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Independent Elementary
21201 Independent School Rd.
Castro Valley, CA 94552

Demographic Information:
  • GATE students: 9%
  • English learners: 14%
  • Reclassified as English proficient: 6%
  • Migrant education program participants: 0%
  • Eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 10%
  • Special education within past two years: 2%
Parent's Education:
  • Overall Average Education4: 4.16
(based on the 98% who responded)
Graduate School
 40%
College Graduate
 42%
Some College
 14%
High School
Graduate
 5%
Not a High School
Graduate
 0%

State Rank: 10 out of 101
API Score:
(2011)
9712
Student Ethnicity:
Asian
 35%
White
 30%
Two or More
 12%
Hispanic/Latino
 11%
African American
 7%
Filipino
 3%
American Indian
 1%

Median Home Price (Zindex) for zip code 94552:

Related Schools:
Canyon Middle rank: 9 in Castro Valley
Castro Valley Elementary rank: 7 in Castro Valley
Castro Valley High rank: 8 in Castro Valley
Chabot Elementary rank: 9 in Castro Valley
Creekside Middle rank: 10 in Castro Valley
Independent Elementary rank: 10 in Castro Valley
Jensen Ranch Elementary rank: 10 in Castro Valley
Marshall Elementary rank: 9 in Castro Valley
Palomares Elementary rank: 10 in Castro Valley
Proctor Elementary rank: 9 in Castro Valley
Redwood Continuation High rank: A in Castro Valley
Stanton Elementary rank: 9 in Castro Valley
Vannoy Elementary rank: 10 in Castro Valley

Notes:
  1. The State Rank is determined by a school's API Score in comparison to all other schools in California. (1 is the worst, 10 is the best). An equal number of schools occupy each rank. * This rank comes from the 2011 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.
  2. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school's performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2011.
  3. Alternative Schools receive APIs but do not receive ranks
  4. Parent Education is the average of all responses where "1" represents "Not a high school graduate" and "5" represents "Graduate school."
  5. More information: 2011 Base API Information Guide (PDF; 512KB; 77pp.)