Cambridge Elementary

Cambridge Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in Concord, California, part of Mt. Diablo Unified. Current enrollment sits at 469 students spanning grades K through 5.

Across the 50 schools in Mt. Diablo Unified (29,210 students total), Cambridge Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cambridge Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). The remainder looks like 8% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Contra Costa County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cambridge Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.5%, the actual is 10.8%, a residual of -11.6 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Contra Costa County indicate 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), Cambridge Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fair Oaks Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cambridge Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 33.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Cambridge Elementary's enrollment has edged down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 617 (now 469). Hispanic enrollment moved from 89% to 81% across the same window.

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