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Cornell Elementary

Public Grades K-5

381^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 93% of California elementary schools

Summary

Cornell Elementary is a highly-regarded K-5 public school serving about 560 students in the Albany City Unified school district, consistently earning top marks for its strong academic programs and supportive community environment.

The school stands out for its exceptional and consistent academic performance, where students significantly outperform both district and state averages, especially in mathematics and science. What makes Cornell particularly special is its remarkable success in supporting all students to thrive; it achieves outstanding results with historically underserved groups, demonstrating that high achievement can go hand-in-hand with equity. This is complemented by an incredibly low chronic absenteeism rate of just 4.4%, which is less than half the rate of its district peer, Ocean View Elementary, and points to a highly engaged student body and positive school climate.

When compared to other high-performing schools in neighboring districts like Berkeley Unified and West Contra Costa Unified, Cornell delivers top-tier results in a cost-effective manner. While schools like Ruth Acty Elementary may have slightly higher overall rankings, Cornell's specific model of excellence—marked by stability, strong science instruction, and resilience through challenges like the pandemic—makes it a standout choice for families in the area.

560

Students ?

24.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,978

Per pupil spending ?

25.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

920 Talbot Ave.
Albany, CA 94706-2020

(510) 558-3700

District: Albany City Unified

Students who attend Cornell Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Albany Middle
High:	Albany High

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

31.8%

Two or more races:

29.3%

White:

21.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 89th percentile in 2013 → 93rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (75% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 7% of California elementary schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 25 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school75%

District avg70%

California avg41%

381^st of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 7%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 3Elementary Schools in the Albany City Unified

90^th of 1,543Albany City Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	94.2	381 of 5857	93.5%	★★★★★
2024	95.1	342 of 5869	94.2%	★★★★★
2023	96.5	227 of 5859	96.1%	★★★★★
2022	96.3	261 of 5883	95.6%	★★★★★
2019	94.8	299 of 5789	94.8%	★★★★★
2018	94.9	295 of 5662	94.8%	★★★★★
2017	94.7	355 of 5692	93.8%	★★★★★
2016	93.9	388 of 5614	93.1%	★★★★★
2015	93.1	439 of 5611	92.2%	★★★★★
2013	87.9	587 of 5530	89.4%	★★★★☆
2012	87.7	568 of 5390	89.5%	★★★★☆
2011	86.9	649 of 5377	87.9%	★★★★☆
2010	84.6	751 of 5314	85.9%	★★★★☆
2009	85.2	744 of 5193	85.7%	★★★★☆
2008	88.1	588 of 5113	88.5%	★★★★☆
2007	87.8	636 of 5113	87.6%	★★★★☆
2006	89.8	490 of 4818	89.8%	★★★★☆
2005	93.7	285 of 4822	94.1%	★★★★★
2004	92.9	337 of 4809	93.0%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	59.6	618 of 1203	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	56.7	658 of 1205	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	69.0	427 of 1190	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.9	562 of 1154	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	70.7	360 of 1149	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	66.3	440 of 1071	58.9%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	68.0	448 of 2227	79.9%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	87.2	211 of 3275	93.6%	★★★★★
2018	98.0	66 of 3246	98.0%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	91.3	501 of 5597	91.0%	★★★★★
2024	92.7	452 of 5612	91.9%	★★★★★
2023	95.8	215 of 5609	96.2%	★★★★★
2022	95.5	261 of 5635	95.4%	★★★★★
2019	92.8	377 of 5492	93.1%	★★★★★
2018	93.3	337 of 5413	93.8%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	97.6	72 of 5107	98.6%	★★★★★
2024	95.4	153 of 5107	97.0%	★★★★★
2022	99.3	28 of 5084	99.4%	★★★★★
2019	87.2	420 of 4963	91.5%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	91.9	284 of 5460	94.8%	★★★★★
2024	86.6	568 of 5517	89.7%	★★★★☆
2023	96.2	149 of 5363	97.2%	★★★★★
2022	93.3	237 of 5264	95.5%	★★★★★
2019	86.2	439 of 5173	91.5%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	94.6	291 of 5628	94.8%	★★★★★
2024	95.5	226 of 5643	96.0%	★★★★★
2023	96.0	222 of 5638	96.1%	★★★★★
2022	95.1	293 of 5663	94.8%	★★★★★
2019	94.3	288 of 5510	94.8%	★★★★★
2018	94.9	257 of 5431	95.3%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	76.1	154 of 718	78.6%	★★★★☆
2024	83.8	79 of 670	88.2%	★★★★☆
2023	77.0	144 of 669	78.5%	★★★★☆
2022	73.0	161 of 610	73.6%	★★★★☆
2019	62.2	193 of 445	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.2	185 of 339	45.4%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	82.1	342 of 2598	86.8%	★★★★☆
2024	85.7	219 of 2651	91.7%	★★★★★
2023	88.5	149 of 2661	94.4%	★★★★★
2022	86.3	225 of 2726	91.7%	★★★★★
2019	82.1	389 of 2834	86.3%	★★★★☆
2018	84.9	254 of 2737	90.7%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2025)99th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)95th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)95th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2019)94th percentile~ school

Female (2025)91st percentile~ school

White (2025)87th percentile-7 vs school

Disabled (2022)80th percentile-16 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)79th percentile-15 vs school

Asian (2025)49th percentile-45 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy77%+28 vs state

Mathematics74%+36 vs state

Science71%+39 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cornell Elementary	Public	K-5	920 Talbot Ave.	Albany	94706	Alameda County	Albany City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 558-3700	560	23	24.7	25.5%	122 (21.8%)	6 (1.1%)	90 (16.1%)	178 (31.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	164 (29.3%)	94.2	381^st of 5857 public elementary schools	93.5%		95.1	342^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	94.2%	39	71.4	71.4	73.7	73.8	84.5		77.0	79.0	69.2	73.5		73.8	86.2	93.1	95.4	90.8	96.6	96.6	$17,978	$236	$17,742
Ocean View Elementary	Public	K-5	1000 Jackson St.	Albany	94706	Alameda County	Albany City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 558-4800	563	24	23.4	46.9%	88 (15.6%)	25 (4.4%)	130 (23.1%)	195 (34.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	124 (22.0%)	80.9	1118^th of 5857 public elementary schools	80.9%		80	1156^th of 5869 public elementary schools	80.3%	38	49.4	49.4	70.2	67.0	60.3		65.7	60.9	62.9	48.2		57.6	92.3	96.5	97.9	94.4	94.4	95.8	$18,048	$472	$17,576
Marin Elementary	Public	K-5	1001 Santa Fe Ave.	Albany	94706	Alameda County	Albany City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 559-4700	524	22	24.0	26.1%	155 (29.6%)	21 (4.0%)	77 (14.7%)	137 (26.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	132 (25.2%)	90.8	616^th of 5857 public elementary schools	89.5%		93.6	462^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	92.1%	154	56.8	56.8	79.2	79.2	72.5		76.9	75.0	62.8	63.0		66.7							$16,955	$281	$16,674
Thousand Oaks Elementary	Public	K-5	840 Colusa Ave.	Berkeley	94707	Alameda County	Berkeley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 644-6368	337	16	21.0	27.9%	148 (43.9%)	15 (4.5%)	79 (23.4%)	40 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (16.3%)	83.1	1011^th of 5857 public elementary schools	82.7%		87.3	849^th of 5869 public elementary schools	85.5%	162	44.3	44.3	54.2	62.5	71.0		63.2	72.9	70.3	59.0		67.1							$22,772	$788	$21,984
Harding Elementary	Public	K-6	7230 Fairmont Ave.	El Cerrito	94530	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1413	481	20	24.0	34.3%	149 (31.0%)	24 (5.0%)	116 (24.1%)	104 (21.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	85 (17.7%)	72.4	1503^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	74.3%		67.6	1699^th of 5869 public elementary schools	71.1%	196	58.1	58.1	56.3	48.8	72.6	63.0	59.0	51.6	42.5	58.1	47.4	49.3							$5,339	$1,461	$3,878
Ruth Acty Elementary	Public	K-5	1465 Acton St.	Berkeley	94702	Alameda County	Berkeley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 644-6298	410	19	21.5	23.7%	170 (41.5%)	31 (7.6%)	61 (14.9%)	35 (8.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	111 (27.1%)	97.7	94^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.4%		97.9	82^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	98.6%	12	69.7	69.7	82.8	85.0	86.4		84.7	90.6	91.7	77.3		86.3							$21,419	$323	$21,096
Fairmont Elementary	Public	K-6	724 Kearney St.	El Cerrito	94530	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1448	537	23	23.3	53.1%	109 (20.3%)	30 (5.6%)	182 (33.9%)	148 (27.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	65 (12.1%)	66.4	1771^st of 5857 public elementary schools	69.8%		67.4	1710^th of 5869 public elementary schools	70.9%	61	36.1	36.1	51.6	63.3	44.4	51.3	52.2	62.5	63.3	38.4	47.4	52.0							$6,466	$1,833	$4,633
Oxford Elementary at West Campus	Public	K-5	1222 University Ave.	Berkeley	94702	Alameda County	Berkeley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 644-6300	254	12	21.1	27.6%	102 (40.2%)	37 (14.6%)	40 (15.7%)	28 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (18.5%)	89.7	683^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	88.3%		82.5	1054^th of 5869 public elementary schools	82.0%	371	70.7	70.7	59.1	75.0	78.1		70.5	61.4	73.9	70.7		68.7	93.6	93.6	93.6	93.6	93.6	93.6	$25,791	$1,064	$24,727
Cragmont Elementary	Public	K-5	830 Regal Rd.	Berkeley	94708	Alameda County	Berkeley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 644-8810	290	14	21.4	28.6%	110 (37.9%)	29 (10.0%)	66 (22.8%)	29 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	55 (19.0%)	91	605^th of 5857 public elementary schools	89.7%		89.8	710^th of 5869 public elementary schools	87.9%	105	67.9	67.9	74.4	62.5	76.8		71.4	72.1	70.8	64.3		68.7							$23,520	$634	$22,886
Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier	Public	K-5	1645 Milvia St.	Berkeley	94709	Alameda County	Berkeley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 644-6225	407	19	21.4	29.2%	190 (46.7%)	37 (9.1%)	58 (14.3%)	39 (9.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	81 (19.9%)	94	395^th of 5857 public elementary schools	93.3%		94.5	385^th of 5869 public elementary schools	93.4%	10	81.3	81.3	78.7	71.2	84.4		78.0	67.2	74.2	76.6		72.8							$21,556	$472	$21,084

Frequently Asked Questions about Cornell Elementary

How many students attend Cornell Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 560 students attended Cornell Elementary.

What district is Cornell Elementary in?

Albany City Unified

What is the racial makeup of Cornell Elementary?

Students at Cornell Elementary are 32% Asian, 29% Two or more races, 22% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Cornell Elementary attend?

Students who attend Cornell Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Albany Middle
High : Albany High

Is Cornell Elementary a good school?

Yes. Cornell Elementary ranks in the top 6.5% of California elementary schools.

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