Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY UNIFIED·NCES 060474006895
Cragmont Elementary
830 Regal Rd., Berkeley, CA 94708 · (510) 644-8810 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
83 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
75%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
71.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.4pp since 2014
Math
68.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 46.9% | 24.5% | 15.0% | 13.6% |
| Math | 45.6% | 23.1% | 16.3% | 15.0% |
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 | 71.4% | 68.7% |
| 2023-24 | 71.7% | 65.3% |
| 2022-23 | 68.7% | 64.7% |
| 2021-22 | 71.0% | 67.9% |
| 2018-19 | 66.5% | 59.9% |
| 2017-18 | 62.3% | 57.5% |
| 2016-17 | 62.1% | 60.7% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 65.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Cragmont Elementary
Cragmont Elementary's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cragmont Elementary this school | 290 | 28.6% | 69.5% |
| McKinley Elementary San Francisco | 294 | 28.2% | 64.5% |
| Peralta Elementary Oakland | 355 | 30.4% | 71.5% |
| Thornhill Elementary Oakland | 370 | 27.6% | 66.3% |
| Kettering Elementary Long Beach | 348 | 32.2% | 71.5% |
| Hillcrest Oakland | 393 | 29.8% | 67.8% |
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 Cragmont Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #675 of 5,151 | #59 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #657 of 5,172 ▲ 145 | #57 of 192 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #679 of 5,172 ▼ 55 | #55 of 192 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #3,148 of 5,116 | #84 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #4,840 of 5,915 | #181 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #1,811 of 5,352 | #48 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.8% | #135 of 5,354 | #19 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.6% | #4,810 of 5,625 | #150 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.3% | #738 of 3,837 | #34 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
290
-23 (-7%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 290 | 13.5 | 21.5:1 | 29% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 14 | 21.0:1 | 28% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 303 | 16.3 | 18.6:1 | 25% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 17 | 18.4:1 | 25% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 20.4 | 19.6:1 | 35% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 22 | 19.1:1 | 37% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | N/A | N/A | 40% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 23 | 17.3:1 | 41% (164) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cragmont Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (399 to 290); teachers down 34% (20.4 to 13.5).
About Cragmont Elementary
Cragmont Elementary, located in Berkeley, California, is a small elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 290 students. The school is 38% below the average for elementary schools in California.
Berkeley Unified counts 17 schools and 9,116 students, including Cragmont Elementary.
White students account for 38% of enrollment at Cragmont Elementary, more than any other group. The remaining students are 23% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 10% Black, and 10% Asian. Among people living in Alameda County, the White share is about 30%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cragmont Elementary scores 75%.
Staffing at Cragmont Elementary comes to 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.5:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Cragmont Elementary counts 29% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 49% average for public schools in Alameda County.
On BeatsExpectations, Cragmont Elementary is 6.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Looking at the county, Alameda County, median household income comes to about $129,367, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 394, with about 210,511 students.
About 0.7 miles separate Cragmont Elementary from the closest public school, Thousand Oaks Elementary. The five-mile area around Cragmont Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Cragmont Elementary's average proficiency of 69.5% compares with 74.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, Cragmont Elementary is City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Cragmont Elementary had a net loss of 23 students, or 7%. The school's ratio increased from 18.4:1 to 21.5:1 between 2020-21 and 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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Frequently asked questions
About Cragmont ElementaryHow large is Cragmont Elementary?
Cragmont Elementary enrolls approximately 290 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cragmont Elementary serve?
Cragmont Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cragmont Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cragmont Elementary is approximately 21.5:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cragmont Elementary?
Student demographics at Cragmont Elementary are roughly 38% White, 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, 19% Two or more.
What district is Cragmont Elementary in?
Cragmont Elementary is part of Berkeley Unified.
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