April 3, 2025 – Alameda, CA - The California Department of Education (CDE) has selected two Alameda Unified (AUSD) schools — Bay Farm School and Love Elementary School — as 2025 "Distinguished Schools.”

 

The CDE uses multiple measures to identify eligible schools based on their performance on indicators in the California School Dashboard, including Math and English Language Arts assessment results, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates, student engagement, and positive school climate.

 

Just 336 of the 5856 elementary schools across the state received the award this year.

 

 “I’d like to congratulate the students, staff, and families of both schools for this distinction,” Superintendent Pasquale Scuderi says. “They are each examples of what happens when you combine excellent teachers, hard-working students, and supportive families, and they are each models for the rest of our district.”

 

Adds Board President Gary Lym, “This is the second time that Bay Farm School has been designated as a Distinguished School, and it is the first time for Love. As a Board, we are very, very proud of these two elementary schools, and we look forward to learning more about the secrets to their successes.”