Vannoy Elementary

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in Castro Valley, California, Vannoy Elementary works with 536 students from grades K through 5, operated by Castro Valley Unified.

Castro Valley Unified runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 9,548 students. Vannoy Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Vannoy Elementary shows that 31% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 30% Hispanic, 21% White, 16% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

After controlling for student poverty, Vannoy Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.0%; this one delivers 68.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Alameda County shows median household earnings sit near $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Vannoy Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Canyon Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vannoy Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vannoy Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 66.9%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Vannoy Elementary has increased 24%, going from 434 students in 2018 to 536 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 32% to 21%.

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