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Enrollment
558
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT UNIFIED·NCES 061440001685
Patterson Elementary
35521 Cabrillo Dr., Fremont, CA 94536 · (510) 793-0420 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
152 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 | 107 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
52%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
67.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.8pp since 2014
Math
73.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +20.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 38.8% | 29.0% | 17.5% | 14.7% |
| Math | 46.9% | 26.7% | 13.2% | 13.2% |
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 | 67.8% | 73.6% |
| 2023-24 | 72.9% | 73.3% |
| 2022-23 | 72.3% | 73.8% |
| 2021-22 | 72.7% | 70.3% |
| 2018-19 | 70.6% | 65.1% |
| 2017-18 | 64.2% | 58.6% |
| 2016-17 | 60.0% | 54.3% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
71.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Patterson Elementary
Patterson Elementary's state test result (71.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson Elementary this school | 558 | 27.2% | 71.9% |
| Longley Way Elementary Arcadia | 541 | 30.3% | 70.3% |
| Margaret Landell Elementary Cypress | 662 | 24.9% | 81.8% |
| Norwood Creek Elementary San Jose | 530 | 27.0% | 70.1% |
| Marshall Pomeroy Elementary Milpitas | 597 | 27.6% | 67.1% |
| Monte Verde Elementary San Bruno | 517 | 21.9% | 78.5% |
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 Patterson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #564 of 5,151 | #50 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #467 of 5,172 no change | #43 of 192 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #866 of 5,172 ▼ 299 | #63 of 192 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #1,534 of 5,116 | #88 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #1,777 of 5,915 | #59 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.4:1 | #4,608 of 5,352 | #162 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #2,635 of 5,354 | #139 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.2% | #4,879 of 5,625 | #158 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #727 of 3,837 | #33 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
558
-188 (-25%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
was 25.7:1
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 | 558 | 22 | 25.4:1 | 27% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 24 | 25.8:1 | 18% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 709 | 27 | 26.3:1 | 21% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 746 | 29 | 25.7:1 | 20% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 770 | 30.5 | 25.2:1 | 23% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 24 | 27.1:1 | 29% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | N/A | N/A | 26% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 611 | 31 | 19.7:1 | 25% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 24 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patterson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (770 to 558); teachers down 28% (30.5 to 22).
About Patterson Elementary
Patterson Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Fremont, California. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 558 students.
Fremont Unified is the local district for Patterson Elementary. It runs 43 schools with 33,073 students.
Of every 100 students at Patterson Elementary, about 67 are Asian. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% White, and 3% Black. Alameda County's residents are about 33% Asian, 34 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Patterson Elementary scores 52%.
The school has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 25.4 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. The school reported 27% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Alameda County averages 49%, higher than here.
Patterson Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 71.9% is 8.4 points above the 63.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Alameda County, the median household earns about $129,367 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Patterson Elementary, Alameda County has 394 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Patterson Elementary is closest to Oliveira Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Patterson Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Patterson Elementary at 3rd of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 558, from 746 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Patterson Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
Other Patterson Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Patterson Elementary. Patterson Elementary is the 4th largest of the 9.
- Patterson Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 1,024 students
- Patterson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 811 students
- Patterson ElementaryMESA, AZ · 733 students
- Patterson Elementary SchoolGILBERT, AZ · 518 students
- Patterson Elementary SchoolPatterson, GA · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Oliveira Elementary0.8 mi · 496
- Cabrillo Elementary0.8 mi · 275
- American High0.8 mi · 2,618
- Crossroads High (Alternative)0.9 mi · 31
- Bridgepoint High0.9 mi · 60
- John F. Kennedy Elementary0.9 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About Patterson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Patterson Elementary?
Patterson Elementary enrolls approximately 558 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Patterson Elementary serve?
Patterson Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Patterson Elementary have?
Patterson Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Patterson Elementary?
At Patterson Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 67% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Patterson Elementary public or private?
Patterson 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.