Charlotte Wood Middle

Located at 600 El Capitan Dr., in Danville, California, Charlotte Wood Middle is a reasonably sized intermediate school that hosts 853 students (grades 6 through 8), part of San Ramon Valley Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Charlotte Wood Middle sits 29% above that benchmark.

San Ramon Valley Unified runs 36 schools in total, collectively educating 28,554 students. Charlotte Wood Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Charlotte Wood Middle reports that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 21% Asian, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 41% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Charlotte Wood Middle reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.9:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Charlotte Wood Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.4%; this one delivers 65.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Contra Costa County shows median household income runs about $127,229, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Charlotte Wood Middle is one.

John Baldwin Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charlotte Wood Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Charlotte Wood Middle at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 74.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Charlotte Wood Middle's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 994 (now 853). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 72% to 55%.

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