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Alumni: what's one memory from Del Rey Elementary that still sticks with you?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORINDA UNION·NCES 062886004470
Del Rey Elementary
25 El Camino Moraga, Orinda, CA 94563 · (925) 258-3099 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
18 students
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 102 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 42% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Del Rey Elementary→Orinda Intermediate
Based on grade levels within Orinda Union. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
86.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.9pp since 2014
Math
86.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 60.2% | 25.9% | 9.3% | 4.6% |
| Math | 57.6% | 29.0% | 8.3% | 5.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.1% | 86.6% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 83.7% |
| 2022-23 | 89.7% | 82.5% |
| 2021-22 | 81.7% | 74.3% |
| 2018-19 | 92.0% | 85.9% |
| 2017-18 | 89.6% | 92.0% |
| 2016-17 | 91.2% | 88.0% |
| 2015-16 | 87.0% | 88.0% |
| 2014-15 | 89.0% | 84.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
85.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Del Rey Elementary
Del Rey Elementary's state test result (85.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Rey Elementary this school | 435 | 4.1% | 85.9% |
| Havens Elementary Piedmont | 464 | 2.2% | 79.6% |
| Glorietta Elementary Orinda | 445 | 1.8% | 85.9% |
| Happy Valley Elementary Lafayette | 463 | 3.2% | 89.0% |
| John Baldwin Elementary Danville | 439 | 2.5% | 86.1% |
| Meadows Avenue Elementary Manhattan Beach | 407 | 6.4% | 85.7% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Del Rey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.9% | #72 of 5,151 | #5 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.6% | #64 of 5,172 ▲ 53 | #3 of 153 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #76 of 5,172 ▼ 19 | #8 of 153 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #857 of 5,116 | #11 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #3,222 of 5,915 | #104 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #2,000 of 5,352 | #59 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #1,345 of 5,354 | #90 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.1% | #5,598 of 5,625 | #149 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #881 of 1,139 | #32 of 42 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
435
+20 (+5%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 20.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 435 | 20 | 21.8:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 20 | 21.9:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 19 | 22.1:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 20 | 20.8:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 20 | 21.1:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 17 | 23.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 407 | N/A | N/A | 2% (8) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 22 | 18.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 18 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Del Rey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (422 to 435); teachers unchanged (20 to 20).
About Del Rey Elementary
Del Rey Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Orinda, California. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 435 students.
Federal data list 5 schools in Orinda Union, with 2,590 students enrolled.
The largest group at Del Rey Elementary is White students, at 53%. Other students are 20% multiracial, 17% Asian, and 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Contra Costa County residents are about 41% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Del Rey Elementary scores 64%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.8:1. The school has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal data show 4% of students (18) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County, the school's rate is lower.
Del Rey Elementary earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 98% of California public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Del Rey Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 85.9% actual against 77.1% predicted.
In the wider Contra Costa County area, the median household earns about $127,229 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Contra Costa County, 280 public schools serve about 167,423 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Orinda Intermediate, is about 0.5 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Del Rey Elementary places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The federal government classifies Del Rey Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 20 students, from 415 to 435. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 21.8:1, from 20.8:1.
The allk12 page for Del Rey Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Orinda Union
- Orinda IntermediateMiddle · 822 students
- Wagner Ranch ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Glorietta ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Sleepy Hollow ElementaryElementary · 399 students
Other schools in Orinda
- Miramonte HighHigh · 1,167 students
- Orinda IntermediateMiddle · 822 students
- Wagner Ranch ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Glorietta ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Sleepy Hollow ElementaryElementary · 399 students
Other Del Rey Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 1 state are named Del Rey Elementary. Del Rey Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Del Rey ElementaryVictorville, CA · 644 students
- Del Rey ElementaryKing City, CA · 639 students
- Del Rey ElementarySan Lorenzo, CA · 373 students
- Del Rey ElementaryDel Rey, CA · 234 students
Nearby schools
- Orinda Intermediate0.5 mi · 822
- Miramonte High0.5 mi · 1,167
- Los Perales Elementary0.9 mi · 366
- Donald L. Rheem Elementary1.4 mi · 441
- Canyon Elementary1.4 mi · 68
- Glorietta Elementary1.8 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Del Rey ElementaryHow large is Del Rey Elementary?
Del Rey Elementary enrolls approximately 435 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Del Rey Elementary serve?
Del Rey Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Del Rey Elementary?
Approximately 21.8:1 students per teacher at Del Rey Elementary.
How diverse is Del Rey Elementary?
Del Rey Elementary reports a student body of 53% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 17% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Is Del Rey Elementary public or private?
Del Rey Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Orinda Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.