Carmen Dragon Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Antioch, California, Carmen Dragon Elementary enrolls 495 students from grades K through 6, overseen by Antioch Unified.

Within Antioch Unified, which oversees 25 schools and 15,111 students, Carmen Dragon Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carmen Dragon Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 31% Black, 18% Asian, 12% White, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Carmen Dragon Elementary records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Contra Costa County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Carmen Dragon Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 42.8%; actual is 23.7%, a gap of -19.1 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Contra Costa County) records that median household income runs about $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Carmen Dragon Elementary is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students).

Nearest neighbor: Thomas Gaines Virtual Academy, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carmen Dragon Elementary. On composite proficiency, Carmen Dragon Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carmen Dragon Elementary has climbed 4%, going from 475 students in 2018 to 495 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 38% to 32%.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Carmen Dragon Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.