Anna Yates Elementary, Emeryville CA

Original Research by School Decision on Anna Yates Elementary

Anna Yates Elementary serves kindergarten through eighth grade in Emeryville, a small, densely built East Bay city between Oakland and Berkeley. The school sits as part of the Emeryville Center of Community Life, a novel joint city-school facility that consolidated the district's K-12 schools onto a shared campus in recent years alongside community health services, recreation spaces, and a library.

The school enrolls a diverse student body of about that size, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment breaks down as roughly a third Black, a fifth Hispanic, a tenth Asian, and the remainder split among white, multiracial, and other backgrounds. Kindergarten through eighth grade means the school carries responsibility for both elementary grades and middle school, a span that presents distinct instructional demands within one building.

Academic results show real challenges. In English language arts across tested grades, proficiency sits in the range of roughly a third to just under half of students meeting grade-level standards, with seventh grade performing noticeably stronger than others. Mathematics presents a steeper climb: proficiency drops sharply by upper middle grades, falling to single digits by eighth grade. Science results, where available, sit around a fifth to a quarter of students proficient. These figures place the school below the midpoint among districts in Alameda County on overall proficiency. A parent should look into what instructional moves, supports, or staffing changes the school is making in response to these results, particularly in mathematics.

Emeryville itself is a walkable, mixed-use city with major employment in biotech, animation, food production, and transit. Housing costs are substantial: home values sit well above the state benchmark, and rents have been climbing. A parcel tax approved by voters in 2020 adds a direct property-tax layer on top of the district's existing school levy, a burden that runs through 2029 and comes with a senior exemption. For families with elderly household members, the exemption is relevant; for others, it is a concrete cost to weigh alongside the choice of moving into or staying in the city.

State testing data for social studies is not current; the most recent available result is over a decade old. Special education enrollment counts and English learner enrollment data were not available, so a parent seeking those specifics should contact the school directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 336%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 447%

School 47% · District 47%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 68%

School 8% · District 8%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 726%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 83%

School 3% · District 3%

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 628%

School 28% · District 28%

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 48%

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 46%

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Science

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 823%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 840%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income39%Higher-income50%11 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income39%Higher-income75%36 pp gap