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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Hesperian Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN LORENZO UNIFIED·NCES 063471005852
Hesperian Elementary
620 Drew St., San Lorenzo, CA 94580 · (510) 317-5200 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
22.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
403 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 108 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
12.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -12.8pp since 2014
Math
10.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.3% | 8.9% | 19.3% | 68.5% |
| Math | 1.8% | 9.1% | 25.0% | 64.1% |
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 | 12.2% | 10.9% |
| 2023-24 | 16.0% | 22.3% |
| 2022-23 | 17.7% | 28.1% |
| 2021-22 | 29.2% | 21.3% |
| 2018-19 | 25.2% | 23.0% |
| 2017-18 | 23.7% | 18.1% |
| 2016-17 | 19.3% | 16.5% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hesperian Elementary
Hesperian Elementary's state test result (15.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hesperian Elementary this school | 500 | 80.6% | 15.6% |
| Montalvin Manor Elementary San Pablo | 474 | 82.9% | 30.5% |
| Park Elementary Hayward | 504 | 81.2% | 18.9% |
| Glenwood Elementary Sacramento | 481 | 81.7% | 18.1% |
| John R. Williams Stockton | 555 | 84.9% | 25.8% |
| Dan Mini Elementary Vallejo | 433 | 77.4% | 27.8% |
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 Hesperian Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #4,903 of 5,151 | #168 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #5,003 of 5,172 ▼ 1,083 | #178 of 192 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #5,109 of 5,172 ▼ 125 | #179 of 192 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.7pp | #42 of 5,116 | #6 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #2,437 of 5,915 | #83 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #2,772 of 5,352 | #80 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #2,602 of 5,354 | #137 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.6% | #2,138 of 5,625 | #59 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #2,015 of 3,837 | #75 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
500
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 345
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 500 | 22 | 22.7:1 | 81% (403) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 18.1 | 24.8:1 | 82% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 19.3 | 22.2:1 | 82% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 23 | 21.6:1 | 68% (339) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 26 | 22.6:1 | 79% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 31 | 22.8:1 | 78% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | N/A | N/A | 72% (480) |
| 2000-01 | 740 | 40 | 18.5:1 | 55% (406) |
| 1990-91 | 345 | 14 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hesperian Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (589 to 500); teachers down 15% (26 to 22).
About Hesperian Elementary
In San Lorenzo, California, part of Alameda County, Hesperian Elementary is an elementary school. A federal count lists 500 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.
Hesperian Elementary reports to San Lorenzo Unified, which has 16 schools and 7,936 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Hesperian Elementary, at 67%. The remaining students are 12% Asian, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% White. Census figures show Alameda County is about 23% Hispanic. Hesperian Elementary's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 22 full-time equivalents, or about 22.7 students per teacher. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 81%. Across public schools in Alameda County, the average is 49%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Hesperian Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hesperian Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California schools: 15.6% actual against 32.3% predicted.
Alameda County has these Census figures: 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. Alameda County is home to 394 public schools and about 210,511 public school students.
The closest public school, San Lorenzo High, is about 0.4 miles from Hesperian Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Hesperian Elementary is 6th among 8 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 497 to 500. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.6:1 to 22.7:1.
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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 San Lorenzo Unified
- Arroyo HighHigh · 1,499 students
- San Lorenzo HighHigh · 1,029 students
- Bohannon MiddleMiddle · 606 students
- Washington Manor MiddleMiddle · 500 students
- Edendale MiddleMiddle · 483 students
- Colonial Acres ElementaryElementary · 458 students
Other schools in San Lorenzo
- Arroyo HighHigh · 1,499 students
- San Lorenzo HighHigh · 1,029 students
- KIPP King Collegiate HighHigh · 662 students
- Bohannon MiddleMiddle · 606 students
- Edendale MiddleMiddle · 483 students
- KIPP Summit AcademyMiddle · 427 students
Nearby schools
- San Lorenzo High0.4 mi · 1,029
- East Bay Arts High0.4 mi · 154
- Edendale Middle0.4 mi · 483
- Hillside Elementary0.7 mi · 347
- Colonial Acres Elementary0.8 mi · 458
- Grant Elementary1.1 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Hesperian ElementaryHow many students attend Hesperian Elementary?
Hesperian Elementary enrolls approximately 500 students in grades KG-05.
Is Hesperian Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hesperian Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Hesperian Elementary have?
Hesperian Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.7:1.
How diverse is Hesperian Elementary?
Hesperian Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 67% Hispanic, 11% Black, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Hesperian Elementary in?
Hesperian Elementary is part of San Lorenzo Unified.
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