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What's the biggest difference between Lawrence Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 612 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVERMORE VALLEY JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 062211014134
Lawrence Elementary
2451 Portola Ave., Livermore, CA 94551 · (925) 960-2923 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
23.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
65 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 117 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 46% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
71%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
79.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.2pp since 2017
Math
76.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.1pp since 2017
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 16 points since 2017, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 55.0% | 24.6% | 13.6% | 6.8% |
| Math | 47.8% | 28.4% | 16.2% | 7.7% |
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 | 79.5% | 76.1% |
| 2023-24 | 76.7% | 78.5% |
| 2022-23 | 77.1% | 72.3% |
| 2021-22 | 73.1% | 74.0% |
| 2020-21 | 69.8% | 71.0% |
| 2018-19 | 63.3% | 60.0% |
| 2017-18 | 63.3% | 64.0% |
% 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
77.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Lawrence Elementary
Lawrence Elementary's state test result (77.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Elementary this school | 494 | 13.2% | 77.7% |
| Shoal Creek Elementary San Diego | 500 | 13.8% | 68.0% |
| Marshall Lane Elementary Saratoga | 427 | 11.7% | 83.4% |
| Sundance Elementary San Diego | 428 | 14.5% | 72.9% |
| Canyon View Elementary San Diego | 505 | 15.6% | 74.5% |
| Anaheim Hills Elementary Anaheim | 476 | 18.7% | 80.5% |
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 Lawrence Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #323 of 5,151 | #25 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #375 of 5,172 ▼ 90 | #30 of 192 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #294 of 5,172 ▲ 92 | #22 of 192 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #1,871 of 5,116 | #41 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #2,512 of 5,915 | #88 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #3,379 of 5,352 | #108 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #454 of 5,354 | #48 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.2% | #5,389 of 5,625 | #194 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +53.9% | #35 of 1,139 | #2 of 48 |
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
494
+132 (+36%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 494 | 21 | 23.5:1 | 13% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 21 | 22.7:1 | 23% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 20 | 20.1:1 | 32% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 16 | 22.6:1 | 14% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 321 | 14 | 22.9:1 | 12% (37) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawrence Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 54% (321 to 494); teachers up 50% (14 to 21).
About Lawrence Elementary
Lawrence Elementary serves students in Livermore, California, as a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 494 students.
Lawrence Elementary is one school in an 18-school district, Livermore Valley Joint Unified, which enrolls 12,945 students.
Lawrence Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 35%. After that, the student body is 34% White, 21% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. That is close to the 33% Asian share among all Alameda County residents. By the diversity index, Lawrence Elementary comes in at 71%.
A ratio of 23.5:1 comes from the school's 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 13% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Alameda County, the average eligibility rate is 49%.
allk12 grades Lawrence Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Lawrence Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 77.7% and a predicted 71.8%.
Federal survey data for Alameda County show that median household income is about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Lawrence Elementary is among the 394 public schools in Alameda County.
The nearest other public school, Junction K-8, is about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lawrence Elementary. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lawrence Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Lawrence Elementary falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 494, 36% above the 362 of 2020-21.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Livermore Valley Joint Unified
- Granada HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Livermore HighHigh · 1,827 students
- William Mendenhall MiddleMiddle · 876 students
- Junction K-8Elementary · 801 students
- Joe MichellElementary · 786 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 759 students
Other schools in Livermore
- Granada HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Livermore HighHigh · 1,827 students
- William Mendenhall MiddleMiddle · 876 students
- Junction K-8Elementary · 801 students
- Joe MichellElementary · 786 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 759 students
Other Lawrence Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Lawrence Elementary. Lawrence Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Lawrence ElementaryLodi, CA · 512 students
- Lawrence Elementary SchoolARVADA, CO · 412 students
- Lawrence Elementary - 02Canton, SD · 411 students
- Lawrence ElemWichita, KS · 394 students
- Lawrence Elementary SchoolMESQUITE, TX · 284 students
Nearby schools
- Junction K-80.3 mi · 801
- Livermore High0.8 mi · 1,827
- Vineyard Alternative0.9 mi · 92
- Del Valle Continuation High0.9 mi · 87
- Marylin Avenue Elementary0.9 mi · 430
- East Avenue Middle1.3 mi · 581
Frequently asked questions
About Lawrence ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lawrence Elementary?
Lawrence Elementary enrolls approximately 494 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lawrence Elementary serve?
Lawrence Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lawrence Elementary?
Approximately 23.5:1 students per teacher at Lawrence Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Lawrence Elementary?
Student demographics at Lawrence Elementary are roughly 34% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 35% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Lawrence Elementary?
Lawrence Elementary is overseen by Livermore Valley Joint Unified in Alameda County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.