Washington Elementary

Located at 250 Dutton Ave., in San Leandro, California, Washington Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that works with 425 students (grades K through 5), operated by San Leandro Unified.

San Leandro Unified runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 8,834 students. Washington Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Washington Elementary shows that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 12% White, 9% Asian, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Washington Elementary logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Washington Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.9%; this one delivers 39.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Alameda County shows the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Washington Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

Roosevelt Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Washington Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 22.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington Elementary has increased 11%, going from 382 students in 2018 to 425 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged up from 8% to 12%.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Washington 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.