Hillside Elementary

Hillside Elementary is one of the modestly sized primary schools in San Leandro, California, part of San Lorenzo Unified, with 347 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 25% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Hillside Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Black, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at school resources, Hillside Elementary records 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Hillside Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 87% of students at Hillside Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hillside Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.6%; this one delivers 15.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Alameda County indicate median household income runs about $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Hillside Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Edendale Middle, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hillside Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 22.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 452 students in 2018 compared to 347 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 55% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 24.8:1 in 2025.

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