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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 577 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURG UNIFIED·NCES 063060004746
Foothill Elementary
1200 Jensen Dr., Pittsburg, CA 94565 · (925) 473-2450 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
400 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 119 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
37.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.0pp since 2014
Math
28.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.7% | 23.4% | 27.7% | 35.3% |
| Math | 9.6% | 18.5% | 31.0% | 40.9% |
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 | 37.0% | 28.1% |
| 2023-24 | 33.2% | 29.6% |
| 2022-23 | 35.4% | 26.3% |
| 2021-22 | 33.1% | 26.3% |
| 2018-19 | 36.7% | 25.9% |
| 2017-18 | 35.5% | 26.6% |
| 2016-17 | 34.9% | 30.5% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Foothill Elementary
Foothill Elementary's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foothill Elementary this school | 551 | 72.6% | 32.0% |
| North Verdemont Elementary San Bernardino | 549 | 74.3% | 43.9% |
| Aspire Port City Academy Stockton | 446 | 72.6% | N/A |
| Juliette Low School of the Arts Anaheim | 475 | 76.2% | 48.3% |
| Willard Elementary Long Beach | 534 | 75.5% | 32.4% |
| Kathy Binks Elementary Fontana | 567 | 77.6% | 40.7% |
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 Foothill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #3,270 of 5,151 | #91 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #3,407 of 5,172 ▼ 283 | #96 of 153 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,217 of 5,172 ▲ 209 | #95 of 153 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #2,326 of 5,116 | #50 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #1,855 of 5,915 | #40 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #1,626 of 5,352 | #44 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #2,447 of 5,354 | #124 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #2,806 of 5,625 | #49 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #3,398 of 3,837 | #90 of 107 |
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
551
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 551 | 26 | 21.2:1 | 73% (400) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 25 | 22.0:1 | 67% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 26.1 | 20.6:1 | 66% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 27 | 20.3:1 | 66% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 27.2 | 21.2:1 | 69% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 27 | 19.9:1 | 75% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | N/A | N/A | 79% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 646 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 70% (449) |
| 1990-91 | 642 | 31 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foothill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (576 to 551); teachers down 4% (27.2 to 26).
About Foothill Elementary
Foothill Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Pittsburg, California. There are 551 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
Pittsburg Unified operates 13 schools. Combined enrollment is 10,633 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Foothill Elementary is 66%, a majority. It is also 11% Black, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 7% White. For comparison, the population of Contra Costa County is roughly 28% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
There are 26 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 21.2:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Contra Costa County, the average is 45%.
On BeatsExpectations, Foothill Elementary is 5.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
In the wider Contra Costa County area, median household income comes to about $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Contra Costa County counts 280 public schools with about 167,423 students.
Golden Gate Community is the nearest public school to Foothill Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Foothill Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 32.0% average proficiency ranks 1st among 6 nearby schools.
Foothill Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (549) to 2024-25 (551).
This page is set up for the Foothill Elementary community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Pittsburg Unified
- 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
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
- Delta View ElementaryElementary · 656 students
Other Foothill Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 2 states are named Foothill Elementary. Foothill Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Foothill ElementaryCorona, CA · 640 students
- Foothill ElementaryPrather, CA · 609 students
- Foothill ElementaryRiverside, CA · 451 students
- Foothill ElementarySanta Barbara, CA · 413 students
- Foothill ElementarySaratoga, CA · 278 students
Nearby schools
- Golden Gate Community0.6 mi · 69
- Highlands Elementary0.6 mi · 480
- Stoneman Elementary0.7 mi · 602
- Black Diamond High (Continuation)0.7 mi · 205
- Hillview Junior High1.0 mi · 893
- Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High1.4 mi · 706
Frequently asked questions
About Foothill ElementaryHow many students attend Foothill Elementary?
Foothill Elementary enrolls approximately 551 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Foothill Elementary serve?
Foothill Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Foothill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Foothill Elementary is approximately 21.2:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Foothill Elementary?
Foothill Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 66% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Foothill Elementary?
Foothill Elementary is overseen by Pittsburg Unified in Contra Costa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.