Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY UNIFIED·NCES 060474000445
Sylvia Mendez Elementary
2840 Ellsworth St., Berkeley, CA 94705 · (510) 644-6290 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
104 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 81 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
64.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +27.3pp since 2014
Math
55.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 27 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.3% | 28.0% | 17.2% | 18.5% |
| Math | 29.9% | 25.5% | 22.3% | 22.3% |
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 | 64.3% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 66.2% |
| 2022-23 | 65.7% | 58.8% |
| 2021-22 | 62.5% | 63.4% |
| 2018-19 | 51.3% | 51.9% |
| 2017-18 | 52.9% | 55.5% |
| 2016-17 | 47.4% | 48.0% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
63.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Sylvia Mendez Elementary
Sylvia Mendez Elementary's state test result (63.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvia Mendez Elementary this school | 379 | 27.4% | 63.1% |
| Aviation Elementary Hawthorne | 439 | 29.8% | 62.2% |
| Hollyglen Elementary Hawthorne | 518 | 28.0% | N/A |
| La Verne Heights Elementary La Verne | 477 | 29.4% | 66.3% |
| Sumac Elementary Agoura | 360 | 35.8% | 65.2% |
| Webster (Daniel) Elementary San Francisco | 354 | 30.5% | 56.6% |
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 Sylvia Mendez Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #967 of 5,151 | #78 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,289 of 5,172 ▼ 525 | #98 of 192 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #1,064 of 5,172 ▼ 143 | #74 of 192 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.1pp | #928 of 5,116 | #60 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #3,930 of 5,915 | #145 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,537 of 5,352 | #38 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #2,203 of 5,354 | #121 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.4% | #4,865 of 5,625 | #157 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #3,798 of 3,837 | #138 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
379
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 379 | 18 | 21.1:1 | 27% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 17.5 | 22.1:1 | 33% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 21.2 | 17.4:1 | 28% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 22 | 17.6:1 | 26% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 20.3 | 18.8:1 | 37% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 17 | 20.8:1 | 45% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 321 | N/A | N/A | 56% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 339 | 21 | 16.1:1 | 53% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 334 | 17 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sylvia Mendez Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (381 to 379); teachers down 11% (20.3 to 18).
About Sylvia Mendez Elementary
A low-enrollment elementary school in Berkeley, California, Sylvia Mendez Elementary is part of Berkeley Unified. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 379 students.
Berkeley Unified oversees Sylvia Mendez Elementary and 16 other schools, with 9,116 students in total.
Hispanic students are 61% of those enrolled at Sylvia Mendez Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% White, 8% multiracial, and 8% Black. In Alameda County overall, about 23% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Sylvia Mendez Elementary are from different groups.
Its staff includes 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.1 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. Sylvia Mendez Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 27%. It compares with 49% for public schools in Alameda County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Sylvia Mendez Elementary is -0.3 points: 63.1% actual, 63.5% predicted.
The county, Alameda County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Sylvia Mendez Elementary, Alameda County has 394 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Sylvia Mendez Elementary is closest to Willard Middle, about 0.3 miles away. Sylvia Mendez Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 63.2% on proficiency, and Sylvia Mendez Elementary is below that at 63.1%.
Sylvia Mendez Elementary is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (386) and 2024-25 (379). Federal data show the ratio rising from 17.6:1 to 21.1:1.
This page is set up for the Sylvia Mendez Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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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- Willard Middle0.3 mi · 596
- Berkeley Independent Study K-80.5 mi · 19
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- Peralta Elementary0.6 mi · 355
- Emerson Elementary0.7 mi · 283
- Malcolm X Elementary0.7 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Sylvia Mendez ElementaryHow large is Sylvia Mendez Elementary?
Sylvia Mendez Elementary enrolls approximately 379 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sylvia Mendez Elementary serve?
Sylvia Mendez Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Sylvia Mendez Elementary have?
Sylvia Mendez Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Sylvia Mendez Elementary?
Student demographics at Sylvia Mendez Elementary are roughly 23% White, 61% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Two or more.
What district is Sylvia Mendez Elementary in?
Sylvia Mendez Elementary is part of Berkeley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.