James Leitch Elementary

Set in Fremont, California, James Leitch Elementary is a medium-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Fremont Unified. It works with 523 students across grades K through 2.

Fremont Unified runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 33,073 students. James Leitch Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, James Leitch Elementary lists that 87% of students identify as Asian, making the school strongly Asian-majority. The remainder breaks down as 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 33% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, James Leitch Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Alameda County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), James Leitch Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Warm Springs Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around James Leitch Elementary.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. James Leitch Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 42% since 2018, when it stood at 902 (now 523). Asian enrollment moved from 92% to 87% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for James Leitch Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.