Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND UNIFIED·NCES 062805004310
Redwood Heights Elementary
4401 39th Ave., Oakland, CA 94619 · (510) 879-2148 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
25.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
160 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 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
78%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
71.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +29.5pp since 2014
Math
70.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +25.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 30 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 47.3% | 24.2% | 16.4% | 12.1% |
| Math | 41.2% | 29.7% | 17.6% | 11.5% |
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 | 71.5% | 70.9% |
| 2023-24 | 75.9% | 72.9% |
| 2022-23 | 67.1% | 66.9% |
| 2021-22 | 72.0% | 55.7% |
| 2018-19 | 57.1% | 45.2% |
| 2017-18 | 56.8% | 46.8% |
| 2016-17 | 51.8% | 49.4% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in California's top 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 Redwood Heights Elementary
Redwood Heights Elementary's state test result (72.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redwood Heights Elementary this school | 374 | 42.8% | 72.7% |
| Joaquin Miller Elementary Oakland | 406 | 42.1% | 56.0% |
| Elevate San Diego | 476 | 45.6% | N/A |
| Sequoia Elementary Oakland | 452 | 44.5% | 64.9% |
| Francophone Charter School of Oakland Oakland | 324 | 38.0% | N/A |
| Travis Elementary Travis AFB | 421 | 45.6% | 49.8% |
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 Redwood Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #526 of 5,151 | #45 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #562 of 5,172 ▼ 80 | #51 of 192 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #677 of 5,172 ▼ 251 | #54 of 192 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.4pp | #1,043 of 5,116 | #16 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #4,007 of 5,915 | #149 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.3:1 | #4,568 of 5,352 | #161 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.8% | #19 of 5,354 | #6 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.8% | #4,224 of 5,625 | #117 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #870 of 1,139 | #35 of 48 |
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
374
+16 (+4%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 336
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 374 | 14.8 | 25.3:1 | 43% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 14.8 | 25.8:1 | 44% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 15.6 | 23.6:1 | 34% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 16 | 22.4:1 | 25% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 16 | 22.6:1 | 28% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 17 | 21.1:1 | 26% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 349 | N/A | N/A | 15% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 281 | 16 | 17.6:1 | 15% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 336 | 14 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Redwood Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (362 to 374); teachers down 7% (16 to 14.8).
About Redwood Heights Elementary
Redwood Heights Elementary is an elementary school located in Oakland, California, in Alameda County. There are 374 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
Redwood Heights Elementary sits within Oakland Unified, which has 84 schools and 33,973 students.
No group is above 50% at Redwood Heights Elementary; the largest is White, at 28%. The school is also 25% multiracial, 22% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 10% Asian. Among Alameda County residents, the White share is about 30%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Redwood Heights Elementary scores 78%.
Redwood Heights Elementary has 14.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 25.3:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 43%.
Among California public elementary schools, Redwood Heights Elementary outscored 98%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Redwood Heights Elementary ranks in the top 10% in California. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 72.7%, against a prediction of 54.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Alameda County show that the median household earns about $129,367 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Alameda County, 394 public schools serve about 210,511 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Laurel Elementary, is about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 28.9%; Redwood Heights Elementary's is 72.7%, ranking 1st of 7.
NCES describes the area around Redwood Heights Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 22.4:1 to 25.3:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Redwood Heights ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Redwood Heights Elementary?
Redwood Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 374 students in grades KG-05.
Is Redwood Heights Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Redwood Heights Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Redwood Heights Elementary have?
Redwood Heights Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Redwood Heights Elementary?
Student demographics at Redwood Heights Elementary are roughly 28% White, 22% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% Asian, 25% Two or more.
What district is Redwood Heights Elementary in?
Redwood Heights Elementary is part of Oakland Unified.
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