Park Elementary

Park Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Hayward, California, overseen by Hayward Unified. The school hosts 504 students in grades K through 6.

Hayward Unified comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 17,273 students; Park Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Park Elementary shows that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 14% Asian, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Park Elementary records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Park Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.1%, the actual is 17.2%, a residual of -13.9 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Alameda County put the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Park Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

The closest other public school is Alameda County Community, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Park Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Park Elementary has edged down 9%, going from 552 students in 2018 to 504 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 in 2025.

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