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What's the one class at Emma C. Smith Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
648
Elementary
DISTRICT 612 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVERMORE VALLEY JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 062211002624
Emma C. Smith Elementary
391 Ontario Dr., Livermore, CA 94550 · (925) 606-4750 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL648 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
21.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
30 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 140 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (140) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
84.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.6pp since 2014
Math
84.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +20.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 57.4% | 27.2% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Math | 56.4% | 27.9% | 10.9% | 4.8% |
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 | 84.6% | 84.3% |
| 2023-24 | 76.3% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.3% | 76.0% |
| 2021-22 | 77.5% | 74.6% |
| 2020-21 | 73.6% | 65.6% |
| 2018-19 | 75.3% | 72.9% |
| 2017-18 | 72.0% | 74.1% |
| 2016-17 | 70.2% | 71.6% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 70.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
80.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Emma C. Smith Elementary
Emma C. Smith Elementary's state test result (80.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma C. Smith Elementary this school | 648 | 4.6% | 80.3% |
| Palm Crest Elementary La Canada | 642 | 4.8% | 89.8% |
| La Canada Elementary La Canada | 633 | 6.8% | 84.3% |
| Paradise Canyon Elementary La Canada | 715 | 4.8% | 83.8% |
| Las Lomitas Elementary Atherton | 522 | 5.2% | 82.2% |
| Los Alamitos Elementary San Jose | 602 | 12.1% | 75.5% |
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 Emma C. Smith Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #213 of 5,151 | #17 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #114 of 5,172 ▲ 263 | #13 of 192 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.6% | #119 of 5,172 ▲ 283 | #13 of 192 ▲ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #847 of 5,116 | #11 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 648 | #1,034 of 5,915 | #34 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #1,613 of 5,352 | #42 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #566 of 5,354 | #53 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.6% | #5,590 of 5,625 | #208 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #2,410 of 3,837 | #93 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
648
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 648 | 30.6 | 21.2:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 661 | 29.6 | 22.3:1 | 8% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 29 | 22.5:1 | 21% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 26 | 25.6:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 28.9 | 25.5:1 | 8% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 735 | 29 | 25.3:1 | 10% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 684 | N/A | N/A | 10% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 7% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 19 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emma C. Smith Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (738 to 648); teachers up 6% (28.9 to 30.6).
About Emma C. Smith Elementary
Emma C. Smith Elementary is an elementary school located in Livermore, California, in Alameda County. The school enrolls 648 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 39% bigger than that.
Livermore Valley Joint Unified includes 18 schools. Together they enroll 12,945 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Emma C. Smith Elementary, at 39%. Other reported shares: 31% Asian, 20% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Alameda County's residents are about 30% White, 9 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Emma C. Smith Elementary, 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 21.2:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 21.2:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 5% of enrollment. That is lower than the 49% average for public schools in Alameda County.
The allk12 Grade for Emma C. Smith Elementary is A. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 91% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Emma C. Smith Elementary, the prediction is 76.8% and the result is 80.3%.
Census estimates describe Alameda County this way: the median household income is $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Emma C. Smith Elementary, Alameda County has 393 other public schools.
The closest other public school is William Mendenhall Middle, about 0.3 miles away. Emma C. Smith Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Emma C. Smith Elementary ranks 1st of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 80.3% against a local average of 57.4%.
Emma C. Smith Elementary is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Over 4 years, Emma C. Smith Elementary's enrollment declined 3%, to 648. The school's ratio fell from 25.6:1 to 21.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Livermore Valley Joint Unified
- Granada HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Livermore HighHigh · 1,827 students
- William Mendenhall MiddleMiddle · 876 students
- Junction K-8Elementary · 801 students
- Joe MichellElementary · 786 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 759 students
Other schools in Livermore
- Granada HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Livermore HighHigh · 1,827 students
- William Mendenhall MiddleMiddle · 876 students
- Junction K-8Elementary · 801 students
- Joe MichellElementary · 786 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 759 students
Nearby schools
- William Mendenhall Middle0.3 mi · 876
- Joe Michell0.8 mi · 786
- Granada High0.8 mi · 2,156
- Sunset Elementary1.3 mi · 759
- Marylin Avenue Elementary1.4 mi · 430
- Rancho Las Positas Elementary1.5 mi · 586
Frequently asked questions
About Emma C. Smith ElementaryHow large is Emma C. Smith Elementary?
Emma C. Smith Elementary enrolls approximately 648 students in grades KG-05.
Is Emma C. Smith Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Emma C. Smith Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Emma C. Smith Elementary have?
Emma C. Smith Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Emma C. Smith Elementary?
Student demographics at Emma C. Smith Elementary are roughly 39% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 31% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Emma C. Smith Elementary in?
Emma C. Smith Elementary is part of Livermore Valley Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.