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Horace Mann Elementary

5222 Ygnacio Ave., Oakland, CA 94601 · (510) 879-2136 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% 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.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

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

Enrollment
200
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
196 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5528%
Grade 12914%
Grade 22211%
Grade 33317%
Grade 43015%
Grade 53116%

This year's kindergarten class (55) is 77% larger than its 5th grade class (31).

Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
2111%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
11256%
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
3518%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
116%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
179%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
42%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
9849%
Female
10251%

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
7.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.2pp since 2014
Math
13.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.8pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts2.2%5.6%23.3%68.9%
Math1.1%12.1%16.5%70.3%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-257.8%13.2%
2023-2410.5%9.7%
2022-2314.4%5.8%
2021-222.0%1.9%
2018-194.2%3.3%
2017-189.6%6.8%
2016-1716.1%13.2%
2015-1613.0%15.0%
2014-158.0%15.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
10.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Horace Mann Elementary

Horace Mann Elementary's state test result (10.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Horace Mann Elementary this school20098.0%10.1%
Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary
Oakland
18098.3%10.3%
Think College Now Elementary
Oakland
25397.2%23.2%
Carver Elementary
San Diego
18790.9%22.0%
Community School for Creative Education
Oakland
18389.1%N/A
Arrowhead Elementary
San Bernardino
24896.8%18.9%
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 Horace Mann Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn Alameda County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
10.1%#5,099 of 5,151#179 of 189
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
13.2%#4,886 of 5,172
▲ 145
#172 of 192
▲ 9
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
7.8%#5,161 of 5,172
▼ 32
#189 of 192
▼ 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
200#5,352 of 5,915#201 of 216
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
21.0:1#1,520 of 5,352#35 of 201
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
63.4%#1,449 of 5,354#96 of 201
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
98.0%#96 of 5,625#14 of 211
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-42.0%#110 of 3,837#9 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 2024-25
Enrollment
200
-35 (-15%) vs 2020
-69% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 21.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252009.521.0:198% (196)
2023-24182822.8:198% (179)
2022-231926.529.5:199% (191)
2020-212351121.4:191% (215)
2017-183451424.6:194% (325)
2015-164041625.3:193% (375)
2010-11344N/AN/A85% (294)
2000-015323017.7:153% (284)
1990-916392229.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horace Mann Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 42% (345 to 200); teachers down 32% (14 to 9.5).

About Horace Mann Elementary

Horace Mann Elementary is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Oakland, California. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 200 students. That is 57% below the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.

Horace Mann Elementary is a school in Oakland Unified. The district has 84 schools and 33,973 students.

Federal enrollment data show Horace Mann Elementary is 56% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 18% Black, 11% White, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 33 points above the 23% share among Alameda County residents. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Horace Mann Elementary are from different groups.

There are about 21.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Horace Mann Elementary, which has 9.5. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 98%. For comparison, public schools in Alameda County average 49%.

Among California public elementary schools, Horace Mann Elementary outscored 1%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.

After adjusting for student poverty, Horace Mann Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 10.1%; the prediction is 22.1%.

Looking at the county, Alameda County, 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 Horace Mann Elementary.

Fremont High sits about 0.4 miles from Horace Mann Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Horace Mann Elementary comes in 4th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.

Federal data place Horace Mann Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 200, compared with 235 in 2020-21.

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Alameda County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Horace Mann Elementary
District
Oakland Unified
Address
5222 Ygnacio Ave., Oakland, CA 94601
Phone
(510) 879-2136
County
Alameda County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
200
Teachers (FTE)
10
Student–teacher ratio
21.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
196 (98%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
062805004277
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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23 other US public schools in 12 states are named Horace Mann Elementary. Horace Mann Elementary is the 21st largest of the 24.

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Frequently asked questions

About Horace Mann Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Horace Mann Elementary?
Horace Mann Elementary enrolls approximately 200 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Horace Mann Elementary serve?
Horace Mann Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Horace Mann Elementary have?
Horace Mann Elementary employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Horace Mann Elementary?
At Horace Mann Elementary, the student body is approximately 11% White, 56% Hispanic, 18% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Horace Mann Elementary in?
Horace Mann Elementary is part of Oakland Unified.
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