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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Southgate Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
581
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYWARD UNIFIED·NCES 061674002132
Southgate Elementary
26601 Calaroga Ave., Hayward, CA 94545 · (510) 723-3905 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
21.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
371 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 18% larger than its 6th grade class (77).
Student demographics
68%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
56.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.4pp since 2014
Math
42.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.2% | 29.1% | 21.4% | 22.3% |
| Math | 17.3% | 25.5% | 28.0% | 29.2% |
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 | 56.4% | 42.9% |
| 2023-24 | 56.1% | 43.1% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.1% | 39.1% |
| 2018-19 | 62.2% | 57.9% |
| 2017-18 | 59.8% | 56.8% |
| 2016-17 | 58.7% | 52.0% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Southgate Elementary
Southgate Elementary's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southgate Elementary this school | 581 | 63.9% | 49.6% |
| Canyon Oaks Elementary American Canyon | 696 | 63.5% | 49.3% |
| Temperance-Kutner Elementary Fresno | 618 | 68.3% | 47.1% |
| Braddock Drive Elementary Culver City | 541 | 59.7% | 67.5% |
| Ybarra Academy for the Arts and Technology Walnut | 630 | 66.8% | 51.6% |
| Sequoia Elementary Fresno | 696 | 63.5% | 54.9% |
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 Southgate Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #1,745 of 5,151 | #106 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #2,072 of 5,172 ▼ 109 | #112 of 192 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #1,592 of 5,172 ▼ 102 | #99 of 192 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,115 of 5,116 | #46 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #1,556 of 5,915 | #52 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #2,137 of 5,352 | #62 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #941 of 5,354 | #75 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #3,287 of 5,625 | #89 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #2,067 of 3,837 | #78 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
581
-76 (-12%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 24.3:1
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 | 581 | 26.5 | 21.9:1 | 64% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 583 | 25.2 | 23.1:1 | 73% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 611 | 27.7 | 22.1:1 | 69% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | 27 | 24.3:1 | 47% (312) |
| 2017-18 | 681 | 28 | 24.3:1 | 60% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 27 | 25.4:1 | 59% (405) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | N/A | N/A | 45% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 698 | 35 | 19.9:1 | 37% (260) |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 25 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southgate Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (681 to 581); teachers down 5% (28 to 26.5).
About Southgate Elementary
Southgate Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Hayward, California, under Hayward Unified. It has an enrollment of 581 students in kindergarten through 6. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
In Hayward Unified, 28 schools enroll a combined 17,273 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Southgate Elementary is Hispanic, with 41% of students. The next largest groups are 37% Asian, 10% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander, and 4% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 18 points above the 23% share among Alameda County residents. The diversity index for Southgate Elementary is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 21.9:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school reported 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Among public schools in Alameda County, the average eligibility rate is 49%.
Among California public elementary schools, Southgate Elementary outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Southgate Elementary is 7.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (49.6% versus 42.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
The school is in Alameda County, where median household income comes to about $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alameda County counts 394 public schools with about 210,511 students.
Among nearby public schools, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is closest at about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 27.3% proficiency; Southgate Elementary posts 49.6%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 76 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 21.9 students per teacher, compared with 24.3 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Southgate Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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
Related schools
Other schools in Hayward Unified
- Mt. Eden HighHigh · 1,865 students
- Hayward HighHigh · 1,580 students
- Tennyson HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Cherryland ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Burbank ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- Harder ElementaryElementary · 671 students
Other schools in Hayward
- Mt. Eden HighHigh · 1,865 students
- Hayward HighHigh · 1,580 students
- Tennyson HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Cherryland ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Burbank ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- Impact Academy of Arts & TechnologyHigh · 716 students
Other Southgate Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Southgate Elementary. Southgate Elementary is the largest of the 5.
- Southgate ElementaryGlen Burnie, MD · 573 students
- Southgate ElementaryAUSTIN, MN · 539 students
- Southgate Elementary SchoolKENNEWICK, WA · 416 students
- Southgate Elementary SchoolGARLAND, TX · 161 students
Nearby schools
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle0.3 mi · 669
- Eldridge Elementary0.5 mi · 281
- Schafer Park Elementary0.5 mi · 606
- Impact Academy of Arts & Technology0.7 mi · 716
- Eden Gardens Elementary0.7 mi · 477
- Glassbrook Elementary0.8 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About Southgate ElementaryHow many students attend Southgate Elementary?
Southgate Elementary enrolls approximately 581 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Southgate Elementary serve?
Southgate Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Southgate Elementary?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Southgate Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Southgate Elementary?
Student demographics at Southgate Elementary are roughly 3% White, 41% Hispanic, 4% Black, 37% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Southgate Elementary public or private?
Southgate Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hayward Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.