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Lorin A. Eden Elementary

27790 Portsmouth Ave., Hayward, CA 94545 · (510) 723-3855 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of California public elementary schools
  • C+Test 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.
  • A-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

Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
264 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten6717%
Grade 15213%
Grade 24913%
Grade 35314%
Grade 45514%
Grade 55514%
Grade 65514%

This year's kindergarten class (67) is 22% larger than its 6th grade class (55).

Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
113%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
17245%
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
328%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
13735%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
236%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
103%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
20553%
Female
18147%

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
39.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.3pp since 2014
Math
32.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.9pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts16.6%22.8%23.2%37.4%
Math14.1%18.8%19.3%47.9%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2539.3%32.9%
2023-2434.5%23.4%
2022-2336.5%26.6%
2021-2235.1%23.0%
2018-1937.7%33.3%
2017-1834.2%30.4%
2016-1733.3%31.2%
2015-1632.0%26.0%
2014-1531.0%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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Lorin A. Eden Elementary

Lorin A. Eden Elementary's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Lorin A. Eden Elementary this school38668.4%32.5%
Burbank (Luther) Elementary
Artesia
42166.7%45.6%
Aspire River Oaks Charter
Stockton
45270.6%N/A
Corvallis Elementary
San Leandro
34970.5%31.1%
Lupine Hills Elementary
Hercules
38773.6%37.0%
Aspire Vincent Shalvey Academy
Stockton
44861.8%N/A
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 Lorin A. Eden Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn Alameda County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
32.5%#3,217 of 5,151#126 of 189
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
32.9%#2,928 of 5,172
▲ 870
#125 of 192
▲ 21
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
39.3%#2,994 of 5,172
▲ 290
#122 of 192
▲ 10
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+7.1pp#1,106 of 5,116#18 of 187
Enrollment
ranked largest first
386#3,856 of 5,915#144 of 216
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
24.6:1#4,180 of 5,352#142 of 201
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
66.4%#1,079 of 5,354#80 of 201
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
68.4%#3,047 of 5,625#83 of 211
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-8.3%#2,905 of 3,837#113 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 2024-25
Enrollment
386
+37 (+11%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 23.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2538615.724.6:168% (264)
2023-2436514.525.2:171% (259)
2022-233531523.6:171% (251)
2020-213491523.3:150% (176)
2017-184211626.3:156% (236)
2015-164912024.6:166% (324)
2010-11516N/AN/A54% (278)
2000-015612820.0:142% (235)
1990-915232223.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lorin A. Eden Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 8% (421 to 386); teachers down 2% (16 to 15.7).

About Lorin A. Eden Elementary

Lorin A. Eden Elementary is an elementary school located in Hayward, California, in Alameda County. It has an enrollment of 386 students in kindergarten through 6.

Hayward Unified runs Lorin A. Eden Elementary along with 27 other schools, enrolling 17,273 students in total.

No group is above 50% at Lorin A. Eden Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 45%. After that, the student body is 35% Asian, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% White. Among all residents of Alameda County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. The diversity index for Lorin A. Eden Elementary is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

The school's 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.6:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 2.3 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Alameda County averages 49%, lower than here.

Among California public elementary schools, Lorin A. Eden Elementary outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Lorin A. Eden Elementary is 7.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 32.5% actual, 39.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.

Looking at the county, Alameda County, median household income comes to about $129,367, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 394 public schools and about 210,511 students.

About 0.4 miles separate Lorin A. Eden Elementary from the closest public school, Impact Academy of Arts & Technology. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Lorin A. Eden Elementary is 5th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

Lorin A. Eden Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.

The school's enrollment increased 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 24.6:1, from 23.3:1.

The allk12 page for Lorin A. Eden Elementary lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.

Alameda County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Lorin A. Eden Elementary
District
Hayward Unified
Address
27790 Portsmouth Ave., Hayward, CA 94545
Phone
(510) 723-3855
County
Alameda County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–06
Total enrollment
386
Teachers (FTE)
16
Student–teacher ratio
24.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
264 (68%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
061674002121
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Lorin A. Eden Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Lorin A. Eden Elementary?
Lorin A. Eden Elementary enrolls approximately 386 students in grades KG-06.
Is Lorin A. Eden Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lorin A. Eden Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Lorin A. Eden Elementary?
Approximately 24.6:1 students per teacher at Lorin A. Eden Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lorin A. Eden Elementary?
At Lorin A. Eden Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 45% Hispanic, 8% Black, 35% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lorin A. Eden Elementary?
Lorin A. Eden Elementary is overseen by Hayward Unified in Alameda County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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