25.2:1 | 45% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 15.5 | 26.5:1 | 49% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 17 | 24.0:1 | 58% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | N/A | N/A | 51% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 364 | 17 | 21.4:1 | 57% (206) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | 18 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cleveland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (411 to 376); teachers down 10% (15.5 to 14).
About Cleveland Elementary
Cleveland Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Oakland, California. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 376 students in kindergarten through 5.
Oakland Unified, which runs Cleveland Elementary, has 84 schools and 33,973 students.
The most common group at Cleveland Elementary is Asian students, at 21%. After that, the student body is 20% White, 19% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 19% multiracial. Among all residents of Alameda County, the Asian share is about 33%. Pick two students at random and there is an 80% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Cleveland Elementary's 14 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 26.9:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 56%.
Cleveland Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Cleveland Elementary would be expected to post about 46.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.3%.
Census Bureau estimates for Alameda County show that the median household income is $129,367, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 394 public schools in Alameda County, enrolling about 210,511 students in all.
The closest other public school is Oakland High, about 0.4 miles away. Cleveland Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 30.4% on proficiency, and Cleveland Elementary is above that at 58.3%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 7% from its 2020-21 level of 403. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 25.2:1 in 2020-21 to 26.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Other Cleveland Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Cleveland Elementary. Cleveland Elementary is the 14th largest of the 23.
- Cleveland ElementaryStockton, CA · 587 students
- Cleveland ElementaryLakewood, CA · 450 students
- Cleveland ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 300 students
- Cleveland ElementarySanta Barbara, CA · 254 students
- Cleveland ElementaryClayton, NC · 851 students
Nearby schools
- Oakland High0.4 mi · 1,579
- Bella Vista Elementary0.4 mi · 349
- AIMS College Prep High0.6 mi · 386
- Franklin Elementary0.8 mi · 499
- Edna Brewer Middle0.8 mi · 785
- Dewey Academy High0.9 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About Cleveland ElementaryHow large is Cleveland Elementary?
Cleveland Elementary enrolls approximately 376 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Cleveland Elementary serve?
Cleveland Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cleveland Elementary?
Approximately 26.9:1 students per teacher at Cleveland Elementary.
How diverse is Cleveland Elementary?
Cleveland Elementary reports a student body of 20% White, 19% Hispanic, 19% Black, 21% Asian, 19% Two or more.
What district is Cleveland Elementary in?
Cleveland Elementary is part of Oakland Unified.
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