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Alumni: what's one memory from Belshaw Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANTIOCH UNIFIED·NCES 060285000209
Belshaw Elementary
2801 Roosevelt Ln., Antioch, CA 94509 · (925) 779-7495 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
359 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
15.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -11.0pp since 2014
Math
12.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.1% | 8.9% | 19.3% | 65.7% |
| Math | 2.3% | 10.2% | 19.5% | 67.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.0% | 12.6% |
| 2023-24 | 16.9% | 12.3% |
| 2022-23 | 17.4% | 13.5% |
| 2021-22 | 21.1% | 14.0% |
| 2018-19 | 21.9% | 14.6% |
| 2017-18 | 23.1% | 18.2% |
| 2016-17 | 27.1% | 20.2% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 22.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Belshaw Elementary
Belshaw Elementary's state test result (14.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belshaw Elementary this school | 431 | 83.3% | 14.1% |
| Don Riggio Stockton | 436 | 81.4% | 24.5% |
| Montara Elementary Barstow | 403 | 83.9% | 16.6% |
| San Miguel Elementary Lemon Grove | 435 | 81.8% | 23.7% |
| Mare Island Health and Fitness Academy Vallejo | 423 | 81.6% | 14.7% |
| Seneca Elementary Moreno Valley | 472 | 87.9% | 29.6% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Belshaw Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #4,979 of 5,151 | #131 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #4,913 of 5,172 ▼ 22 | #134 of 153 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #5,045 of 5,172 ▼ 108 | #135 of 153 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.8pp | #771 of 5,116 | #33 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #3,265 of 5,915 | #105 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #2,737 of 5,352 | #79 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #1,880 of 5,354 | #109 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #1,852 of 5,625 | #20 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #1,100 of 3,837 | #19 of 107 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
431
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 869
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 22.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 431 | 19 | 22.7:1 | 83% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 21.8 | 19.2:1 | 81% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 20.8 | 20.9:1 | 79% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 20 | 22.5:1 | 71% (320) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 21 | 26.6:1 | 75% (418) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 18 | 29.9:1 | 76% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | N/A | N/A | 67% (400) |
| 2000-01 | 815 | 44 | 18.5:1 | 33% (271) |
| 1990-91 | 869 | 36 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belshaw Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (558 to 431); teachers down 10% (21 to 19).
About Belshaw Elementary
Belshaw Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Antioch, California. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 431 students.
The district, Antioch Unified, has 15,111 students enrolled across 25 schools.
Hispanic students account for 60% of enrollment at Belshaw Elementary. Smaller groups are 17% Black, 13% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Contra Costa County is roughly 28% Hispanic. Belshaw Elementary has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 22.7 students per teacher and 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Contra Costa County averages 45%, lower than here.
Belshaw Elementary is a bottom-10% school in California on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 14.1% against a predicted 30.7%.
Contra Costa County has these Census figures: median household income is about $127,229, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Belshaw Elementary is among the 280 public schools in Contra Costa County.
The closest public school to Belshaw Elementary is Bidwell Continuation High, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 14.8% proficiency; Belshaw Elementary posts 14.1%.
Locale data from NCES put Belshaw Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 450 to 431.
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Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Antioch Unified
- Deer Valley HighHigh · 1,812 students
- Antioch HighHigh · 1,776 students
- Park MiddleMiddle · 1,055 students
- Dallas Ranch MiddleMiddle · 795 students
- Orchard ParkElementary · 751 students
- Dozier-Libbey Medical HighHigh · 681 students
Other schools in Antioch
- Deer Valley HighHigh · 1,812 students
- Antioch HighHigh · 1,776 students
- Park MiddleMiddle · 1,055 students
- Dallas Ranch MiddleMiddle · 795 students
- Dozier-Libbey Medical HighHigh · 681 students
- Antioch MiddleMiddle · 665 students
Nearby schools
- Bidwell Continuation High0.5 mi · 147
- Park Middle0.7 mi · 1,055
- Rocketship Delta Prep0.7 mi · 540
- Kimball Elementary0.8 mi · 450
- Marsh Elementary0.9 mi · 522
- Antioch Middle1.0 mi · 665
Frequently asked questions
About Belshaw ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Belshaw Elementary?
Belshaw Elementary enrolls approximately 431 students in grades KG-05.
Is Belshaw Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Belshaw Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Belshaw Elementary?
Approximately 22.7:1 students per teacher at Belshaw Elementary.
How diverse is Belshaw Elementary?
Belshaw Elementary reports a student body of 13% White, 60% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Belshaw Elementary?
Belshaw Elementary is overseen by Antioch Unified in Contra Costa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.