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Lydiksen Elementary

Public Grades K-5

188^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 97% of California elementary schools

Summary

Lydiksen Elementary is a top-rated K-5 public school serving 586 students in the high-performing Pleasanton Unified School District, consistently ranking in the top 5% of all California elementary schools.

The school is distinguished by its balanced academic excellence, with over 80% of students proficient in English and Math and a notably strong 72% proficiency in Science, which exceeds many nearby schools like Henry P. Mohr Elementary. Lydiksen also shows remarkable consistency, maintaining its elite 5-star status year after year, while some neighboring schools such as Fairlands Elementary and Phoebe Apperson Hearst Elementary have seen their statewide rankings fluctuate.

Parents will find that Lydiksen achieves these outstanding results efficiently, with per-student spending on par with the district, and it has made impressive strides in student attendance, reducing chronic absenteeism to well below the state average. When compared to schools in the adjacent Dublin Unified district, like Murray Elementary, Lydiksen maintains higher academic rankings, offering families a reliably excellent and well-rounded elementary education.

586

Students ?

24.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,618

Per pupil spending ?

7.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7700 Highland Oaks Dr.
Pleasanton, CA 94588-4225

(925) 426-4420

District: Pleasanton Unified

Students who attend Lydiksen Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Thomas S. Hart Middle
High:	Foothill High

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

52.6%

White:

23.9%

Hispanic:

11.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 89th percentile in 2013 → 97th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (80% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 3% of California elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

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

!Large classes — about 24 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school80%

District avg73%

California avg41%

188^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 3%▲ up 5 pts since 2015

From top 9% (2015) to top 3% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 9Elementary Schools in the Pleasanton Unified

145^th of 1,543Pleasanton 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	96.5	188 of 5857	96.8%	★★★★★
2024	94.0	434 of 5869	92.6%	★★★★★
2023	95.7	298 of 5859	94.9%	★★★★★
2022	96.2	266 of 5883	95.5%	★★★★★
2019	92.4	481 of 5789	91.7%	★★★★★
2018	94.1	361 of 5662	93.6%	★★★★★
2017	94.8	342 of 5692	94.0%	★★★★★
2016	92.4	476 of 5614	91.5%	★★★★★
2015	92.4	480 of 5611	91.4%	★★★★★
2013	88.0	583 of 5530	89.5%	★★★★☆
2012	90.6	390 of 5390	92.8%	★★★★★
2011	90.3	419 of 5377	92.2%	★★★★★
2010	92.5	298 of 5314	94.4%	★★★★★
2009	91.9	354 of 5193	93.2%	★★★★★
2008	89.2	535 of 5113	89.5%	★★★★☆
2007	92.5	379 of 5113	92.6%	★★★★★
2006	92.1	380 of 4818	92.1%	★★★★★
2005	93.6	290 of 4822	94.0%	★★★★★
2004	94.5	259 of 4809	94.6%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	74.1	310 of 1203	74.2%	★★★★☆
2024	75.6	275 of 1205	77.2%	★★★★☆
2023	76.4	244 of 1190	79.5%	★★★★☆
2022	75.8	251 of 1154	78.2%	★★★★☆
2019	73.7	287 of 1149	75.0%	★★★★☆
2018	75.4	251 of 1071	76.6%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	79.7	337 of 2585	87.0%	★★★★☆
2018	79.7	288 of 2128	86.5%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	95.6	211 of 5597	96.2%	★★★★★
2024	94.6	320 of 5612	94.3%	★★★★★
2023	96.2	194 of 5609	96.5%	★★★★★
2022	96.4	192 of 5635	96.6%	★★★★★
2019	92.1	427 of 5492	92.2%	★★★★★
2018	90.8	527 of 5413	90.3%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	94.3	154 of 4963	96.9%	★★★★★
2018	92.7	205 of 4830	95.8%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	96.1	190 of 5628	96.6%	★★★★★
2024	90.8	558 of 5643	90.1%	★★★★★
2023	92.7	444 of 5638	92.1%	★★★★★
2022	94.1	369 of 5663	93.5%	★★★★★
2019	89.7	603 of 5510	89.1%	★★★★☆
2018	94.5	285 of 5431	94.8%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	52.2	995 of 2847	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	72.8	458 of 2635	82.6%	★★★★☆
2023	40.2	1207 of 2420	50.1%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	85.9	200 of 2598	92.3%	★★★★★
2024	63.0	1034 of 2651	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	68.8	844 of 2661	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	72.7	708 of 2726	74.0%	★★★★☆
2019	69.0	868 of 2834	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	75.1	638 of 2737	76.7%	★★★★☆

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 (2019)97th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)97th percentile~ school

Female (2025)96th percentile~ school

White (2025)92nd percentile-4 vs school

Disabled (2019)87th percentile-5 vs school

Asian (2025)74th percentile-23 vs school

Special Education (2025)65th percentile-32 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics82%+44 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy80%+31 vs state

Science72%+40 vs state

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Saturday, January 13, 2018

Great small local school. Good teachers and kind stuff. My kid loves going there. Close Quote

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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)	% Varicella (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Varicella KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lydiksen Elementary	Public	K-5	7700 Highland Oaks Dr.	Pleasanton	94588	Alameda County	Pleasanton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 426-4420	586	24	24.3	7.2%	140 (23.9%)	6 (1.0%)	66 (11.3%)	308 (52.6%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	61 (10.4%)	96.5	188^th of 5857 public elementary schools	96.8%		94	434^th of 5869 public elementary schools	92.6%	246	72.5	72.5	81.2	75.5	83.5	80.1	83.2	80.6	81.4	81.8	97.2	97.2	$16,618	$16,392	$226
Donlon Elementary	Public	K-5	4150 Dorman Rd.	Pleasanton	94588	Alameda County	Pleasanton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 426-4220	700	29	24.1	10.4%	107 (15.3%)	22 (3.1%)	58 (8.3%)	470 (67.1%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	39 (5.6%)	94.1	390^th of 5857 public elementary schools	93.3%		96.8	181^st of 5869 public elementary schools	96.9%	209	65.0	65.0	73.4	78.3	74.6	75.5	76.8	75.7	75.2	75.8	98.1	98.1	$16,052	$15,826	$226
Walnut Grove Elementary	Public	K-5	1999 Harvest Rd.	Pleasanton	94566	Alameda County	Pleasanton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 426-4250	629	23	26.8	5.1%	155 (24.6%)	6 (1.0%)	30 (4.8%)	385 (61.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (8.3%)	97.8	87^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.5%		96.7	196^th of 5869 public elementary schools	96.7%	109	79.8	79.8	83.6	84.4	85.4	84.4	90.2	81.7	80.5	84.2			$15,994	$15,768	$226
Frederiksen Elementary	Public	K-5	7243 Tamarack Dr.	Dublin	94568	Alameda County	Dublin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 828-1037	689	29	24.0	25.3%	159 (23.1%)	37 (5.4%)	134 (19.4%)	290 (42.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	66 (9.6%)	82.4	1053^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	82.0%		90.4	683^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	88.4%	370	55.5	55.5	48.6	67.5	74.2	64.3	55.2	70.3	58.3	61.4			$21,014	$19,946	$1,068
Dublin Elementary	Public	K-5	7997 Vomac Rd.	Dublin	94568	Alameda County	Dublin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 833-1204	802	31	25.7	13.1%	137 (17.1%)	11 (1.4%)	113 (14.1%)	430 (53.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	110 (13.7%)	94.1	392^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	93.3%		95.7	290^th of 5869 public elementary schools	95.1%	102	64.7	64.7	71.8	71.7	80.6	74.5	77.6	82.1	72.1	77.4			$21,717	$20,582	$1,135
Fairlands Elementary	Public	K-5	4151 West Las Positas Blvd.	Pleasanton	94588	Alameda County	Pleasanton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 426-4210	670	26	25.7	10.6%	83 (12.4%)	9 (1.3%)	51 (7.6%)	485 (72.4%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.5%)	92	548^th of 5857 public elementary schools	90.6%		95.2	325^th of 5869 public elementary schools	94.5%	223	52.5	52.5	66.7	76.3	72.0	71.7	83.1	80.7	73.3	79.0			$15,232	$15,006	$226
Phoebe Apperson Hearst Elementary	Public	K-5	5301 Case Ave.	Pleasanton	94566	Alameda County	Pleasanton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 426-3772	467	18	25.9	16.3%	104 (22.3%)	10 (2.1%)	68 (14.6%)	232 (49.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	52 (11.1%)	87.2	814^th of 5857 public elementary schools	86.1%		90.6	660^th of 5869 public elementary schools	88.8%	154	49.5	49.5	72.6	59.0	66.3	66.9	75.0	66.1	71.0	71.3			$18,384	$18,158	$226
Alisal Elementary	Public	K-5	1454 Santa Rita Rd.	Pleasanton	94566	Alameda County	Pleasanton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 426-4200	544	23	23.6	8.8%	138 (25.4%)	9 (1.7%)	60 (11.0%)	289 (53.1%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (8.1%)	85.9	886^th of 5857 public elementary schools	84.9%		81.5	1091^st of 5869 public elementary schools	81.4%	205	53.5	53.5	70.0	63.0	64.4	65.4	69.9	65.6	63.4	65.9			$16,742	$16,516	$226
James Dougherty Elementary	Public	K-5	5301 Hibernia Dr.	Dublin	94568	Alameda County	Dublin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 803-4444	856	36	23.7	17.1%	80 (9.3%)	24 (2.8%)	85 (9.9%)	591 (69.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (8.8%)	92.9	483^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	91.8%		95.5	302^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	94.9%	181	61.0	61.0	82.2	75.0	68.0	75.4	85.6	79.9	58.0	75.7			$21,236	$20,330	$906
Murray Elementary	Public	K-5	8435 Davona Dr.	Dublin	94568	Alameda County	Dublin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 828-2568	656	30	21.6	17.8%	124 (18.9%)	19 (2.9%)	100 (15.2%)	355 (54.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	53 (8.1%)	93.3	452^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	92.3%		92.4	547^th of 5869 public elementary schools	90.7%	95	71.2	71.2	69.1	69.9	79.8	73.1	74.2	76.3	71.2	73.8			$23,156	$21,964	$1,192

Frequently Asked Questions about Lydiksen Elementary

What district is Lydiksen Elementary in?

Pleasanton Unified

Is Lydiksen Elementary a good school?

Yes! Lydiksen Elementary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 188^th of 5857 California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Lydiksen Elementary?

Students at Lydiksen Elementary are 53% Asian, 24% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 1% African American.

How many students attend Lydiksen Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 586 students attended Lydiksen Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Lydiksen Elementary attend?

Students who attend Lydiksen Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Thomas S. Hart Middle
High : Foothill High

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