Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND UNIFIED·NCES 062805004308
Piedmont Avenue Elementary
4314 Piedmont Ave., Oakland, CA 94611 · (510) 879-3146 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
22.1:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
250 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 72 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 85% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
30.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.1pp since 2014
Math
29.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.1% | 15.9% | 30.2% | 38.9% |
| Math | 10.2% | 18.9% | 18.9% | 52.0% |
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 | 30.9% | 29.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.9% | 23.9% |
| 2022-23 | 27.1% | 16.7% |
| 2021-22 | 36.8% | 26.1% |
| 2018-19 | 23.6% | 20.2% |
| 2017-18 | 28.2% | 20.3% |
| 2016-17 | 13.1% | 15.2% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Piedmont Avenue Elementary
Piedmont Avenue Elementary's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont Avenue Elementary this school | 310 | 80.6% | 27.8% |
| Sankofa United Elementary Oakland | 216 | 75.9% | 23.1% |
| Purche Avenue Elementary Gardena | 373 | 90.1% | 27.4% |
| Oakland Academy of Knowledge Elementary Oakland | 231 | 93.5% | 21.7% |
| Kelso (William H.) Inglewood | 324 | 89.2% | 14.6% |
| Anna Yates Elementary Emeryville | 428 | 71.3% | 31.0% |
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 Piedmont Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #3,780 of 5,151 | #141 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #3,316 of 5,172 ▲ 436 | #131 of 192 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #3,884 of 5,172 ▲ 18 | #142 of 192 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.4pp | #1,383 of 5,116 | #81 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #4,682 of 5,915 | #174 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,291 of 5,352 | #66 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #535 of 5,354 | #51 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.6% | #2,133 of 5,625 | #58 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #3,038 of 3,837 | #116 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
310
-29 (-9%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 24.2:1
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 | 310 | 14 | 22.1:1 | 81% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 15 | 20.9:1 | 80% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 15 | 22.1:1 | 78% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 14 | 24.2:1 | 71% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 14 | 23.9:1 | 71% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 16 | 21.8:1 | 81% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | N/A | N/A | 59% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 18 | 18.4:1 | 49% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 376 | 15 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Piedmont Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (334 to 310); teachers unchanged (14 to 14).
About Piedmont Avenue Elementary
Piedmont Avenue Elementary is one of the public schools in Oakland, California. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. School enrollment was 310 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 33% smaller than that.
Piedmont Avenue Elementary is one school in Oakland Unified, a system of 84 schools with 33,973 students.
Piedmont Avenue Elementary has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 43%. Other reported shares: 25% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 7% White, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 10% Black among all Alameda County residents. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Piedmont Avenue Elementary is 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 22.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. About 81% of students, or 250, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Alameda County average 49%.
The allk12 Grade for Piedmont Avenue Elementary is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 22% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Piedmont Avenue Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.8% and a predicted 32.3%.
Alameda County census figures show that the median household income is $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 394 public schools in Alameda County, enrolling about 210,511 students in all.
Nearby, Beach Elementary is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Piedmont Avenue Elementary's average proficiency of 27.8% compares with 70.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Piedmont Avenue Elementary declined 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 339 to 310 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.2:1 in 2020-21, and 22.1:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Piedmont Avenue ElementaryHow large is Piedmont Avenue Elementary?
Piedmont Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 310 students in grades KG-05.
Is Piedmont Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Piedmont Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Piedmont Avenue Elementary?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Piedmont Avenue Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Piedmont Avenue Elementary?
Student demographics at Piedmont Avenue Elementary are roughly 7% White, 25% Hispanic, 43% Black, 5% Asian, 19% Two or more.
What district is Piedmont Avenue Elementary in?
Piedmont Avenue Elementary is part of Oakland Unified.
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