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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Steven Millard Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT UNIFIED·NCES 061440001676
Steven Millard Elementary
5200 Valpey Park Dr., Fremont, CA 94538 · (510) 657-0344 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- 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.
- DThree-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
22.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
141 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
56.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.2pp since 2014
Math
64.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 38.0% | 18.8% | 18.8% | 24.4% |
| Math | 41.2% | 23.1% | 12.7% | 23.1% |
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 | 56.8% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.1% | 62.8% |
| 2022-23 | 64.1% | 64.3% |
| 2021-22 | 66.5% | 67.9% |
| 2018-19 | 71.1% | 69.2% |
| 2017-18 | 72.5% | 72.2% |
| 2016-17 | 73.0% | 70.2% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 62.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Steven Millard Elementary
Steven Millard Elementary's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Millard Elementary this school | 455 | 31.0% | 61.3% |
| Oliveira Elementary Fremont | 496 | 33.3% | 65.5% |
| Field (Eugene) Elementary Pasadena | 449 | 28.7% | 76.4% |
| Millbrook Elementary San Jose | 503 | 30.8% | 68.3% |
| Longley Way Elementary Arcadia | 541 | 30.3% | 70.3% |
| Brookvale Elementary Fremont | 428 | 29.2% | 70.4% |
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 Steven Millard Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #1,052 of 5,151 | #81 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #865 of 5,172 ▲ 31 | #71 of 192 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #1,555 of 5,172 ▼ 366 | #97 of 192 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.7pp | #331 of 5,116 | #25 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #2,965 of 5,915 | #109 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,779 of 5,352 | #81 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #2,603 of 5,354 | #138 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.0% | #4,719 of 5,625 | #139 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #1,280 of 3,837 | #52 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
455
-68 (-13%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 455 | 20 | 22.8:1 | 31% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 22 | 22.7:1 | 25% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 21 | 23.6:1 | 22% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 23 | 22.7:1 | 18% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 24 | 24.1:1 | 20% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 24 | 24.9:1 | 25% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | N/A | N/A | 28% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 33 | 19.5:1 | 10% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 28 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Steven Millard Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (578 to 455); teachers down 17% (24 to 20).
About Steven Millard Elementary
In Fremont, California, part of Alameda County, Steven Millard Elementary is an elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 455 students.
A total of 43 schools make up Fremont Unified, with 33,073 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show Steven Millard Elementary is 66% Asian. Other groups make up 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% White, and 2% Black. Alameda County as a whole is about 33% Asian, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 22.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Steven Millard Elementary, which has 20. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 31%. Public schools in Alameda County average 49%.
Among California public elementary schools, Steven Millard Elementary outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Steven Millard Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.3%; the prediction is 61.4%.
The county, Alameda County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $129,367 a year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Alameda County has 394 public schools with about 210,511 students, including Steven Millard Elementary.
John Blacow Elementary, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Steven Millard Elementary is 5th among 7 schools close by.
Federal data place Steven Millard Elementary in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 455, compared with 523 in 2020-21.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Steven Millard Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Fremont Unified
- American HighHigh · 2,618 students
- Irvington HighHigh · 2,157 students
- Thornton MiddleMiddle · 1,972 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,957 students
- Mission San Jose HighHigh · 1,794 students
- John M. Horner MiddleMiddle · 1,574 students
Other schools in Fremont
- American HighHigh · 2,618 students
- Irvington HighHigh · 2,157 students
- Thornton MiddleMiddle · 1,972 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,957 students
- Mission San Jose HighHigh · 1,794 students
- John M. Horner MiddleMiddle · 1,574 students
Nearby schools
- John Blacow Elementary0.5 mi · 557
- Irvington High0.6 mi · 2,157
- Robertson High (Continuation)0.6 mi · 169
- Vista Alternative0.6 mi · 39
- O. N. Hirsch Elementary0.8 mi · 441
- Harvey Green Elementary0.8 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Steven Millard ElementaryHow many students attend Steven Millard Elementary?
Steven Millard Elementary enrolls approximately 455 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Steven Millard Elementary serve?
Steven Millard Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Steven Millard Elementary?
Approximately 22.8:1 students per teacher at Steven Millard Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Steven Millard Elementary?
Student demographics at Steven Millard Elementary are roughly 4% White, 20% Hispanic, 2% Black, 66% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Steven Millard Elementary public or private?
Steven Millard Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fremont Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.