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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND UNIFIED·NCES 062805004287
Laurel Elementary
3750 Brown Ave., Oakland, CA 94619 · (510) 879-2131 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
27.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
404 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 118 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 59% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
28.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.9pp since 2014
Math
26.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.6% | 17.6% | 23.1% | 48.7% |
| Math | 5.8% | 21.1% | 21.6% | 51.6% |
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 | 28.1% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 26.9% |
| 2022-23 | 22.8% | 20.2% |
| 2021-22 | 32.9% | 18.4% |
| 2018-19 | 30.7% | 27.8% |
| 2017-18 | 25.8% | 25.0% |
| 2016-17 | 27.0% | 24.0% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Laurel Elementary
Laurel Elementary's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Elementary this school | 473 | 85.4% | 28.8% |
| Bannon Creek Sacramento | 491 | 84.1% | 9.9% |
| Parkway Elementary Sacramento | 409 | 85.3% | 12.3% |
| Jack London Elementary Antioch | 446 | 76.9% | 18.0% |
| H. Allen Hight Elementary Sacramento | 760 | 76.3% | 22.7% |
| Lone Tree Elementary Antioch | 518 | 72.8% | 23.4% |
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 Laurel Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #3,656 of 5,151 | #138 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #3,557 of 5,172 ▼ 155 | #135 of 192 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #4,163 of 5,172 ▼ 749 | #147 of 192 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #2,685 of 5,116 | #69 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #2,759 of 5,915 | #99 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.0:1 | #5,128 of 5,352 | #194 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.9% | #74 of 5,354 | #12 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.4% | #1,623 of 5,625 | #42 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #3,028 of 3,837 | #115 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
473
+29 (+7%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
27.0:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 473 | 17.5 | 27.0:1 | 85% (404) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 15.5 | 26.6:1 | 88% (361) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 16 | 26.5:1 | 82% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 19 | 23.4:1 | 80% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 20 | 25.5:1 | 81% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 22 | 25.4:1 | 75% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | N/A | N/A | 71% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 27 | 20.3:1 | 75% (413) |
| 1990-91 | 567 | 20 | 28.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laurel Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (510 to 473); teachers down 12% (20 to 17.5).
About Laurel Elementary
Laurel Elementary is one of the public schools in Oakland, California. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 473 students.
Laurel Elementary is part of a district of 84 schools: Oakland Unified, with 33,973 students.
About 33% of students at Laurel Elementary are Black, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 8% White. Among all residents of Alameda County, the Black share is about 10%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 76%.
The school's 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.0:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Laurel Elementary, 85% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Alameda County average 49%.
Laurel Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 31% of California public elementary schools.
In California, Laurel Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 28.8% actual against a predicted 29.5%.
The county, Alameda County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $129,367 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Alameda County has 394 public schools with about 210,511 students, including Laurel Elementary.
Allendale Elementary is about 0.5 miles from Laurel Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 28.8% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 444 students in 2020-21 to 473 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 23.4:1 in 2020-21 to 27.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Other Laurel Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 10 states are named Laurel Elementary. Laurel Elementary is the 5th largest of the 16.
- Laurel ElementaryAtherton, CA · 658 students
- Laurel ElementarySan Mateo, CA · 469 students
- Laurel ElementaryWhittier, CA · 465 students
- Laurel ElementaryOceanside, CA · 352 students
- Laurel ElementaryOakley, CA · 342 students
Nearby schools
- Allendale Elementary0.5 mi · 368
- Urban Montessori Charter0.6 mi · 343
- Redwood Heights Elementary0.7 mi · 374
- Bret Harte Middle0.7 mi · 337
- Melrose Leadership Academy0.9 mi · 722
- Fruitvale Elementary1.0 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Laurel ElementaryHow many students attend Laurel Elementary?
Laurel Elementary enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-05.
Is Laurel Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Laurel Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Laurel Elementary?
Approximately 27.0:1 students per teacher at Laurel Elementary.
How diverse is Laurel Elementary?
Laurel Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 29% Hispanic, 33% Black, 18% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Laurel Elementary public or private?
Laurel Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oakland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.