Total enrollment
9,260
+221 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
16 schools in Alameda Unified
California · 9,260 students · 1 city
Alameda Unified runs 16 public K-12 schools inside California, with combined enrollment around 9,260 (10 elementary, 2 middle, and 4 high).
4-year change in Alameda Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
15
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Alameda Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #74 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 9,260 | #166 of 587 | #1,007 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 15 | #145 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #507 of 587 | #8,901 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 35.4% | #463 of 587 | #6,062 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.3% | #3 of 530 | #33 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Alameda Unified
State test results across the district's 13 scored schools run from Bay Farm at 77.1% proficient to Ruby Bridges Elementary at 40.5%, a gap of 36.6 points. That is the 163rd widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 15 district schools that reported both years went from 9,384 to 9,260 students (down 1%) and from 406 to 395 full-time teachers (down 3%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda High | Alameda | High | 09-12 | 1,868 |
| Encinal Junior/Senior High | Alameda | High | 06-12 | 1,280 |
| Lincoln Middle | Alameda | Middle | 06-08 | 971 |
| Will C. Wood Middle | Alameda | Middle | 06-08 | 613 |
| Amelia Earhart Elementary | Alameda | Elementary | KG-05 | 573 |
| Frank Otis Elementary | Alameda | Elementary | KG-05 | 569 |
| Bay Farm | Alameda | Elementary | KG-08 | 531 |
| Love Elementary | Alameda | Elementary | KG-05 | 498 |
| Maya Lin | Alameda | Elementary | KG-05 | 475 |
| Edison Elementary | Alameda | Elementary | KG-05 | 474 |
| Ruby Bridges Elementary | Alameda | Elementary | KG-05 | 458 |
| William G. Paden Elementary | Alameda | Elementary | KG-05 | 372 |
| Franklin Elementary | Alameda | Elementary | KG-05 | 291 |
| Alameda Science and Technology Institute | Alameda | High | 09-12 | 211 |
| Island High (Continuation) | Alameda | High | 09-12 | 76 |
| Alameda Unified Special Education | Alameda | Elementary | M-M | · |
About Alameda Unified
Alameda Unified operates 16 public schools across California, collectively instructing roughly 9,260 students.
On the school-mix side, Alameda Unified comprises 10 elementary, 2 middle, and 4 high schools.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment held roughly steady: 9,039 students in SY 2020-21 versus 9,260 in SY 2024-25.
On this page, the community for Alameda Unified discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.