Total enrollment
17,273
-981 (-5%) vs SY 2020-21
29 schools in Hayward Unified
California · 17,273 students · 1 city
Public-school enrollment inside Hayward Unified comes to roughly 17,273 students across 29 schools (19 elementary, 5 middle, and 4 high).
4-year change in Hayward Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
28
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Hayward Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #447 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 17,273 | #73 of 587 | #471 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 28 | #54 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #256 of 587 | #8,585 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 77.0% | #185 of 587 | #1,411 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #299 of 530 | #2,689 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 Hayward Unified
State test results across the district's 27 scored schools run from Southgate Elementary at 49.6% proficient to Glassbrook Elementary at 8.7%, a gap of 40.8 points. That is the 125th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 28 district schools that reported both years went from 19,447 to 17,273 students (down 11%) and from 817 to 811 full-time teachers (down 1%), 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.
About Hayward Unified
Across 29 schools, Hayward Unified enrolls about 17,273 students in California. By footprint it is a low-population district.
Looking at the level breakdown, Hayward Unified is built around 19 elementary, 5 middle, 4 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 5%: 18,254 students in SY 2020-21 versus 17,273 in SY 2024-25.
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