Otis Elementary School
Grades and ages
Grades K-5
Enrollment
524 students
Students per teacher
25 per full-time teacher
Tuition
Tuition-free
About Otis Elementary School
Frank Otis Elementary, home of the Owls, is a K-5 public school in the Alameda Unified School District. During the 2026-27 and 2027-28 school years, we are holding classes at a temporary campus, the former Lum Elementary site at 1801 Sandcreek Way, while much of our permanent campus is torn down and rebuilt.
Behavior support at Otis follows PBIS. Students learn a small set of school-wide expectations, earn Hoot, Hoot, Hurray tickets for meeting them, and are recognized in weekly drawings. Upper grade student leaders apply and train as Peacemakers to help resolve conflicts on the play yard, and check-in, Stop and Breathe, and repair forms help students reset after a problem.
Our Coordination of Services Team meets regularly to connect students with interventions in behavior, academics, attendance, health and social-emotional needs, working with parents as partners. A Culture and Climate coordinator leads this work on campus.
Student fit
Who this school serves
Grades and ages
- Public
- Elementary (K-5)
Learning and support
Curriculum and therapeutic services
Services and supports
- PBIS
- Peacemakers conflict resolution
- Coordination of Services Team
Programs
Programs at Otis Elementary School
Other programs and supports
- PBIS
- Peacemakers conflict resolution
- Coordination of Services Team
School facts
Practical details for families
- Students per Teacher
- 25 per full-time teacher
- Students with IEPs
- 62 (11% of students)
- Students with 504 Plans
- 5
Tuition and funding
Tuition: Tuition-free
- Tuition-free public school
Enrollment
524 students
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