Buena Vista Elementary

Buena Vista Elementary is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in Walnut Creek, California, run under Walnut Creek Elementary, serveing 495 students in grades K through 5.

Buena Vista Elementary is one of 7 schools operated by Walnut Creek Elementary, a district that enrolls 3,597 students overall.

On demographics, Buena Vista Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 22% Asian, 19% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Contra Costa County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Buena Vista Elementary shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Buena Vista Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Buena Vista Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Contra Costa County put the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Buena Vista Elementary is one.

Walnut Creek Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Buena Vista Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.2%.

Buena Vista Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 9%: 455 students in 2018 compared to 495 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 in 2025.

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