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What's something Ruby Bridges Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMEDA UNIFIED·NCES 060177011549
Ruby Bridges Elementary
351 Jack London Ave., Alameda, CA 94501 · (510) 748-4006 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
301 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 128 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 94% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
79%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
39.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.7pp since 2014
Math
41.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.9% | 20.4% | 23.0% | 37.7% |
| Math | 17.7% | 23.4% | 23.4% | 35.4% |
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 | 39.3% | 41.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 38.4% |
| 2022-23 | 38.5% | 36.8% |
| 2021-22 | 37.8% | 29.8% |
| 2018-19 | 37.0% | 31.6% |
| 2017-18 | 36.3% | 30.1% |
| 2016-17 | 33.5% | 32.0% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Ruby Bridges Elementary
Ruby Bridges Elementary's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby Bridges Elementary this school | 458 | 65.7% | 40.5% |
| Regency Park Elementary Sacramento | 619 | 71.6% | 48.6% |
| Nye Elementary San Diego | 385 | 71.7% | 69.5% |
| Parks (Rosa) Elementary San Francisco | 326 | 62.6% | 34.2% |
| Cleveland Elementary Oakland | 376 | 55.9% | 58.3% |
| Lakeshore Alternative Elementary San Francisco | 416 | 65.6% | 38.0% |
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 Ruby Bridges Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #2,437 of 5,151 | #113 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #2,211 of 5,172 ▲ 104 | #116 of 192 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #3,000 of 5,172 ▼ 407 | #123 of 192 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.4pp | #1,264 of 5,116 | #25 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #2,920 of 5,915 | #105 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,904 of 5,352 | #84 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 79.4% | #4 of 5,354 | #3 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.7% | #3,183 of 5,625 | #86 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #2,796 of 3,837 | #110 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
458
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 458 | 20 | 22.9:1 | 66% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 18 | 24.1:1 | 68% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 19 | 22.4:1 | 64% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 23 | 19.8:1 | 55% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 20 | 25.2:1 | 67% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 24 | 22.3:1 | 63% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 614 | N/A | N/A | 66% (408) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ruby Bridges Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (504 to 458); teachers unchanged (20 to 20).
About Ruby Bridges Elementary
Ruby Bridges Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Alameda, California. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 458 students.
The 15 schools in Alameda Unified enroll 9,260 students altogether, Ruby Bridges Elementary among them.
Ruby Bridges Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 27%. It is also 21% Hispanic, 20% Black, 15% White, and 15% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Ruby Bridges Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 79%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.9:1, with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 66% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Alameda County average 49%.
Ruby Bridges Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.5% is within a point of the 41.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Alameda County this way: median household income is about $129,367, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Alameda County number 394 and enroll about 210,511.
The next-closest public school is Alameda Science and Technology Institute, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ruby Bridges Elementary. Of 4 schools in the immediate area with test results, Ruby Bridges Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Ruby Bridges Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (455) to 2024-25 (458). The school's ratio rose from 19.8:1 to 22.9:1 between 2020-21 and 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 Alameda Unified
- Alameda HighHigh · 1,868 students
- Encinal Junior/Senior HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 971 students
- Will C. Wood MiddleMiddle · 613 students
- Amelia Earhart ElementaryElementary · 573 students
- Frank Otis ElementaryElementary · 569 students
Other schools in Alameda
- Alameda HighHigh · 1,868 students
- Encinal Junior/Senior HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 971 students
- The Academy of AlamedaElementary · 638 students
- Will C. Wood MiddleMiddle · 613 students
- Amelia Earhart ElementaryElementary · 573 students
Other Ruby Bridges Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ruby Bridges Elementary. Ruby Bridges Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ruby Bridges ElementaryWoodinville, WA · 503 students
Nearby schools
- Alameda Science and Technology Institute0.2 mi · 211
- Nea Community Learning Center0.3 mi · 479
- Alameda Community Learning Center0.3 mi · 362
- The Academy of Alameda0.4 mi · 638
- Island High (Continuation)0.5 mi · 76
- William G. Paden Elementary0.8 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Ruby Bridges ElementaryHow many students attend Ruby Bridges Elementary?
Ruby Bridges Elementary enrolls approximately 458 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Ruby Bridges Elementary serve?
Ruby Bridges Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Ruby Bridges Elementary have?
Ruby Bridges Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Ruby Bridges Elementary?
Student demographics at Ruby Bridges Elementary are roughly 15% White, 21% Hispanic, 20% Black, 27% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Ruby Bridges Elementary in?
Ruby Bridges Elementary is part of Alameda Unified.
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