Rosa Parks Environmental Science
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat 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 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Rosa Parks Environmental Science
Rosa Parks Environmental Science operates as a tight-knit primary school in Berkeley, California, part of Berkeley Unified. Current enrollment sits at 393 students spanning grades K through 5.
Berkeley Unified comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 9,116 students; Rosa Parks Environmental Science is among them.
On the student-mix side, Rosa Parks Environmental Science lists that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 10% Asian, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 30% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Rosa Parks Environmental Science records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Rosa Parks Environmental Science tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Rosa Parks Environmental Science tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.0%.
In the area at large, Alameda County reports that 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. Rosa Parks Environmental Science is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).
Nearest neighbor: Oxford Elementary at West Campus, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rosa Parks Environmental Science. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rosa Parks Environmental Science at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 66.4%.
Rosa Parks Environmental Science operates from an urban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rosa Parks Environmental Science has declined 12%, going from 445 students in 2018 to 393 in 2025.
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