Ellerhorst Elementary

Ellerhorst Elementary is a primary school of cozy scale in Pinole, California, run under West Contra Costa Unified, enrolling 319 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 52 schools in West Contra Costa Unified (25,133 students total), Ellerhorst Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ellerhorst Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 20% White, 16% Asian, 14% multiracial, 8% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ellerhorst Elementary logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Ellerhorst Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 59% of students at Ellerhorst Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ellerhorst Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.6%; this one delivers 40.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Contra Costa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Ellerhorst Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Valley View Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ellerhorst Elementary. On composite proficiency, Ellerhorst Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 367 students in 2018 compared to 319 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 31% to 20% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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