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What tradition at Forest Park Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
725
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT UNIFIED·NCES 061440000488
Forest Park Elementary
34400 Maybird Cir., Fremont, CA 94555 · (510) 713-0141 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL725 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
26.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
136 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 136 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
70.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -12.3pp since 2014
Math
70.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -17.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 44.4% | 26.4% | 12.5% | 16.8% |
| Math | 46.1% | 24.4% | 17.2% | 12.3% |
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 | 70.7% | 70.5% |
| 2023-24 | 75.5% | 78.5% |
| 2022-23 | 81.7% | 79.4% |
| 2021-22 | 84.7% | 82.0% |
| 2018-19 | 89.9% | 88.7% |
| 2017-18 | 88.6% | 86.5% |
| 2016-17 | 86.8% | 87.7% |
| 2015-16 | 87.0% | 89.0% |
| 2014-15 | 83.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
73.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Forest Park Elementary
Forest Park Elementary's state test result (73.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park Elementary this school | 725 | 18.8% | 73.7% |
| Ardenwood Elementary Fremont | 637 | 18.8% | 82.0% |
| Mabel Mattos Elementary Milpitas | 746 | 15.1% | 78.3% |
| Corral Hollow Elementary Tracy | 806 | 16.7% | 79.2% |
| Harold William Kolb Dublin | 696 | 15.4% | 86.6% |
| Leonard G. Westhoff Elementary Walnut | 654 | 20.3% | 78.1% |
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 Forest Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #480 of 5,151 | #40 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #581 of 5,172 ▼ 292 | #52 of 192 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #712 of 5,172 ▼ 267 | #56 of 192 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.8pp | #53 of 5,116 | #8 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 725 | #635 of 5,915 | #14 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.9:1 | #5,079 of 5,352 | #190 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.1% | #3,744 of 5,354 | #178 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.8% | #5,190 of 5,625 | #181 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.4% | #655 of 3,837 | #29 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
725
-297 (-29%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 882
Student : Teacher
26.9:1
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 | 725 | 27 | 26.9:1 | 19% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 693 | 27 | 25.7:1 | 15% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 883 | 35 | 25.2:1 | 13% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 1,022 | 40 | 25.6:1 | 7% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 1,013 | 38 | 26.7:1 | 5% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 1,022 | 36 | 28.4:1 | 5% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 934 | N/A | N/A | 6% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 882 | 40 | 22.1:1 | 6% (51) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (1,013 to 725); teachers down 29% (38 to 27).
About Forest Park Elementary
Forest Park Elementary is an elementary school located in Fremont, California, in Alameda County. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 725 students. That is 56% bigger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Fremont Unified, which runs Forest Park Elementary, has 43 schools and 33,073 students.
By race and ethnicity, Forest Park Elementary is 81% Asian. Other groups make up 8% Hispanic, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. Alameda County as a whole is about 33% Asian, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 27 full-time-equivalent teachers at Forest Park Elementary, giving a ratio of 26.9:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. By family income, 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Alameda County average 49%.
Among California public elementary schools, Forest Park Elementary outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Forest Park Elementary would score about 68.5%. It scores 73.7%, 5.2 points above that figure.
The county, Alameda County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $129,367 a year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Alameda County has 394 public schools with about 210,511 students, including Forest Park Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Ardenwood Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Forest Park Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Forest Park Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Forest Park Elementary is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 1,022 to 725, a 29% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 25.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 26.9:1.
Forest Park Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Fremont Unified
- American HighHigh · 2,618 students
- Irvington HighHigh · 2,157 students
- Thornton MiddleMiddle · 1,972 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,957 students
- Mission San Jose HighHigh · 1,794 students
- John M. Horner MiddleMiddle · 1,574 students
Other schools in Fremont
- American HighHigh · 2,618 students
- Irvington HighHigh · 2,157 students
- Thornton MiddleMiddle · 1,972 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,957 students
- Mission San Jose HighHigh · 1,794 students
- John M. Horner MiddleMiddle · 1,574 students
Other Forest Park Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Forest Park Elementary. Forest Park Elementary is the largest of the 13.
- FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBOYNTON BEACH, FL · 613 students
- Forest Park Elementary SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 558 students
- Forest Park ElementaryWinston Salem, NC · 522 students
- Forest Park ElementaryKannapolis, NC · 472 students
- FOREST PARK ELEM.O'FALLON, MO · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Ardenwood Elementary0.7 mi · 637
- John F. Kennedy Elementary0.9 mi · 455
- Patterson Elementary1.1 mi · 558
- Bridgepoint High1.2 mi · 60
- Crossroads High (Alternative)1.2 mi · 31
- Pioneer Elementary1.2 mi · 623
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Park ElementaryHow many students attend Forest Park Elementary?
Forest Park Elementary enrolls approximately 725 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Forest Park Elementary serve?
Forest Park Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Forest Park Elementary?
Approximately 26.9:1 students per teacher at Forest Park Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Forest Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Forest Park Elementary are roughly 5% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 81% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Forest Park Elementary in?
Forest Park Elementary is part of Fremont Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.