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Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science

Public Grades K-8

5398^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 8% of California elementary schools

Summary

Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science is a K-8 public school serving 111 students in the Hayward Unified district, which faces significant academic challenges across its schools.

The school is currently facing severe difficulties, ranking in the bottom 8% of all California schools with very low proficiency in math (9.6%) and English (20.4%). A major concern is chronic absenteeism, with 40.8% of students missing too much school, which is more than double the state average and the highest rate among nearby schools like Park Elementary (26.8%) and East Avenue Elementary (33.1%). The school serves a very high-need population, with over 92% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Despite spending significantly more per student ($30,859) than other area schools—including higher-performing ones in Castro Valley Unified—academic results have declined sharply over the past decade. This creates a notable contrast with a nearby charter school, Knowledge Enlightens You (KEY) Academy, which serves a similar student population with much lower spending but achieves better academic outcomes.

111

Students ?

21.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$30,859

Per pupil spending ?

92.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1570 Ward St.
Hayward, CA 94541-3030

(510) 889-7399

District: Hayward Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

64.9%

African American:

13.5%

Asian:

10.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 1st percentile in 2024 → 8th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 8th (2025) from a 1st-percentile low (2024)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (16% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (41% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school16%

District avg25%

California avg41%

5,398^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 8%▼ down 22 pts since 2015

From bottom 30% (2015) to bottom 8% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

15^th of 19Elementary Schools in the Hayward Unified

1268^th of 1,543Hayward 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.3	5398 of 5857	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.1	5836 of 5869	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.4	4919 of 5859	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.8	5741 of 5883	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.2	4436 of 5789	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.3	4389 of 5662	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.5	4826 of 5692	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	27.9	3939 of 5614	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	26.8	3949 of 5611	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	53.7	2463 of 5530	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2012	43.0	3075 of 5390	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2011	61.6	1928 of 5377	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2010	24.2	4289 of 5314	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	41.7	2958 of 5193	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2008	20.0	4344 of 5113	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	8.5	4988 of 5113	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	6.1	4767 of 4818	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	11.9	4537 of 4822	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	16.2	4244 of 4809	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.3	4799 of 5107	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.5	4949 of 5107	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.9	4847 of 5087	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.9	5013 of 5084	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	30.1	3686 of 4963	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.2	4924 of 5460	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.7	5188 of 5264	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	22.0	4425 of 5173	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.0	3401 of 5084	33.1%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	18.2	2299 of 2740	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.3	2379 of 2715	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.4	2235 of 2480	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	42.8	1312 of 2508	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2016	35.3	1479 of 2497	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	21.5	1968 of 2477	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	57.5	947 of 2379	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2012	57.5	883 of 2259	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2011	83.3	226 of 2236	89.9%	★★★★☆
2010	56.6	872 of 2179	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2009	49.3	995 of 2063	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2008	29.0	1465 of 2005	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	21.5	1613 of 1999	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	39.9	1012 of 1804	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2005	21.5	1412 of 1777	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	33.7	1117 of 1769	36.9%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2018	17.4	1931 of 2262	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	18.3	1941 of 2213	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.7	1799 of 2072	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	20.6	2002 of 2369	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.0	1992 of 2230	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)6th percentile~ school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2019)15th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2018)15th percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2019)12th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Science23%-10 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy20%-28 vs state

Mathematics10%-28 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

My nieces have gone here for 7-5 years this is my daughters first year here. I love the small class sizes and because it’s so small everybody knows everyone! Since there’s under 150 students K-8 my child is exposed to less children. Less children means that there’s less children to exhibit bad behavior. It’s such a small school it has a “big family” feel. So far so good! This year the kindergarten has one of the largest classes ever and were at 20 or 21 start of the year we were at 16-17. I wish it would have stayed that way but were still much smaller than any other school in Hayward. My child is already learning to read after only 7 weeks of school! The teachers really seem to care and it shows! I drive 20 min to and from school when I could have taken her .25 miles to the school next to our home and I know it is totally worth it! I’d drive even further if I had to! Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Awesome school with tiny class sizes and creative, dedicated teaching staff. Teachers know every student by name. Project-based, maker-friendly, hands on, Common Core aligned and beyond! District identified as "independent", it still feels like the neighborhood community school it started as.

I love that parents here are active, engaged and committed to their child's eventual college attendance. This school rocks! Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, May 24, 2013

Good school with a real community feel to it. Small in size compared to other schools in the district, and one of the best performing. Operated a bit like a charter, it did not surprise me to hear it started as a community school before being absorbed by the district. 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)	% 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 8th 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 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th 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 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th 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
Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science	Public	K-8	1570 Ward St.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 889-7399	111	5	21.5	92.8%	4 (3.6%)	15 (13.5%)	72 (64.9%)	12 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	7 (6.3%)	13.3	5398^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.8%		6.1	5836^th of 5869 public elementary schools	0.6%	438	23.1		23.1	10.5	25.0	28.6				20.4	5.6	12.5	14.3				9.6							$30,859	$3,673	$27,186
East Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	2424 East Ave.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3815	407	20	20.8	66.8%	39 (9.6%)	58 (14.3%)	204 (50.1%)	55 (13.5%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.4%)	36 (8.8%)	30.2	3947^th of 5857 public elementary schools	32.6%		29	4012^th of 5869 public elementary schools	31.6%	65	26.3		26.3	11.4	50.9	33.3	31.9			33.0	13.6	48.3	16.7	15.9			24.0							$26,136	$3,078	$23,058
Fairview Elementary	Public	K-6	23515 Maud Ave.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3830	543	22	25.2	73.1%	30 (5.5%)	72 (13.3%)	304 (56.0%)	83 (15.3%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	48 (8.8%)	17.4	5058^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.6%		25.2	4352^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	25.8%	706	9.4		9.4	35.1	30.7	19.1	19.2			26.5	32.1	21.1	7.1	7.6			17.7							$23,657	$3,751	$19,906
Cherryland Elementary	Public	K-6	456 Laurel Ave.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3810	855	36	24.0	83.2%	14 (1.6%)	33 (3.9%)	712 (83.3%)	49 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.6%)	25 (2.9%)	13.1	5413^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.6%		14.4	5361^st of 5869 public elementary schools	8.7%	52	14.6		14.6	11.6	17.6	28.4	30.7			22.5	10.7	10.8	12.5	11.1			11.3							$21,523	$2,871	$18,652
Harder Elementary	Public	K-6	585 Willow Ave.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3840	671	30	22.6	80.3%	8 (1.2%)	49 (7.3%)	482 (71.8%)	79 (11.8%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.5%)	21 (3.1%)	10.4	5609^th of 5857 public elementary schools	4.2%		10.9	5633^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	4.0%	24	12.6		12.6	21.4	13.0	16.2	19.8			17.8	18.4	7.5	7.9	11.0			11.4							$20,551	$2,871	$17,680
Knowledge Enlightens You (KEY) Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	585 Willow Ave.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Knowledge Enlightens You (KEY) Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 397-2524	645	25	25.8	81.7%	93 (14.4%)	36 (5.6%)	427 (66.2%)	51 (7.9%)	4 (0.6%)	15 (2.3%)	19 (2.9%)	22.6	4625^th of 5857 public elementary schools	21.0%		16.9	5124^th of 5869 public elementary schools	12.7%	499	16.0	29.6	21.0	22.5	25.3	32.9	25.0	52.2	54.4	33.8	39.8	30.8	10.7	19.2	20.3	27.3	25.4	97.4	97.4	97.4	97.4	97.4	97.4	$16,409	$1,208	$15,201
Burbank Elementary	Public	K-6	353 B St.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3805	800	32	24.8	74.0%	22 (2.8%)	63 (7.9%)	584 (73.0%)	75 (9.4%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (1.9%)	40 (5.0%)	25	4390^th of 5857 public elementary schools	25.0%		30.3	3902^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	33.5%	488	14.0		14.0	28.2	35.5	28.6	41.3			33.0	27.6	25.2	13.3	28.6			23.5							$22,058	$3,840	$18,218
Castro Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	20185 San Miguel Ave.	Castro Valley	94546	Alameda County	Castro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 537-1919	502	21	23.9	55.0%	75 (14.9%)	30 (6.0%)	163 (32.5%)	160 (31.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	71 (14.1%)	74.8	1376^th of 5857 public elementary schools	76.5%		75.3	1356^th of 5869 public elementary schools	76.9%	20	43.2		43.2	54.1	64.1	67.6				62.0	59.5	51.9	47.3				52.9	97.5			98.3			$13,871	$538	$13,333
Marshall Elementary	Public	K-5	20111 Marshall St.	Castro Valley	94546	Alameda County	Castro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 537-2431	515	21	24.5	44.5%	71 (13.8%)	20 (3.9%)	142 (27.6%)	213 (41.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	64 (12.4%)	86.2	870^th of 5857 public elementary schools	85.1%		89	746^th of 5869 public elementary schools	87.3%	124	56.3		56.3	72.1	58.3	73.4				68.2	77.9	53.6	62.5				64.7							$14,527	$549	$13,978
Park Elementary	Public	K-6	411 Larchmont St.	Hayward	94540	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3875	504	22	22.9	81.2%	13 (2.6%)	38 (7.5%)	341 (67.7%)	69 (13.7%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.4%)	30 (6.0%)	15.6	5219^th of 5857 public elementary schools	10.9%		13.7	5418^th of 5869 public elementary schools	7.7%	199	11.1		11.1	26.2	15.6	28.6	27.9			24.4	27.9	13.2	9.5	16.7			17.0							$24,302	$3,502	$20,800

Frequently Asked Questions about Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science

Is Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science a good school?

Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science ranks in the bottom 7.8% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science?

In the 2024-25 school year, 111 students attended Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science.

What district is Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science in?

Hayward Unified

What is the racial makeup of Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science?

Students at Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science are 65% Hispanic, 14% African American, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 4% White.

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