Coyote Creek Elementary

Coyote Creek Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in San Ramon, California, run under San Ramon Valley Unified, with 613 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 32% bigger than typical.

Within San Ramon Valley Unified, which oversees 36 schools and 28,554 students, Coyote Creek Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Coyote Creek Elementary logs that the largest single group is Asian, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 9% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 19% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Coyote Creek Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.5%; this one delivers 82.8%.

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

The closest other public school is Golden View Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Coyote Creek Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 77.6%.

Coyote Creek Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 35%: 938 students in 2018 compared to 613 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 65% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 in 2025.

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