Bel Air Elementary

Bel Air Elementary, a close-knit K-5 school in Bay Point, California, one of the schools within Mt. Diablo Unified, enrolls 328 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 29% smaller than typical.

Bel Air Elementary is one of 50 schools operated by Mt. Diablo Unified, a district that educates 29,210 students overall.

Demographically, Bel Air Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school records 12% Black, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian, 4% White. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 27.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bel Air Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 31.2%; this one comes in at 11.9%, -19.3 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Contra Costa County) logs that median household income runs about $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Bel Air Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Willow Cove Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bel Air Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bel Air Elementary at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 20.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bel Air Elementary has decreased 32%, going from 482 students in 2018 to 328 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 27.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.