Bollinger Canyon Elementary

As a medium-sized K-5 school in San Ramon, California, Bollinger Canyon Elementary instructs 492 students from grades K through 5, run under San Ramon Valley Unified.

San Ramon Valley Unified runs 36 schools in total, collectively educating 28,554 students. Bollinger Canyon Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Bollinger Canyon Elementary lists that 60% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school records 20% White, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Bollinger Canyon Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Bollinger Canyon Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

After controlling for student poverty, Bollinger Canyon Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.4%; this one delivers 80.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Contra Costa County indicate median household earnings sit near $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Bollinger Canyon Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Twin Creeks Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bollinger Canyon Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bollinger Canyon Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 73.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bollinger Canyon Elementary has ticked down 10%, going from 545 students in 2018 to 492 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share increased from 43% to 60%.

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