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What tradition at Oliveira Elementary should never be changed?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT UNIFIED·NCES 061440001683
Oliveira Elementary
4180 Alder Ave., Fremont, CA 94536 · (510) 797-1135 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
23.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
165 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 | 98 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
55%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
62.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.9pp since 2014
Math
65.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 43.0% | 19.9% | 14.3% | 22.8% |
| Math | 39.4% | 26.0% | 15.2% | 19.5% |
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 | 62.9% | 65.3% |
| 2023-24 | 65.9% | 66.6% |
| 2022-23 | 71.1% | 66.7% |
| 2021-22 | 72.7% | 65.5% |
| 2018-19 | 72.7% | 65.3% |
| 2017-18 | 70.4% | 63.5% |
| 2016-17 | 62.6% | 60.2% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 59.0% |
| 2014-15 | 58.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Oliveira Elementary
Oliveira Elementary's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliveira Elementary this school | 496 | 33.3% | 65.5% |
| Steven Millard Elementary Fremont | 455 | 31.0% | 61.3% |
| Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary Cerritos | 516 | 35.5% | 80.3% |
| Longley Way Elementary Arcadia | 541 | 30.3% | 70.3% |
| Brookvale Elementary Fremont | 428 | 29.2% | 70.4% |
| Millbrook Elementary San Jose | 503 | 30.8% | 68.3% |
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 Oliveira Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #859 of 5,151 | #71 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #812 of 5,172 ▼ 63 | #68 of 192 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #1,152 of 5,172 ▼ 234 | #79 of 192 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #559 of 5,116 | #43 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #2,482 of 5,915 | #87 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,454 of 5,352 | #111 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #2,313 of 5,354 | #126 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.3% | #4,634 of 5,625 | #136 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.2% | #106 of 3,837 | #7 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
496
-291 (-37%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 496 | 21 | 23.6:1 | 33% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 24 | 23.9:1 | 31% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 646 | 26 | 24.9:1 | 23% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 787 | 31 | 25.4:1 | 16% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 858 | 34.5 | 24.9:1 | 19% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 720 | 28 | 25.7:1 | 22% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | N/A | N/A | 32% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 22 | 22.6:1 | 25% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 23 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oliveira Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (858 to 496); teachers down 39% (34.5 to 21).
About Oliveira Elementary
Oliveira Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Fremont, California. It had 496 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
District-wide, Fremont Unified has 43 schools and 33,073 students.
More than half of the students at Oliveira Elementary are Asian (64%). Other reported shares: 18% Hispanic, 7% White, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. That compares with about 33% Asian among all Alameda County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 33% of the student body. It compares with 49% for public schools in Alameda County.
Among California public elementary schools, Oliveira Elementary outscored 70%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 60.0% for a school in California with Oliveira Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Oliveira Elementary posts 65.5%.
For the population of Alameda County, median household income comes to about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Alameda County counts 394 public schools with about 210,511 students.
Among nearby public schools, Thornton Middle is closest at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Oliveira Elementary. On state test proficiency, Oliveira Elementary ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count decreased 37% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio dropped from 25.4:1 to 23.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Oliveira Elementary. 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
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
- Thornton Middle0.3 mi · 1,972
- American High0.3 mi · 2,618
- Brookvale Elementary0.5 mi · 428
- Cabrillo Elementary0.7 mi · 275
- Patterson Elementary0.8 mi · 558
- Centerville Middle0.9 mi · 1,495
Frequently asked questions
About Oliveira ElementaryHow large is Oliveira Elementary?
Oliveira Elementary enrolls approximately 496 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Oliveira Elementary serve?
Oliveira Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oliveira Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oliveira Elementary is approximately 23.6:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Oliveira Elementary?
Student demographics at Oliveira Elementary are roughly 7% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 64% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Oliveira Elementary public or private?
Oliveira 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.