John Blacow Elementary

John Blacow Elementary operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Fremont, California, operated by Fremont Unified. Current enrollment sits at 557 students spanning grades K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, John Blacow Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%; the rest comes out to 23% Asian, 9% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, John Blacow Elementary reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 51% of students at John Blacow Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, John Blacow Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Alameda County indicate the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), John Blacow Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Steven Millard Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John Blacow Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John Blacow Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 64.4%.

John Blacow Elementary operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John Blacow Elementary has climbed 21%, going from 461 students in 2018 to 557 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 47% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 today.

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