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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT UNIFIED·NCES 061440001668
O. N. Hirsch Elementary
41399 Chapel Way, Fremont, CA 94538 · (510) 657-3537 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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.
- ABeats 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
23.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
151 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 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
41%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
75.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.7pp since 2014
Math
76.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 50.6% | 25.1% | 13.6% | 10.8% |
| Math | 57.4% | 19.1% | 12.5% | 10.9% |
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 | 75.7% | 76.6% |
| 2023-24 | 74.6% | 74.7% |
| 2022-23 | 78.9% | 76.1% |
| 2021-22 | 83.5% | 78.7% |
| 2018-19 | 76.4% | 76.9% |
| 2017-18 | 74.9% | 75.8% |
| 2016-17 | 74.8% | 74.9% |
| 2015-16 | 77.0% | 74.0% |
| 2014-15 | 70.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 O. N. Hirsch Elementary
O. N. Hirsch Elementary's state test result (75.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| O. N. Hirsch Elementary this school | 441 | 34.2% | 75.6% |
| Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila San Francisco | 407 | 36.4% | 83.6% |
| Stevenson (Robert Louis) Elementary San Francisco | 442 | 40.0% | 72.7% |
| D. J. Sedgwick Elementary Cupertino | 407 | 27.0% | 78.8% |
| Harvey Green Elementary Fremont | 368 | 39.1% | 75.5% |
| Steven Millard Elementary Fremont | 455 | 31.0% | 61.3% |
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 O. N. Hirsch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #404 of 5,151 | #34 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #358 of 5,172 ▲ 66 | #28 of 192 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #461 of 5,172 ▲ 20 | #36 of 192 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.9pp | #577 of 5,116 | #44 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #3,141 of 5,915 | #118 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #3,165 of 5,352 | #94 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #3,394 of 5,354 | #166 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.2% | #4,591 of 5,625 | #131 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #1,123 of 3,837 | #43 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
441
-38 (-8%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 441 | 19 | 23.2:1 | 34% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 16.8 | 24.4:1 | 30% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 18 | 23.3:1 | 28% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 19 | 25.2:1 | 21% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 23.5 | 24.3:1 | 22% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 19 | 29.1:1 | 26% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | N/A | N/A | 31% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 21 | 19.8:1 | 22% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 382 | 18 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for O. N. Hirsch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (570 to 441); teachers down 19% (23.5 to 19).
About O. N. Hirsch Elementary
O. N. Hirsch Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Fremont, California. Enrollment stands at 441 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
Across its 43 schools, Fremont Unified enrolls 33,073 students. O. N. Hirsch Elementary is one of those schools.
About 76% of the student body at O. N. Hirsch Elementary is Asian. Smaller groups are 11% Hispanic, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 33% of Alameda County residents are Asian. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at O. N. Hirsch Elementary are from different groups.
A staff of 19 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 23.2:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 34%. That is 15 points below the 49% average for public schools in Alameda County.
O. N. Hirsch Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of California public elementary schools.
O. N. Hirsch Elementary is 16.2 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in California.
In Alameda County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $129,367, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 394 public schools and about 210,511 students.
About 0.1 miles separate O. N. Hirsch Elementary from the closest public school, John M. Horner Middle. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. O. N. Hirsch Elementary ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 75.6% against a local average of 66.4%.
Locale data from NCES put O. N. Hirsch Elementary inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
The school's enrollment decreased 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 25.2 in 2020-21 to 23.2 in 2024-25.
O. N. Hirsch Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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
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- American HighHigh · 2,618 students
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- John M. Horner MiddleMiddle · 1,574 students
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- 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
- John M. Horner Middle0.1 mi · 1,574
- Irvington High0.3 mi · 2,157
- Robertson High (Continuation)0.5 mi · 169
- Vista Alternative0.6 mi · 39
- Harvey Green Elementary0.6 mi · 368
- John Blacow Elementary0.7 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About O. N. Hirsch ElementaryHow large is O. N. Hirsch Elementary?
O. N. Hirsch Elementary enrolls approximately 441 students in grades KG-05.
Is O. N. Hirsch Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
O. N. Hirsch Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at O. N. Hirsch Elementary?
Approximately 23.2:1 students per teacher at O. N. Hirsch Elementary.
How diverse is O. N. Hirsch Elementary?
O. N. Hirsch Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 76% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees O. N. Hirsch Elementary?
O. N. Hirsch Elementary is overseen by Fremont Unified in Alameda County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.