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What advice would you give to incoming students at Pioneer Elementary?
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Enrollment
623
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW HAVEN UNIFIED·NCES 062691007795
Pioneer Elementary
32737 Bel Aire St., Union City, CA 94587 · (510) 487-4530 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
27.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
306 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 140 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (140) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
55.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.0pp since 2014
Math
46.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.3% | 23.8% | 16.3% | 28.7% |
| Math | 29.4% | 17.4% | 24.8% | 28.4% |
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 | 55.0% | 46.8% |
| 2023-24 | 60.1% | 51.6% |
| 2022-23 | 57.9% | 49.7% |
| 2021-22 | 56.5% | 55.8% |
| 2018-19 | 60.1% | 53.5% |
| 2017-18 | 51.4% | 45.2% |
| 2016-17 | 53.5% | 51.6% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 48.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Pioneer Elementary
Pioneer Elementary's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Elementary this school | 623 | 49.1% | 53.5% |
| Michael G. Wickman Elementary Chino Hills | 710 | 45.1% | 79.0% |
| Holly Avenue Elementary Arcadia | 789 | 49.7% | 73.6% |
| Pantera Elementary Diamond Bar | 512 | 47.9% | 79.8% |
| Rolling Ridge Elementary Chino Hills | 586 | 50.3% | 77.4% |
| La Rosa Elementary Temple City | 543 | 44.0% | 67.1% |
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 Pioneer Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,481 of 5,151 | #100 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,805 of 5,172 ▼ 375 | #104 of 192 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,685 of 5,172 ▼ 439 | #103 of 192 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.2pp | #531 of 5,116 | #39 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #1,203 of 5,915 | #40 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.1:1 | #5,139 of 5,352 | #195 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #2,178 of 5,354 | #118 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.1% | #3,944 of 5,625 | #109 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #1,252 of 3,837 | #51 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
623
-62 (-9%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 918
Student : Teacher
27.1:1
was 26.4:1
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 | 623 | 23 | 27.1:1 | 49% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 24 | 26.5:1 | 44% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 27 | 23.3:1 | 33% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 26 | 26.4:1 | 32% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 795 | 33 | 24.1:1 | 38% (304) |
| 2015-16 | 838 | 33 | 25.4:1 | 33% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 858 | N/A | N/A | 38% (330) |
| 2000-01 | 912 | 47 | 19.4:1 | 15% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 918 | 38 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pioneer Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (795 to 623); teachers down 30% (33 to 23).
About Pioneer Elementary
Pioneer Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Union City, California. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 623 students. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 34% above that mark.
New Haven Unified enrolls 10,056 students, and its 13 schools include Pioneer Elementary.
More than half of the students at Pioneer Elementary are Asian (63%). Next come 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% White, and 4% Black. That compares with about 33% Asian among all Alameda County residents. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Pioneer Elementary are from different groups.
Pioneer Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 27.1:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 4.8 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 49% at Pioneer Elementary. The figure for public schools in Alameda County is close, at 49%.
Pioneer Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 57% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.8% for Pioneer Elementary. The school posts 53.5%, 2.8 points above the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Alameda County show that median household income comes to about $129,367, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Alameda County counts 394 public schools with about 210,511 students.
Pioneer Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Delaine Eastin Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Pioneer Elementary ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 53.5% against a local average of 57.6%.
NCES describes the area around Pioneer Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 9% across 4 years, from 685 in 2020-21 to 623 in 2024-25.
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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 New Haven Unified
- James Logan HighHigh · 3,096 students
- Itliong-Vera CruzMiddle · 1,097 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 990 students
- Guy Jr. Emanuele ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Searles ElementaryElementary · 712 students
- Delaine Eastin ElementaryElementary · 668 students
Other schools in Union City
- James Logan HighHigh · 3,096 students
- Itliong-Vera CruzMiddle · 1,097 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 990 students
- Guy Jr. Emanuele ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Searles ElementaryElementary · 712 students
- Delaine Eastin ElementaryElementary · 668 students
Other Pioneer Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 12 states are named Pioneer Elementary. Pioneer Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 29.
- Pioneer ElementaryMerced, CA · 1,055 students
- Pioneer ElementaryBrentwood, CA · 859 students
- Pioneer ElementaryEscondido, CA · 598 students
- Pioneer ElementaryDavis, CA · 572 students
- Pioneer ElementaryHanford, CA · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Delaine Eastin Elementary0.4 mi · 668
- Ardenwood Elementary1.0 mi · 637
- Forest Park Elementary1.2 mi · 725
- Itliong-Vera Cruz1.6 mi · 1,097
- Alvarado Elementary1.6 mi · 667
- Cesar Chavez Middle1.8 mi · 990
Frequently asked questions
About Pioneer ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Pioneer Elementary?
Pioneer Elementary enrolls approximately 623 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Pioneer Elementary serve?
Pioneer Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pioneer Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pioneer Elementary is approximately 27.1:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pioneer Elementary?
Student demographics at Pioneer Elementary are roughly 5% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 63% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Pioneer Elementary in?
Pioneer Elementary is part of New Haven Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.