1
Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN LEANDRO UNIFIED·NCES 063468005837
McKinley Elementary
2150 East 14th St., San Leandro, CA 94577 · (510) 618-4320 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- DThree-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
22.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
375 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 109 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
29.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.1pp since 2014
Math
26.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.0% | 15.9% | 23.7% | 46.4% |
| Math | 10.5% | 16.3% | 26.8% | 46.4% |
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 | 29.9% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 30.6% |
| 2022-23 | 31.8% | 28.1% |
| 2021-22 | 37.6% | 28.9% |
| 2018-19 | 35.0% | 20.6% |
| 2017-18 | 24.9% | 17.6% |
| 2016-17 | 20.9% | 18.1% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 McKinley Elementary
McKinley Elementary's state test result (30.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Elementary this school | 454 | 82.6% | 30.9% |
| Dover Elementary Fairfield | 463 | 81.4% | 15.0% |
| Palms Elementary Lakewood | 463 | 82.3% | 42.4% |
| Cordova Villa Elementary Rancho Cordova | 475 | 86.1% | 22.4% |
| Don Riggio Stockton | 436 | 81.4% | 24.5% |
| John Marshall Elementary Stockton | 394 | 81.7% | 9.0% |
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 McKinley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #3,406 of 5,151 | #129 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #3,564 of 5,172 ▼ 555 | #136 of 192 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #3,988 of 5,172 ▼ 908 | #145 of 192 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.9pp | #589 of 5,116 | #46 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #2,994 of 5,915 | #113 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #2,751 of 5,352 | #79 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #1,097 of 5,354 | #81 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.6% | #1,913 of 5,625 | #50 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #3,179 of 3,837 | #120 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
454
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 454 | 20 | 22.7:1 | 83% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 19 | 23.4:1 | 80% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 19 | 23.7:1 | 80% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | 19 | 23.5:1 | 67% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 19 | 25.5:1 | 73% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 476 | 18 | 26.4:1 | 72% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | N/A | N/A | 64% (311) |
| 2000-01 | 476 | 27 | 17.6:1 | 39% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 361 | 15 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (484 to 454); teachers up 5% (19 to 20).
About McKinley Elementary
McKinley Elementary is an elementary school located in San Leandro, California, in Alameda County. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 454 students.
District-wide, San Leandro Unified has 13 schools and 8,834 students.
At McKinley Elementary, 54% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 14% Black, 12% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 6% White. Census figures show Alameda County is about 23% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.7:1. The school has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal data show 83% of students (375) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 49% average for public schools in Alameda County is 34 points.
On the allk12 Grade, McKinley Elementary lands at C, ahead of 28% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, McKinley Elementary is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 30.9% actual, 31.1% 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 share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 394, with about 210,511 students.
San Leandro High, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of McKinley Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, McKinley Elementary places 4th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show 447 students in 2020-21 and 454 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
McKinley Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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- San Leandro HighHigh · 2,510 students
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- San Leandro HighHigh · 2,510 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 969 students
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Other McKinley Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 19 states are named McKinley Elementary. McKinley Elementary is the 16th largest of the 56.
- McKinley ElementaryStockton, CA · 705 students
- McKinley ElementaryFresno, CA · 671 students
- McKinley ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 628 students
- McKinley ElementarySan Gabriel, CA · 618 students
- McKinley ElementarySan Diego, CA · 588 students
Nearby schools
- San Leandro High0.3 mi · 2,510
- San Leandro Virtual Academy0.5 mi · 102
- Bancroft Middle0.6 mi · 948
- Jefferson Elementary0.8 mi · 551
- Halkin Elementary1.1 mi · 724
- Washington Elementary1.1 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley ElementaryHow large is McKinley Elementary?
McKinley Elementary enrolls approximately 454 students in grades KG-05.
Is McKinley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
McKinley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McKinley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McKinley Elementary is approximately 22.7:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at McKinley Elementary?
At McKinley Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 54% Hispanic, 14% Black, 12% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees McKinley Elementary?
McKinley Elementary is overseen by San Leandro Unified in Alameda County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.