Hesperian Elementary

Hesperian Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in San Lorenzo, California, run under San Lorenzo Unified. Current enrollment sits at 500 students spanning grades K through 5.

San Lorenzo Unified comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 7,936 students; Hesperian Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Hesperian Elementary lists that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 12% Asian, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hesperian Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.5%, the actual is 19.6%, a residual of -11.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Alameda County reports that median household earnings sit near $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Hesperian Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is East Bay Arts High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hesperian Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hesperian Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 23.6%.

Hesperian Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hesperian Elementary has contracted 15%, going from 589 students in 2018 to 500 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 62% to 67%.

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