Bella Vista Elementary

Bella Vista Elementary, a mid-tier primary school in San Ramon, California, one of the schools within San Ramon Valley Unified, serves 499 students, covering grades K through 5.

Across the 36 schools in San Ramon Valley Unified (28,554 students total), Bella Vista Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Bella Vista Elementary shows that the largest single group is Asian, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 10% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 19% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Bella Vista Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bella Vista Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.0%; this one delivers 75.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Contra Costa County) shows that median household earnings sit near $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Bella Vista Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Windemere Ranch Middle, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bella Vista Elementary comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 76.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bella Vista Elementary has edged down 7%, going from 535 students in 2018 to 499 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

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