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San Leandro Creek Trail Master Plan <br />3-6 <br />3.1.3 SCHOOL AGE POPULATION <br />Students are most likely to walk to school, and trails can provide an important <br />way to safely reach their schools. There are several schools in the study area, <br />including two middle schools (Madison Park Academy and Bancroft Middle <br />School) and one elementary school (Sobrante Park Elementary School) <br />that are located adjacent to the San Leandro Creek. Approximately 17,000 <br />students are enrolled in Kindergarten to 12th grades within the study area. <br />Figure 3-5 and Figure 3-6 show the concentration of students in the study <br />area enrolled in Kindergarten to 7th grades and 8th to 12th grades. A <br />trail development could be beneficial in connecting the schools to the <br />neighborhoods and thus, reducing traffic on the streets while promoting a <br />healthy lifestyle for children. <br />3.1.4 SENIOR POPULATION <br />Based on 2014 Census estimates there are approximately 10,500 households <br />in the study area that have one or more household members who are 60 <br />years and over. Figure 3-7 depicts households with seniors in the study area <br />by census block groups. This population may be retired and tend to stay local <br />and may choose not to drive motor vehicles. Therefore, safe mobility choices <br />for non-motorized means of travel such as walking and biking could become <br />an important element in their daily lives. <br />3.1.5 RECREATIONAL AREAS <br />With a population of 89,930 and approximately 1,000 acres of recreational <br />land (not counting Lake Chabot Regional Park) in the study area, the ratio of <br />greenspace to population is 1.1 acres per 100 people. In comparison, City of <br />San Leandro’s requirement for park land is 4.86 acres per1,000 residents while <br />it is 4.0 acres per 1,000 residents in the City of Oakland. The study area has <br />more recreational land compared to these requirements, however, as seen <br />in Figure 3-8, the major acreage is concentrated in the eastern and western <br />ends of the study area, leaving the central portion with comparatively <br />less green space. A trail development might help create much needed <br />recreational space while also connecting the large recreational areas on <br />either ends of the study area. <br />FIGURE 3-5: STUDENTS ENROLLED IN K-7 <br />FIGURE 3-6: STUDENTS ENROLLED IN 8TH TO 12TH GRADES <br />42