Mission Valley Elementary

As an intimate elementary campus in Fremont, California, Mission Valley Elementary caters to 375 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Fremont Unified.

Across the 43 schools in Fremont Unified (33,073 students total), Mission Valley Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mission Valley Elementary shows that Asian students make up the majority at 77%. Beyond that, the school shows 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% White, 3% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the income-and-resources front, Mission Valley Elementary records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mission Valley Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 64.9%; this one delivers 79.7%, a residual of +14.8 points.

In the area at large, census data for Alameda County shows median household income runs about $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Mission Valley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Joshua Chadbourne Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mission Valley Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 78.5%.

Mission Valley Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Mission Valley Elementary's enrollment has decreased 47% since 2018, when it stood at 709 (now 375). The Asian share of enrollment contracted from 87% to 77% over that span.

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