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What's the one class at Sequoia Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND UNIFIED·NCES 062805004314
Sequoia Elementary
3730 Lincoln Ave., Oakland, CA 94602 · (510) 879-2151 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
25.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
201 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
77%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
66.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +20.3pp since 2014
Math
62.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 42.3% | 24.0% | 15.9% | 17.8% |
| Math | 37.3% | 25.4% | 20.1% | 17.2% |
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 | 66.3% | 62.7% |
| 2023-24 | 64.7% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.5% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 69.2% | 59.7% |
| 2018-19 | 57.6% | 47.7% |
| 2017-18 | 62.0% | 48.7% |
| 2016-17 | 49.5% | 49.5% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Sequoia Elementary
Sequoia Elementary's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Elementary this school | 452 | 44.5% | 64.9% |
| Travis Elementary Travis AFB | 421 | 45.6% | 49.8% |
| Citizens of the World Charter School West Valley Winnetka | 409 | 42.8% | N/A |
| McKinley Elementary Santa Monica | 362 | 42.3% | 62.6% |
| Roosevelt Elementary San Leandro | 524 | 45.8% | 55.6% |
| Joaquin Miller Elementary Oakland | 406 | 42.1% | 56.0% |
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 Sequoia Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #888 of 5,151 | #75 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #935 of 5,172 ▼ 162 | #77 of 192 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #939 of 5,172 ▲ 33 | #69 of 192 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #3,302 of 5,116 | #88 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #3,013 of 5,915 | #114 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #4,484 of 5,352 | #158 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.3% | #26 of 5,354 | #8 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #4,161 of 5,625 | #114 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #841 of 1,139 | #33 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
452
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 429
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 452 | 18 | 25.1:1 | 44% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 19 | 23.5:1 | 44% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 20 | 22.4:1 | 37% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 18 | 24.4:1 | 27% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 17.5 | 24.9:1 | 33% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 18 | 23.7:1 | 41% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | N/A | N/A | 44% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 365 | 19 | 19.2:1 | 49% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 429 | 17 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sequoia Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (436 to 452); teachers up 3% (17.5 to 18).
About Sequoia Elementary
Students in Oakland, California, attend Sequoia Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 452 students.
Oakland Unified enrolls 33,973 students, and its 84 schools include Sequoia Elementary.
Of every 100 students at Sequoia Elementary, about 29 are White, the largest group. Smaller groups are 26% Hispanic, 22% multiracial, 11% Black, and 11% Asian. Census estimates put Alameda County at about 30% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 77, compared with 70 nationally.
Sequoia Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 25.1:1. The school's 25.1:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 44%.
Sequoia Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 84% of California public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Sequoia Elementary is 11.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 64.9%. Predicted: 53.5%.
In Alameda County, home to about 1,649,473 people, the median household earns about $129,367 a year, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Sequoia Elementary shares Alameda County with 393 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Sequoia Elementary is closest to Bret Harte Middle, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Sequoia Elementary ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Sequoia Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 3%, from 439 to 452.
The allk12 page for Sequoia Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Sequoia Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 1 state are named Sequoia Elementary. Sequoia Elementary is the 5th largest of the 9.
- Sequoia ElementaryManteca, CA · 814 students
- Sequoia ElementaryFresno, CA · 696 students
- Sequoia ElementaryPleasant Hill, CA · 594 students
- Sequoia ElementaryShafter, CA · 534 students
- Sequoia ElementaryWestminster, CA · 440 students
Nearby schools
- Bret Harte Middle0.3 mi · 337
- Fruitvale Elementary0.4 mi · 254
- Glenview Elementary0.5 mi · 476
- Edna Brewer Middle1.0 mi · 785
- Allendale Elementary1.0 mi · 368
- Laurel Elementary1.0 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About Sequoia ElementaryHow many students attend Sequoia Elementary?
Sequoia Elementary enrolls approximately 452 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sequoia Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sequoia Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Sequoia Elementary?
Approximately 25.1:1 students per teacher at Sequoia Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sequoia Elementary?
At Sequoia Elementary, the student body is approximately 29% White, 26% Hispanic, 11% Black, 11% Asian, 22% Two or more.
What district is Sequoia Elementary in?
Sequoia Elementary is part of Oakland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.