Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND UNIFIED·NCES 062805004296
Markham Elementary
7220 Krause Ave., Oakland, CA 94605 · (510) 879-2138 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
323 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
47%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
10.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.7pp since 2014
Math
4.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.5% | 8.2% | 10.1% | 79.3% |
| Math | 0.6% | 4.3% | 15.9% | 79.1% |
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 | 10.7% | 4.9% |
| 2023-24 | 3.9% | 2.0% |
| 2022-23 | 6.7% | 2.6% |
| 2021-22 | 10.8% | 4.2% |
| 2018-19 | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| 2017-18 | 5.7% | 3.8% |
| 2016-17 | 10.6% | 6.8% |
| 2015-16 | 8.0% | 4.0% |
| 2014-15 | 10.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
5.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 5% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 22% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Markham Elementary
Markham Elementary's state test result (5.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markham Elementary this school | 327 | 98.8% | 5.4% |
| Hudnall (Claude) Elementary Inglewood | 332 | 94.3% | 17.1% |
| East Oakland Pride Elementary Oakland | 314 | 97.8% | 4.4% |
| Lovelia P. Flournoy Elementary Los Angeles | 382 | 97.4% | 14.7% |
| Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary Los Angeles | 399 | 99.5% | 18.5% |
| Grape Street Elementary Los Angeles | 333 | 97.9% | 26.7% |
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 Markham Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 5.4% | #5,148 of 5,151 | #188 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.9% | #5,161 of 5,172 ▲ 8 | #190 of 192 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #5,132 of 5,172 ▲ 37 | #183 of 192 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #3,250 of 5,116 | #87 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #4,504 of 5,915 | #169 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,908 of 5,352 | #128 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.9% | #2,999 of 5,354 | #155 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #44 of 5,625 | #7 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #3,454 of 3,837 | #125 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
327
+58 (+22%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 516
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 327 | 13.5 | 24.2:1 | 99% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 13.5 | 22.0:1 | 100% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 13.5 | 22.7:1 | 99% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 269 | 13 | 20.7:1 | 90% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 12 | 28.3:1 | 97% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 15 | 26.7:1 | 95% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | N/A | N/A | 74% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 642 | 32 | 20.1:1 | 83% (531) |
| 1990-91 | 516 | 22 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Markham Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (340 to 327); teachers up 13% (12 to 13.5).
About Markham Elementary
Markham Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Oakland, California. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 327 students. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Markham Elementary is one of 84 schools in Oakland Unified, which enrolls 33,973 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Markham Elementary is 69% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 22% Black and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Alameda County's population at about 23%. The chance that two students picked at random at Markham Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
Teacher staffing is 13.5 full-time equivalents, or about 24.2 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. About 99% of students, or 323, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 49% average for public schools in Alameda County, the school's rate is higher.
Markham Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 2% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school in California with Markham Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 21.7%. Markham Elementary scores 5.4%.
Federal survey data for Alameda County show that median household income is about $129,367, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 394 public schools operate in Alameda County, serving about 210,511 students.
East Oakland Pride Elementary is located about 0.4 miles from Markham Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 5.4% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 4 nearby schools.
Markham Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 22%, from 269 to 327. The ratio was 20.7:1 in 2020-21 and 24.2:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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Other Markham Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Markham Elementary. Markham Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Markham Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 341 students
- Markham Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 296 students
- Markham Elementary SchoolMARKHAM, TX · 255 students
Nearby schools
- East Oakland Pride Elementary0.4 mi · 314
- Aspire College Academy0.5 mi · 206
- Frick United Academy of Language Middle0.5 mi · 392
- Aspire Triumph Technology Academy0.6 mi · 217
- Oakland Unity High0.7 mi · 295
- Burbank Child Development Center0.7 mi · 36
Frequently asked questions
About Markham ElementaryHow large is Markham Elementary?
Markham Elementary enrolls approximately 327 students in grades KG-05.
Is Markham Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Markham Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Markham Elementary have?
Markham Elementary employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Markham Elementary?
At Markham Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 69% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Markham Elementary public or private?
Markham Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oakland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.