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Paden Elementary School

Grades and ages

Grades PreK-5

Enrollment

377 students

Students per teacher

25.1 per full-time teacher

Tuition

Tuition-free

About Paden Elementary School

Paden Elementary takes play seriously. Our staff extended morning recess and filled play sheds with recycled loose parts for imaginative play. We are a public TK through fifth grade school in the Alameda Unified School District.

Since 2017 our Makerspace has given every class an hour a week to build with cardboard and textiles, wire circuits and motors, code ozobots, and make stop-motion and green screen projects using a Think-Make-Improve design process. Students have garden classes once or twice a month with our garden teacher, and we are working with NOAA to become an Ocean Guardian School, studying the watersheds and bay that surround Alameda. Fifth graders traditionally attend overnight science camp in the spring.

Through the Alameda Education Foundation, we host after-school enrichment classes each fall and spring, including drama, chess, carpentry and calligraphy, with scholarships for students in the district lunch program. Afterschool care, a PBIS program and AUSD special education services round out support for our students.

Student fit

Who this school serves

Grades and ages

  • Public
  • Preschool (Ages 2-5)
  • Elementary (K-5)

Specialties

  • Makerspace
  • Outdoor learning
  • Play-based recess

Learning and support

Curriculum and therapeutic services

Services and supports

  • Transitional kindergarten
  • After-school enrichment
  • Afterschool care
  • Garden classroom
  • 5th grade science camp
  • PBIS
  • Special education services

Programs

Programs at Paden Elementary School

Other programs and supports

  • Transitional kindergarten
  • After-school enrichment
  • Afterschool care
  • Garden classroom
  • 5th grade science camp
  • PBIS
  • Special education services

School facts

Practical details for families

Students per Teacher
25.1 per full-time teacher
Students with IEPs
39 (12% of students)
Students with 504 Plans
6

Tuition and funding

Tuition: Tuition-free

  • Tuition-free public school
  • Enrichment scholarships

Enrollment

377 students

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Physical address

444 Central Ave, Alameda, CA 94501

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