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What advice would you give to incoming students at Eden Gardens Elementary?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
477
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYWARD UNIFIED·NCES 061674002110
Eden Gardens Elementary
2184 Thayer Ave., Hayward, CA 94545 · (510) 723-3820 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
22.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
331 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 41% larger than its 6th grade class (66).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
34.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.0pp since 2014
Math
25.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.7% | 20.3% | 26.2% | 39.8% |
| Math | 7.4% | 17.8% | 25.2% | 49.6% |
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 | 34.0% | 25.2% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 21.8% |
| 2022-23 | 37.1% | 17.9% |
| 2021-22 | 33.1% | 19.1% |
| 2018-19 | 37.5% | 23.9% |
| 2017-18 | 38.9% | 27.2% |
| 2016-17 | 35.5% | 21.5% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Eden Gardens Elementary
Eden Gardens Elementary's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Gardens Elementary this school | 477 | 69.4% | 28.6% |
| San Marino Elementary Buena Park | 465 | 68.4% | 44.5% |
| Napa Junction Elementary American Canyon | 531 | 69.9% | 39.3% |
| Kennedy (John F.) Elementary Artesia | 398 | 67.1% | 55.5% |
| Two Hundred Thirty-Second Place Elementary Carson | 413 | 64.6% | 59.9% |
| Aspire Arts & Sciences Academy Stockton | 388 | 72.7% | N/A |
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 Eden Gardens Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #3,691 of 5,151 | #140 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #3,748 of 5,172 ▲ 227 | #141 of 192 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,562 of 5,172 ▼ 108 | #132 of 192 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,114 of 5,116 | #45 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #2,714 of 5,915 | #95 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,928 of 5,352 | #88 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #1,515 of 5,354 | #99 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.4% | #2,988 of 5,625 | #79 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #1,560 of 3,837 | #61 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
477
-36 (-7%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 477 | 20.8 | 22.9:1 | 69% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 21.6 | 22.1:1 | 70% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 21.9 | 21.9:1 | 59% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 23 | 22.3:1 | 44% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 24 | 24.5:1 | 56% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 21 | 26.9:1 | 63% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | N/A | N/A | 49% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 651 | 31 | 21.0:1 | 30% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 26 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eden Gardens Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (587 to 477); teachers down 13% (24 to 20.8).
About Eden Gardens Elementary
Eden Gardens Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Hayward, California. Enrollment stands at 477 students, covering kindergarten through 6.
Across its 28 schools, Hayward Unified enrolls 17,273 students. Eden Gardens Elementary is one of those schools.
At Eden Gardens Elementary, 55% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 23% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% White, and 5% Black. Census figures show Alameda County is about 23% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
Teacher count: 20.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 22.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 69%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Alameda County is 49%.
Eden Gardens Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 21% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Eden Gardens Elementary is 10.3 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 28.6% actual, 38.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
American Community Survey estimates for Alameda County show that median household income comes to about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 394, with about 210,511 students.
Anthony W. Ochoa Middle, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Eden Gardens Elementary is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 477, down from 513 in 2020-21.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Hayward Unified
- Mt. Eden HighHigh · 1,865 students
- Hayward HighHigh · 1,580 students
- Tennyson HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Cherryland ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Burbank ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- Harder ElementaryElementary · 671 students
Other schools in Hayward
- Mt. Eden HighHigh · 1,865 students
- Hayward HighHigh · 1,580 students
- Tennyson HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Cherryland ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Burbank ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- Impact Academy of Arts & TechnologyHigh · 716 students
Nearby schools
- Anthony W. Ochoa Middle0.2 mi · 405
- Impact Academy of Arts & Technology0.5 mi · 716
- Southgate Elementary0.7 mi · 581
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle0.9 mi · 669
- Lorin A. Eden Elementary1.0 mi · 386
- Eldridge Elementary1.2 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About Eden Gardens ElementaryHow large is Eden Gardens Elementary?
Eden Gardens Elementary enrolls approximately 477 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Eden Gardens Elementary serve?
Eden Gardens Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Eden Gardens Elementary?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at Eden Gardens Elementary.
How diverse is Eden Gardens Elementary?
Eden Gardens Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 55% Hispanic, 5% Black, 23% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Eden Gardens Elementary public or private?
Eden Gardens Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hayward Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.