Stanton Elementary

Stanton Elementary is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in Castro Valley, California, operated by Castro Valley Unified, teacheing 515 students in grades K through 5.

Stanton Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Castro Valley Unified, a district that serves 9,548 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stanton Elementary lists that the largest single group is Asian at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 16% White, 11% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Stanton Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Stanton Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.9%; this one delivers 55.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Alameda County) logs that median household income runs about $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Stanton Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Chabot Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stanton Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Stanton Elementary's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 467 (now 515). Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 27% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Stanton Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.