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What's the one class at Golden View Elementary every student should take?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
654
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063513009631
Golden View Elementary
5025 Canyon Crest Dr., San Ramon, CA 94582 · (925) 855-2700 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL654 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
20.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
68 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 | 132 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
63%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
82.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.2pp since 2014
Math
82.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 54.4% | 28.4% | 10.9% | 6.3% |
| Math | 56.4% | 26.0% | 12.4% | 5.3% |
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 | 82.8% | 82.3% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 79.7% |
| 2022-23 | 81.5% | 83.0% |
| 2021-22 | 83.2% | 78.2% |
| 2018-19 | 81.0% | 81.4% |
| 2017-18 | 87.2% | 88.1% |
| 2016-17 | 87.5% | 88.8% |
| 2015-16 | 89.0% | 87.0% |
| 2014-15 | 87.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Golden View Elementary
Golden View Elementary's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden View Elementary this school | 654 | 10.4% | 81.0% |
| Park Village Elementary San Diego | 671 | 8.8% | 80.8% |
| Stone Ranch Elementary San Diego | 692 | 9.8% | 78.0% |
| Cherry Chase Elementary Sunnyvale | 622 | 7.2% | 83.9% |
| Twin Creeks Elementary San Ramon | 674 | 11.4% | 71.4% |
| Laurelwood Elementary Santa Clara | 571 | 11.2% | 80.5% |
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 Golden View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #186 of 5,151 | #15 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #159 of 5,172 ▲ 73 | #14 of 153 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #166 of 5,172 ▲ 127 | #15 of 153 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #2,694 of 5,116 | #62 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 654 | #996 of 5,915 | #24 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,451 of 5,352 | #32 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #1,536 of 5,354 | #97 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.4% | #5,461 of 5,625 | #129 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #950 of 1,139 | #36 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
654
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 654 | 31.3 | 20.9:1 | 10% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 32.6 | 20.6:1 | 9% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 30.7 | 20.9:1 | 7% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 674 | 35 | 19.3:1 | 5% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 28.9 | 22.2:1 | 5% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 690 | 28 | 24.6:1 | 5% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | N/A | N/A | 3% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 586 | 28 | 20.9:1 | 1% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 23 | 28.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Golden View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (640 to 654); teachers up 8% (28.9 to 31.3).
About Golden View Elementary
Golden View Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in San Ramon, California. Federal data show 654 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 41% bigger than average.
Golden View Elementary reports to San Ramon Valley Unified, which has 36 schools and 28,554 students.
The share of Asian students at Golden View Elementary is 53%, a majority. Other students are 28% White, 10% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. That is higher than the 19% Asian share among all Contra Costa County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
There are about 20.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Golden View Elementary, which has 31.3. The school's 20.9:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 10%. That is 35 points below the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County.
Golden View 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 90% of California public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 73.4% at Golden View Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 81.0%.
Census data for Contra Costa County show median household income comes to about $127,229, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 280 public schools and about 167,423 students.
A public school about 1.1 miles away, Coyote Creek Elementary, is the closest to Golden View Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 76.4%, lower than Golden View Elementary's 81.0%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 3%, from 674 to 654. By 2024-25, the school had 20.9 students per teacher, compared with 19.3 in 2020-21.
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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 San Ramon Valley Unified
- Dougherty Valley HighHigh · 3,039 students
- California HighHigh · 2,894 students
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Windemere Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,011 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
Other schools in San Ramon
- Dougherty Valley HighHigh · 3,039 students
- California HighHigh · 2,894 students
- Windemere Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,011 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
- Gale Ranch MiddleMiddle · 971 students
- Iron Horse MiddleMiddle · 939 students
Other Golden View Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Golden View Elementary. Golden View Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Golden View ElementaryHuntington Beach, CA · 346 students
Nearby schools
- Coyote Creek Elementary1.1 mi · 613
- Iron Horse Middle1.4 mi · 939
- Sycamore Valley Elementary1.4 mi · 559
- Greenbrook Elementary1.8 mi · 732
- Gale Ranch Middle2.1 mi · 971
- Montevideo Elementary2.2 mi · 592
Frequently asked questions
About Golden View ElementaryHow large is Golden View Elementary?
Golden View Elementary enrolls approximately 654 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Golden View Elementary serve?
Golden View Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Golden View Elementary?
Approximately 20.9:1 students per teacher at Golden View Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Golden View Elementary?
At Golden View Elementary, the student body is approximately 28% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 53% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Golden View Elementary public or private?
Golden View Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Ramon Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.