Delaine Eastin Elementary

Delaine Eastin Elementary School is at 34901 Eastin Drive, Union City, CA 94587, near the Fremont border in the city's southeastern neighborhoods. It covers kindergarten through fifth grade under New Haven Unified School District, operating as a non-charter traditional public campus. There are 672 students enrolled, making it one of the larger K–5 schools in the district. At 26:1, the student-teacher ratio is above the district average. The student body is 53% male and 47% female, with 70% of students identifying as Asian. According to state assessment data, 69% of students reached math proficiency and 75% reached reading proficiency, both figures in the top 10% of all California elementary schools. The school holds a statewide ranking of #585, placing it in the top 6% of over 5,400 ranked California elementary campuses. As a boundary-based campus in the eastern Union City neighborhood, Eastin pulls from the residential streets surrounding Eastin Drive. Local housing values near the campus average around $1.2 million. Eastin is the top-ranked elementary in New Haven Unified and firmly earns its place among the best elementary schools in California.

Delaine Eastin Elementary entered 2025-26 with a new principal leading the campus. The school outperformed both the district and the California state average across all grade levels and all measured student subgroups in 2023-24, a consistency that distinguishes it from schools that score well overall but unevenly across student groups. The school's chess club, math olympiad, soccer club, and garden club all continued through the fall 2025 semester, per parent review activity on GreatSchools and Niche.

Q1. What makes Delaine Eastin consistently one of the top schools in Union City?

Ans. Delaine Eastin's performance holds up across all student subgroups, not just its overall numbers. SchoolDigger data confirms the school has outperformed both the district and state average consistently for several years.

Q2. Is Eastin part of the district's dual immersion programs?

Ans. Delaine Eastin Elementary is not part of the dual immersion programs. That's Searles for Spanish and Emanuele for Mandarin. Eastin runs standard English instruction. Families interested in a bilingual track within NHUSD would need to apply to one of those two schools district-wide.

Q3. What enrichment does Delaine Eastin Elementary offer?

Ans. Parent reviews from 2024-25 mention a chess club, math olympiad club, soccer club, and garden club as active enrichment options at Delaine Eastin Elementary. The school's active parent community has historically kept its enrichment offerings above the district average, though specific clubs can shift year to year.

Q4. What after-school programs does Delaine Eastin Elementary offer?

Ans. Delaine Eastin Elementary is included in the NHUSD Beyond the Bell program. Before-school care starts at 7:00 AM and after-school runs through 6:00 PM. Waitlist availability varies by semester, so families should inquire early about the 2026-27 cycle.

Q5. How does Delaine Eastin Elementary communicate with families?

Ans. Delaine Eastin Elementary uses ParentSquare for announcements and the Aeries Parent Portal for grades and records. The school office operates Tuesday through Saturday from 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM, which gives working parents a wider window to reach staff compared to most standard elementary schedules.