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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMEDA UNIFIED·NCES 060177000047
Love Elementary
2025 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda, CA 94501 · (510) 748-4005 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
248 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 123 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 56% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
62.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +17.1pp since 2014
Math
59.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +23.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 32.6% | 29.5% | 17.6% | 20.3% |
| Math | 32.8% | 27.1% | 22.3% | 17.9% |
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 year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.1% | 59.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.6% | 48.3% |
| 2022-23 | 54.4% | 44.8% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 42.2% |
| 2018-19 | 55.3% | 52.4% |
| 2017-18 | 58.6% | 53.2% |
| 2016-17 | 48.1% | 42.6% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Love Elementary
Love Elementary's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love Elementary this school | 498 | 49.8% | 56.7% |
| Ocean View Elementary Albany | 563 | 46.9% | 59.8% |
| Stanton Elementary Castro Valley | 515 | 53.0% | 54.6% |
| Melrose Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 419 | 45.8% | 71.3% |
| Hage Elementary San Diego | 505 | 53.5% | 47.3% |
| Ada Clegg Elementary Huntington Beach | 443 | 56.4% | 64.6% |
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 Love Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #1,290 of 5,151 | #93 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #1,080 of 5,172 ▲ 546 | #84 of 192 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #1,194 of 5,172 ▲ 253 | #83 of 192 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.9pp | #237 of 5,116 | #4 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #2,451 of 5,915 | #85 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.2:1 | #4,919 of 5,352 | #181 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.8% | #139 of 5,354 | #20 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #3,920 of 5,625 | #107 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #2,670 of 3,837 | #107 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
498
-20 (-4%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
26.2:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 498 | 19 | 26.2:1 | 50% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 18 | 26.1:1 | 50% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 18 | 26.2:1 | 49% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 21 | 24.7:1 | 39% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 22 | 25.2:1 | 50% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 19 | 23.1:1 | 51% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | N/A | N/A | 55% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 52% (287) |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 23 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Love Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (554 to 498); teachers down 14% (22 to 19).
About Love Elementary
Federal records list Love Elementary as an elementary school in Alameda, California. There are 498 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
Love Elementary is a school in Alameda Unified. The district has 15 schools and 9,260 students.
The student body at Love Elementary has no majority group. Asian students lead at 35%. The next largest groups are 25% White, 21% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is in line with Alameda County, where about 33% of residents are Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 75%.
Its staff includes 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 26.2 students per teacher. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 3.9 students per teacher. Roughly 50% of students at Love Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Alameda County is similar, at 49%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Love Elementary is 50.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.7%.
In Alameda County, home to about 1,649,473 people, median household income comes to about $129,367, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 394 public schools in the county, enrolling about 210,511, Love Elementary among them.
Alameda High is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Love Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 64.7% on proficiency, and Love Elementary is below that at 56.7%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 518 to 498, a 4% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 24.7:1 in 2020-21 to 26.2:1 in 2024-25.
Love Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Alameda Unified
- Alameda HighHigh · 1,868 students
- Encinal Junior/Senior HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 971 students
- Will C. Wood MiddleMiddle · 613 students
- Amelia Earhart ElementaryElementary · 573 students
- Frank Otis ElementaryElementary · 569 students
Other schools in Alameda
- Alameda HighHigh · 1,868 students
- Encinal Junior/Senior HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 971 students
- The Academy of AlamedaElementary · 638 students
- Will C. Wood MiddleMiddle · 613 students
- Amelia Earhart ElementaryElementary · 573 students
Other Love Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Love Elementary. Love Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Love Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Alameda High0.4 mi · 1,868
- Franklin Elementary0.6 mi · 291
- Will C. Wood Middle0.9 mi · 613
- Downtown Charter Academy0.9 mi · 305
- Edison Elementary0.9 mi · 474
- Lazear Charter Academy1.1 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Love ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Love Elementary?
Love Elementary enrolls approximately 498 students in grades KG-05.
Is Love Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Love Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Love Elementary have?
Love Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.2:1.
How diverse is Love Elementary?
Love Elementary reports a student body of 25% White, 21% Hispanic, 3% Black, 35% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Love Elementary in?
Love Elementary is part of Alameda Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.