Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYWARD UNIFIED·NCES 061674002129
Ruus Elementary
28027 Dickens Ave., Hayward, CA 94540 · (510) 723-3885 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
282 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 29% larger than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
26.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.6pp since 2014
Math
19.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 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 | 9.6% | 16.9% | 23.2% | 50.3% |
| Math | 7.2% | 12.2% | 20.4% | 60.2% |
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 | 26.6% | 19.3% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 20.3% |
| 2022-23 | 22.4% | 16.6% |
| 2021-22 | 29.1% | 15.2% |
| 2018-19 | 29.6% | 26.9% |
| 2017-18 | 28.6% | 26.4% |
| 2016-17 | 30.0% | 22.2% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Ruus Elementary
Ruus Elementary's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruus Elementary this school | 361 | 78.1% | 23.6% |
| Moscone (George R.) Elementary San Francisco | 334 | 77.5% | 31.4% |
| Ira Harbison National City | 393 | 76.6% | 37.3% |
| Raymond Temple Elementary Buena Park | 431 | 78.2% | 50.0% |
| Palmer Way National City | 387 | 82.2% | 38.1% |
| Vine Elementary West Covina | 346 | 79.2% | 52.7% |
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 Ruus Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #4,236 of 5,151 | #148 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #4,359 of 5,172 ▼ 219 | #154 of 192 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #4,327 of 5,172 ▼ 326 | #148 of 192 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #3,077 of 5,116 | #79 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #4,171 of 5,915 | #157 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #3,210 of 5,352 | #98 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #2,355 of 5,354 | #127 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.1% | #2,348 of 5,625 | #62 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.6% | #399 of 3,837 | #20 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
361
-69 (-16%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 608
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 361 | 15.5 | 23.3:1 | 78% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 16 | 24.2:1 | 84% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 16.5 | 23.0:1 | 74% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 17 | 25.3:1 | 62% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 21 | 25.5:1 | 70% (377) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 22 | 25.8:1 | 80% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | N/A | N/A | 62% (417) |
| 2000-01 | 889 | 44 | 20.2:1 | 57% (510) |
| 1990-91 | 608 | 28 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ruus Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (536 to 361); teachers down 26% (21 to 15.5).
About Ruus Elementary
Ruus Elementary sits in Hayward, California, and is classified as an elementary school. It had 361 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 22% below average.
Ruus Elementary is one of 28 schools in Hayward Unified, which enrolls 17,273 students in total.
About 64% of the student body at Ruus Elementary is Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 20% Asian, 6% Pacific Islander, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Alameda County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
On staff are 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Ruus Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 78%. For comparison, public schools in Alameda County average 49%.
The model predicts 33.8% for a school in California with Ruus Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Ruus Elementary posts 23.6%.
Looking at the county, Alameda County, 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%. The county's public schools total 394, with about 210,511 students.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Palma Ceia Elementary, is the closest to Ruus Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Ruus Elementary is behind the 24.4% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
The NCES locale for Ruus Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Ruus Elementary enrolled 430 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 361. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 25.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 23.3:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Ruus Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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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Other schools in Hayward
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- Cherryland ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Burbank ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- Impact Academy of Arts & TechnologyHigh · 716 students
Nearby schools
- Palma Ceia Elementary0.7 mi · 484
- Leadership Public Schools - Hayward0.7 mi · 573
- Tyrrell Elementary0.8 mi · 597
- Cesar Chavez Middle0.9 mi · 453
- Mt. Eden High0.9 mi · 1,865
- Eldridge Elementary0.9 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About Ruus ElementaryHow many students attend Ruus Elementary?
Ruus Elementary enrolls approximately 361 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Ruus Elementary serve?
Ruus Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Ruus Elementary have?
Ruus Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ruus Elementary?
At Ruus Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 64% Hispanic, 4% Black, 20% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Ruus Elementary in?
Ruus Elementary is part of Hayward Unified.
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