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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT UNIFIED·NCES 061440001661
Joshua Chadbourne Elementary
801 Plymouth Ave., Fremont, CA 94539 · (510) 656-5242 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
92 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 62% · US 70%
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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
85.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.3pp since 2014
Math
83.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 72.3% | 12.9% | 6.5% | 8.3% |
| Math | 69.2% | 14.0% | 10.9% | 5.9% |
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 year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.3% | 83.3% |
| 2023-24 | 84.5% | 85.4% |
| 2022-23 | 90.6% | 88.4% |
| 2021-22 | 90.2% | 92.8% |
| 2018-19 | 86.7% | 89.6% |
| 2017-18 | 86.3% | 89.5% |
| 2016-17 | 82.7% | 86.8% |
| 2015-16 | 87.0% | 89.0% |
| 2014-15 | 84.0% | 88.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
84.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in California's top 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 Joshua Chadbourne Elementary
Joshua Chadbourne Elementary's state test result (84.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Chadbourne Elementary this school | 457 | 20.1% | 84.5% |
| Garden Gate Elementary Cupertino | 471 | 20.8% | 72.5% |
| Mission San Jose Elementary Fremont | 436 | 22.9% | 85.3% |
| John Gomes Elementary Fremont | 462 | 16.9% | 82.2% |
| Nelson S. Dilworth Elementary San Jose | 547 | 19.6% | 87.7% |
| L. P. Collins Elementary Cupertino | 498 | 17.1% | 80.2% |
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 Joshua Chadbourne Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #91 of 5,151 | #11 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #138 of 5,172 ▼ 50 | #16 of 192 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #100 of 5,172 ▼ 4 | #10 of 192 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.3pp | #266 of 5,116 | #22 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #2,932 of 5,915 | #107 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #4,342 of 5,352 | #149 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #3,988 of 5,354 | #184 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.1% | #5,140 of 5,625 | #178 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.8% | #175 of 3,837 | #12 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 2024-25Enrollment
457
-223 (-33%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 24.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 457 | 18.4 | 24.8:1 | 20% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 21 | 22.6:1 | 13% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 27 | 22.8:1 | 11% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 680 | 28 | 24.3:1 | 8% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 30 | 24.9:1 | 5% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 788 | 28 | 28.1:1 | 7% (53) |
| 2010-11 | 761 | N/A | N/A | 6% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 32 | 22.8:1 | 6% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 23 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joshua Chadbourne Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (747 to 457); teachers down 39% (30 to 18.4).
About Joshua Chadbourne Elementary
Joshua Chadbourne Elementary sits in Fremont, California, and is classified as an elementary school. Its 457 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
Across its 43 schools, Fremont Unified enrolls 33,073 students. Joshua Chadbourne Elementary is one of those schools.
Asian students make up 84% of enrollment at Joshua Chadbourne Elementary. The remaining shares are 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% White, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the Asian share of Alameda County's population at about 33%. Joshua Chadbourne Elementary's diversity index is 29%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 24.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's lunch program data list 20% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Alameda County average 49%.
allk12 grades Joshua Chadbourne Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Joshua Chadbourne Elementary beats its 67.7% prediction with 84.5%, a top-10% result in California.
Census estimates describe Alameda County this way: the median household income is $129,367, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, Alameda County has 394 public schools and roughly 210,511 students.
The closest public school, William Hopkins Middle, is about 0.3 miles from Joshua Chadbourne Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Joshua Chadbourne Elementary places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show a 33% enrollment decrease, from 680 in 2020-21 to 457 in 2024-25.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Fremont Unified
- American HighHigh · 2,618 students
- Irvington HighHigh · 2,157 students
- Thornton MiddleMiddle · 1,972 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,957 students
- Mission San Jose HighHigh · 1,794 students
- John M. Horner MiddleMiddle · 1,574 students
Other schools in Fremont
- American HighHigh · 2,618 students
- Irvington HighHigh · 2,157 students
- Thornton MiddleMiddle · 1,972 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,957 students
- Mission San Jose HighHigh · 1,794 students
- John M. Horner MiddleMiddle · 1,574 students
Nearby schools
- William Hopkins Middle0.3 mi · 1,424
- Mission San Jose High0.4 mi · 1,794
- Mission Valley Elementary0.6 mi · 375
- John Gomes Elementary0.7 mi · 462
- J. Haley Durham Elementary1.4 mi · 719
- Mission San Jose Elementary1.4 mi · 436
Frequently asked questions
About Joshua Chadbourne ElementaryHow large is Joshua Chadbourne Elementary?
Joshua Chadbourne Elementary enrolls approximately 457 students in grades KG-05.
Is Joshua Chadbourne Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Joshua Chadbourne Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Joshua Chadbourne Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Joshua Chadbourne Elementary is approximately 24.8:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Joshua Chadbourne Elementary?
Student demographics at Joshua Chadbourne Elementary are roughly 3% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 84% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Joshua Chadbourne Elementary?
Joshua Chadbourne Elementary is overseen by Fremont Unified in Alameda County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.