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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Niles Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT UNIFIED·NCES 061440001680
Niles Elementary
37141 Second St., Fremont, CA 94536 · (510) 793-1141 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
27.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
115 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
76.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.9pp since 2014
Math
73.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 51.1% | 25.8% | 10.2% | 12.9% |
| Math | 49.1% | 24.8% | 15.0% | 11.1% |
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 | 76.9% | 73.9% |
| 2023-24 | 73.8% | 75.1% |
| 2022-23 | 75.6% | 71.2% |
| 2021-22 | 73.9% | 70.9% |
| 2018-19 | 78.7% | 76.6% |
| 2017-18 | 73.5% | 72.8% |
| 2016-17 | 73.5% | 72.0% |
| 2015-16 | 71.0% | 70.0% |
| 2014-15 | 71.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
74.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Niles Elementary
Niles Elementary's state test result (74.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niles Elementary this school | 461 | 24.9% | 74.9% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary Santa Clara | 453 | 28.0% | 70.7% |
| John G. Mattos Elementary Fremont | 486 | 20.4% | 66.4% |
| Noble Elementary San Jose | 370 | 23.5% | 65.8% |
| Audubon Elementary Foster City | 445 | 20.9% | 68.4% |
| Tamura (Hisamatsu) Elementary Fountain Valley | 526 | 29.3% | 83.3% |
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 Niles Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #434 of 5,151 | #38 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #459 of 5,172 ▼ 50 | #39 of 192 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #406 of 5,172 ▲ 116 | #29 of 192 ▲ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,279 of 5,116 | #53 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #2,893 of 5,915 | #104 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.1:1 | #5,146 of 5,352 | #196 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #1,685 of 5,354 | #106 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.9% | #4,971 of 5,625 | #164 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #1,006 of 3,837 | #38 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
461
-158 (-26%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
27.1:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 461 | 17 | 27.1:1 | 25% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 18 | 26.6:1 | 20% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 22 | 24.8:1 | 16% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 25 | 24.8:1 | 11% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 605 | 23 | 26.3:1 | 13% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 23 | 25.3:1 | 13% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | N/A | N/A | 16% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 22 | 22.4:1 | 11% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 382 | 15 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Niles Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (605 to 461); teachers down 26% (23 to 17).
About Niles Elementary
Niles Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school found in Fremont, California. It serves 461 students in kindergarten through 5.
Besides Niles Elementary, Fremont Unified runs 42 other schools. The district enrolls 33,073 students.
At Niles Elementary, Asian students make up 57% of the student body. After that, the student body is 18% Hispanic, 13% White, and 10% multiracial. Census figures show Alameda County is about 33% Asian. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Niles Elementary, 17 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 27.1:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 27.1:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 25% of enrollment. The gap from the 49% average for public schools in Alameda County is 24 points.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Niles Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 64.9%. Niles Elementary scores 74.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Alameda County show that the median household income is $129,367, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides Niles Elementary, Alameda County has 393 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Parkmont Elementary, at about 1.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 69.6%, lower than Niles Elementary's 74.9%.
The NCES locale for Niles Elementary is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Niles Elementary's enrollment declined from 619 in 2020-21 to 461 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 27.1:1, from 24.8:1.
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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 Fremont Unified
- American HighHigh · 2,618 students
- Irvington HighHigh · 2,157 students
- Thornton MiddleMiddle · 1,972 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,957 students
- Mission San Jose HighHigh · 1,794 students
- John M. Horner MiddleMiddle · 1,574 students
Other schools in Fremont
- American HighHigh · 2,618 students
- Irvington HighHigh · 2,157 students
- Thornton MiddleMiddle · 1,972 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,957 students
- Mission San Jose HighHigh · 1,794 students
- John M. Horner MiddleMiddle · 1,574 students
Nearby schools
- Parkmont Elementary1.1 mi · 734
- Vallejo Mill Elementary1.3 mi · 388
- California School for the Blind1.5 mi · 42
- California School for the Deaf-Fremont1.6 mi · 279
- Centerville Middle1.7 mi · 1,495
- Washington High1.7 mi · 1,957
Frequently asked questions
About Niles ElementaryHow many students attend Niles Elementary?
Niles Elementary enrolls approximately 461 students in grades KG-05.
Is Niles Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Niles Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Niles Elementary have?
Niles Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.1:1.
How diverse is Niles Elementary?
Niles Elementary reports a student body of 13% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 57% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Niles Elementary public or private?
Niles Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fremont Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.