Total enrollment
25,133
-2,141 (-8%) vs SY 2020-21
54 schools in West Contra Costa Unified
California · 25,133 students · 7 cities
Looking at the West Contra Costa Unified system: 54 public K-12 schools serving approximately 25,133 students inside California, averaging 465 per school.
4-year change in West Contra Costa Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
52
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How West Contra Costa Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #400 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 25,133 | #36 of 587 | #287 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 52 | #14 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #344 of 587 | #8,705 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 64.3% | #297 of 587 | #2,391 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #133 of 530 | #1,076 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside West Contra Costa Unified
State test results across the district's 50 scored schools run from Kensington Elementary at 78.0% proficient to Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary at 5.7%, a gap of 72.3 points. That is the 14th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 52 district schools that reported both years went from 28,315 to 25,133 students (down 11%) and from 1,171 to 1,141 full-time teachers (down 3%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About West Contra Costa Unified
West Contra Costa Unified is a sparse public-school district in California. The district runs 54 schools and instructs approximately 25,133 students.
On the level-by-level breakdown, West Contra Costa Unified consists of 39 elementary, 6 middle, 8 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Average enrollment per school in West Contra Costa Unified is about 465, lower than the California average of roughly 578.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment fell 8%: 27,274 students in SY 2020-21 versus 25,133 in SY 2024-25.
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