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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Delta View Elementary?
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Enrollment
656
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT. DIABLO UNIFIED·NCES 062637010756
Delta View Elementary
2916 Rio Verde, Pittsburg, CA 94565 · (925) 261-0240 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL656 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
27.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
434 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 173 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (173) is 42% larger than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.3pp since 2014
Math
33.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.4% | 22.9% | 21.9% | 36.8% |
| Math | 13.3% | 20.4% | 29.1% | 37.2% |
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 | 41.3% | 33.7% |
| 2023-24 | 36.3% | 37.1% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 39.2% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 43.1% |
| 2020-21 | 38.2% | 34.5% |
| 2018-19 | 41.0% | 34.7% |
| 2017-18 | 41.9% | 39.5% |
| 2016-17 | 42.8% | 43.2% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Delta View Elementary
Delta View Elementary's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta View Elementary this school | 656 | 66.2% | 36.6% |
| Marion Mix Elementary Elk Grove | 736 | 65.6% | 44.2% |
| Elitha Donner Elementary Elk Grove | 706 | 69.5% | 40.7% |
| John Muir Elementary Stockton | 559 | 64.6% | 52.5% |
| Manlio Silva Elementary Stockton | 799 | 61.2% | 44.3% |
| Witter Ranch Elementary Sacramento | 621 | 73.6% | 34.7% |
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 Delta View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #2,805 of 5,151 | #84 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #2,857 of 5,172 ▼ 443 | #84 of 153 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #2,792 of 5,172 ▲ 301 | #85 of 153 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #567 of 5,116 | #23 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 656 | #982 of 5,915 | #23 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.3:1 | #5,170 of 5,352 | #148 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #199 of 5,354 | #18 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #3,167 of 5,625 | #59 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #868 of 1,139 | #31 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
656
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
27.3:1
was 29.6:1
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 | 656 | 24 | 27.3:1 | 66% (434) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 21 | 28.7:1 | 64% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 591 | 20 | 29.6:1 | 59% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 22 | 29.6:1 | 39% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 25.5 | 24.9:1 | 49% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 22 | 28.8:1 | 50% (317) |
| 2010-11 | 748 | N/A | N/A | 57% (423) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delta View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (635 to 656); teachers down 6% (25.5 to 24).
About Delta View Elementary
Delta View Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Mt. Diablo Unified, located in Pittsburg, California. It had 656 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 41% larger than average.
Mt. Diablo Unified counts 50 schools and 29,210 students, including Delta View Elementary.
The student body at Delta View Elementary has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 35%. Next come 33% Asian, 12% Black, 11% multiracial, and 6% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
Delta View Elementary reported 24 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 27.3:1. The school's 27.3:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Roughly 66% of students at Delta View Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County is 21 points.
Delta View Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of California public elementary schools.
Delta View Elementary is 4.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (36.6% versus 40.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
In Contra Costa County, home to about 1,165,012 people, the median household earns about $127,229 a year, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Delta View Elementary shares Contra Costa County with 279 other public schools.
A public school about 1.5 miles away, Riverview Middle, is the closest to Delta View Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Delta View Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Delta View Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Delta View Elementary had 652 students in 2020-21 and 656 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 29.6:1 to 27.3:1.
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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 Mt. Diablo Unified
- College Park HighHigh · 1,948 students
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- Mt. Diablo HighHigh · 1,397 students
- Concord HighHigh · 1,137 students
- Ygnacio Valley HighHigh · 1,059 students
- Foothill MiddleMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in Pittsburg
- Pittsburg Senior HighHigh · 3,403 students
- Hillview Junior HighMiddle · 893 students
- Rancho Medanos Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. Junior HighMiddle · 706 students
- Los Medanos ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Marina Vista ElementaryElementary · 612 students
Nearby schools
- Riverview Middle1.5 mi · 682
- Rio Vista Elementary1.6 mi · 431
- Shore Acres Elementary1.7 mi · 398
- Bel Air Elementary1.7 mi · 328
- Willow Cove Elementary2.4 mi · 592
- Concord High2.6 mi · 1,137
Frequently asked questions
About Delta View ElementaryHow large is Delta View Elementary?
Delta View Elementary enrolls approximately 656 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Delta View Elementary serve?
Delta View Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Delta View Elementary?
Approximately 27.3:1 students per teacher at Delta View Elementary.
How diverse is Delta View Elementary?
Delta View Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 35% Hispanic, 12% Black, 33% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Delta View Elementary public or private?
Delta View Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mt. Diablo Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.