Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science

Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science is an elementary campus of minimally staffed scale in Hayward, California, run under Hayward Unified, works with 111 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science sits 76% below that benchmark.

Across the 28 schools in Hayward Unified (17,273 students total), Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Black, 11% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

After controlling for student poverty, Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 11.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Alameda County indicate median household earnings sit near $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science is one.

The closest other public school is Tennyson High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 17.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 140 (now 111). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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