Collins Elementary

Collins Elementary, an intimate elementary campus in Pinole, California, part of West Contra Costa Unified, caters to 311 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 33% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

West Contra Costa Unified runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 25,133 students. Collins Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Collins Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 22% Asian, 14% Black, 10% White, 9% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Collins Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.4%; this one comes in at 30.5%, -18.9 points off the demographic line.

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%. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Collins Elementary is one.

Pinole Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Collins Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Collins Elementary has ticked down 6%, going from 332 students in 2018 to 311 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 32% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.