Cornell Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Albany, California, Cornell Elementary enrolls 560 students from grades K through 5, operated by Albany City Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Cornell Elementary sits 20% bigger than that benchmark.

Albany City Unified runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,684 students. Cornell Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Cornell Elementary logs that 32% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 29% multiracial, 22% White, 16% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Alameda County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cornell Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Alameda County put median household earnings sit near $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Cornell Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Ocean View Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cornell Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 69.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 553 students in 2018 compared to 560 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 30% to 22%. Class-load math has grew: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 24.8:1 in 2025.

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