J. Haley Durham Elementary

J. Haley Durham Elementary operates as a substantial elementary school in Fremont, California, overseen by Fremont Unified. Current enrollment sits at 719 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 55% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Fremont Unified, which oversees 43 schools and 33,073 students, J. Haley Durham Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, J. Haley Durham Elementary records that Asian students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder reads as 19% Hispanic, 7% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at school resources, J. Haley Durham Elementary records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, J. Haley Durham Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.1%; this one delivers 62.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Alameda County indicate median household income runs about $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. J. Haley Durham Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

Nearest neighbor: John M. Horner Middle, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts J. Haley Durham Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 63.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J. Haley Durham Elementary has increased 9%, going from 662 students in 2018 to 719 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment climbed from 60% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 26.6:1 today.

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