Lydiksen Elementary

Set in Pleasanton, California, Lydiksen Elementary is a moderately sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Pleasanton Unified. It teaches 586 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 26% above typical.

Pleasanton Unified runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 13,302 students. Lydiksen Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lydiksen Elementary records that 53% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 7% of students at Lydiksen Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lydiksen Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.2%, the actual is 76.7%, a residual of +1.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Alameda County put median household income runs about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lydiksen Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

The closest other public school is Foothill High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lydiksen Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 76.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 628 students in 2018 compared to 586 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 40% to 24% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 in 2025.

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