Lawrence Elementary

Lawrence Elementary operates as a mid-tier primary school in Livermore, California, one of the schools within Livermore Valley Joint Unified. Current enrollment sits at 494 students spanning grades K through 5.

Livermore Valley Joint Unified comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 12,945 students; Lawrence Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Lawrence Elementary records that the most-represented group is Asian (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 34% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lawrence Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lawrence Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Alameda County) shows that median household earnings sit near $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Lawrence Elementary is one.

Junction K-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lawrence Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 47.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Lawrence Elementary's enrollment has edged up 54% since 2018, when it stood at 321 (now 494). Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 15% to 35%.

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