Junction K-8

As a sizable K-5 school in Livermore, California, Junction K-8 hosts 801 students from grades K through 8, run under Livermore Valley Joint Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Junction K-8 sits 72% above that benchmark.

Junction K-8 is one of 18 schools operated by Livermore Valley Joint Unified, a district that educates 12,945 students overall.

On demographics, Junction K-8 lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder consists of 20% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, Junction K-8 lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Junction K-8 tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 43% of students at Junction K-8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Junction K-8 falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 53.8%; this one comes in at 24.5%, -29.3 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Alameda County put median household income runs about $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Junction K-8 is one.

The closest other public school is Lawrence Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Junction K-8 comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Junction K-8 has shrank 10%, going from 888 students in 2018 to 801 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.