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If you could change one rule at Walnut Grove Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
629
Elementary
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANTON UNIFIED·NCES 060002009288
Walnut Grove Elementary
1999 Harvest Rd., Pleasanton, CA 94566 · (925) 426-4250 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL629 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% 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.
- B-Three-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
26.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
32 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
84.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.4pp since 2014
Math
84.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 59.7% | 24.7% | 9.2% | 6.4% |
| Math | 63.3% | 20.8% | 11.1% | 4.7% |
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 | 84.4% | 84.2% |
| 2023-24 | 80.1% | 82.6% |
| 2022-23 | 84.8% | 83.8% |
| 2021-22 | 80.4% | 83.6% |
| 2018-19 | 80.1% | 77.4% |
| 2017-18 | 81.5% | 82.6% |
| 2016-17 | 75.8% | 78.1% |
| 2015-16 | 80.0% | 81.0% |
| 2014-15 | 82.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
82.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Walnut Grove Elementary
Walnut Grove Elementary's state test result (82.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Grove Elementary this school | 629 | 5.1% | 82.8% |
| Creekside Elementary Danville | 549 | 7.5% | 86.8% |
| Vintage Hills Elementary Pleasanton | 522 | 7.5% | 77.7% |
| Cherry Chase Elementary Sunnyvale | 622 | 7.2% | 83.9% |
| Williams Elementary San Jose | 559 | 8.2% | 83.9% |
| Montevideo Elementary San Ramon | 592 | 10.1% | 73.5% |
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 Walnut Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #128 of 5,151 | #12 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.2% | #116 of 5,172 ▲ 34 | #14 of 192 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #124 of 5,172 ▲ 123 | #14 of 192 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #2,521 of 5,116 | #62 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 629 | #1,156 of 5,915 | #39 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.9:1 | #5,090 of 5,352 | #192 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #2,284 of 5,354 | #125 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.1% | #5,582 of 5,625 | #207 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #2,197 of 3,837 | #84 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
629
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 878
Student : Teacher
26.9:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 629 | 23.4 | 26.9:1 | 5% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 644 | 24.4 | 26.4:1 | 5% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 648 | 28 | 23.1:1 | 5% (33) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 27 | 24.5:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 728 | 27 | 27.0:1 | 4% (27) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 28 | 26.4:1 | 3% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 710 | N/A | N/A | 3% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 814 | 41 | 19.9:1 | 4% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 878 | 32 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walnut Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (728 to 629); teachers down 13% (27 to 23.4).
About Walnut Grove Elementary
Walnut Grove Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school found in Pleasanton, California. A total of 629 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 35% bigger than average.
Pleasanton Unified has a total of 16 schools and 13,302 students, Walnut Grove Elementary among them.
At 61%, Asian students outnumber all other groups at Walnut Grove Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 25% White, 8% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. County-wide, 33% of Alameda County residents are Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Walnut Grove Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
Walnut Grove Elementary's 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 26.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 5%. The rate at public schools in Alameda County averages 49%, higher than here.
Walnut Grove Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 90% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Walnut Grove Elementary is 6.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (82.8% versus 76.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Walnut Grove Elementary is located in Alameda County, where median household income is 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. Federal data list 394 public schools in Alameda County, with a combined enrollment of about 210,511.
The shortest distance from Walnut Grove Elementary to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Harvest Park Middle. The five-mile area around Walnut Grove Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Walnut Grove Elementary comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Walnut Grove Elementary is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Walnut Grove Elementary had 661 students in 2020-21 and 629 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 24.5:1 in 2020-21 to 26.9:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Walnut Grove Elementary can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Pleasanton Unified
- Amador Valley HighHigh · 2,583 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 2,169 students
- Thomas S. Hart MiddleMiddle · 1,129 students
- Harvest Park MiddleMiddle · 1,015 students
- Pleasanton MiddleMiddle · 944 students
- Donlon ElementaryElementary · 700 students
Other schools in Pleasanton
- Amador Valley HighHigh · 2,583 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 2,169 students
- Thomas S. Hart MiddleMiddle · 1,129 students
- Harvest Park MiddleMiddle · 1,015 students
- Pleasanton MiddleMiddle · 944 students
- Donlon ElementaryElementary · 700 students
Other Walnut Grove Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Walnut Grove Elementary. Walnut Grove Elementary is the 6th largest of the 13.
- Walnut Grove ElementaryPatterson, CA · 744 students
- Walnut Grove ElementaryWalnut Grove, CA · 131 students
- Walnut Grove Elementary SchoolSuwanee, GA · 819 students
- Walnut Grove Elementary SchoolBargersville, IN · 735 students
- Walnut Grove Elementary SchoolCovington, GA · 721 students
Nearby schools
- Harvest Park Middle0.2 mi · 1,015
- Amador Valley High0.7 mi · 2,583
- Alisal Elementary0.8 mi · 544
- Thomas S. Hart Middle1.1 mi · 1,129
- The Pleasanton Virtual Academy1.2 mi · 138
- Pleasanton Middle1.3 mi · 944
Frequently asked questions
About Walnut Grove ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Walnut Grove Elementary?
Walnut Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 629 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Walnut Grove Elementary serve?
Walnut Grove Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walnut Grove Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walnut Grove Elementary is approximately 26.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Walnut Grove Elementary?
Student demographics at Walnut Grove Elementary are roughly 25% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 61% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Walnut Grove Elementary in?
Walnut Grove Elementary is part of Pleasanton Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.