Schafer Park Elementary

Schafer Park Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Hayward, California, one of the schools within Hayward Unified. Current enrollment sits at 606 students spanning grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 30% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Within Hayward Unified, which oversees 28 schools and 17,273 students, Schafer Park Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Schafer Park Elementary records that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 10% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Schafer Park Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Schafer Park Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of -0.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, Alameda County reports that median household income runs about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Schafer Park Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

Glassbrook Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Schafer Park Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 23.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 21%: 768 students in 2018 compared to 606 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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