Creekside Elementary

Creekside Elementary operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in Danville, California, one of the schools within San Ramon Valley Unified. Current enrollment sits at 549 students spanning grades K through 5.

Creekside Elementary is one of 36 schools operated by San Ramon Valley Unified, a district that caters to 28,554 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Creekside Elementary logs that 58% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school records 22% White, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, Creekside Elementary logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Creekside Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.1%; this one delivers 88.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Contra Costa County put the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, 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 Creekside Elementary is one.

Tassajara Hills Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 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 Creekside Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 80.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Creekside Elementary has contracted 20%, going from 689 students in 2018 to 549 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 46% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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