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What's one thing Grant Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED·NCES 063255005032
Grant Elementary
2400 Downer Ave., Richmond, CA 94804 · (510) 231-1422 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
406 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 44% larger than its 6th grade class (62).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
6.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.3pp since 2014
Math
5.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 7 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.1% | 4.6% | 9.8% | 83.5% |
| Math | 0.7% | 4.5% | 11.2% | 83.6% |
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 | 6.7% | 5.2% |
| 2023-24 | 6.7% | 5.9% |
| 2022-23 | 12.1% | 8.4% |
| 2021-22 | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| 2018-19 | 22.0% | 8.8% |
| 2017-18 | 17.1% | 7.9% |
| 2016-17 | 12.1% | 9.8% |
| 2015-16 | 17.0% | 11.0% |
| 2014-15 | 11.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
6.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-30.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 6% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Grant Elementary
Grant Elementary's state test result (6.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Elementary this school | 551 | 73.7% | 6.2% |
| Mango Elementary Fontana | 523 | 73.2% | 27.6% |
| Richard Bard Elementary Port Hueneme | 539 | 74.8% | 26.8% |
| Rio del Norte Oxnard | 495 | 73.1% | 26.8% |
| Julia B. Morrison Elementary Norwalk | 548 | 74.8% | 54.9% |
| Ben Lomond Elementary Covina | 506 | 75.1% | 41.0% |
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 Grant Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.2% | #5,145 of 5,151 | #148 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.2% | #5,155 of 5,172 ▼ 9 | #151 of 153 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 6.7% | #5,164 of 5,172 ▼ 3 | #152 of 153 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #1,472 of 5,116 | #59 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #1,856 of 5,915 | #41 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #1,629 of 5,352 | #45 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.7% | #4,102 of 5,354 | #154 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.7% | #2,717 of 5,625 | #44 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #736 of 1,139 | #26 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
551
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 775
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 551 | 26 | 21.2:1 | 74% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 25 | 22.4:1 | 77% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 28 | 20.1:1 | 85% (477) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 23 | 23.6:1 | 94% (509) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 19 | 27.5:1 | 93% (486) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 95% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 639 | N/A | N/A | 91% (581) |
| 2000-01 | 822 | 39 | 21.1:1 | 93% (764) |
| 1990-91 | 775 | 32 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grant Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (523 to 551); teachers up 37% (19 to 26).
About Grant Elementary
Students in Richmond, California, attend Grant Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 551 students are in kindergarten through 6.
West Contra Costa Unified runs Grant Elementary along with 51 other schools, enrolling 25,133 students in total.
Grant Elementary enrolls a student body that is 85% Hispanic. It is also 4% Asian, 4% White, and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of Contra Costa County is roughly 28% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Grant Elementary comes in at 27%.
At Grant Elementary, 26 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 21.2:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 74% of enrollment. Compared with the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County, the school's rate is higher.
Grant Elementary is a bottom-10% school in California on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 6.2% against a predicted 36.4%.
In the county around the school, Contra Costa County, median household income is about $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Grant Elementary is among the 280 public schools in Contra Costa County.
The closest other public school is Cesar E. Chavez Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Grant Elementary ranks 7th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 6.2% against a local average of 11.9%.
The NCES locale for Grant Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 544 to 551, a small change. The number of students per teacher fell from 23.6 to 21.2 over 4 years.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 West Contra Costa Unified
- El Cerrito HighHigh · 1,460 students
- Richmond HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Pinole Valley HighHigh · 1,245 students
- De Anza HighHigh · 1,047 students
- Hercules HighHigh · 767 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 740 students
Other schools in Richmond
- Richmond HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Making Waves AcademyHigh · 1,078 students
- De Anza HighHigh · 1,047 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 740 students
- Summit Public School: TamalpaisHigh · 629 students
- Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory AcademyHigh · 590 students
Other Grant Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 13 states are named Grant Elementary. Grant Elementary is the 6th largest of the 35.
- Grant ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 951 students
- Grant ElementaryRedding, CA · 600 students
- Grant ElementarySanta Monica, CA · 562 students
- Grant ElementaryAntioch, CA · 478 students
- Grant ElementaryPetaluma, CA · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Cesar E. Chavez Elementary0.5 mi · 408
- Manzanita Middle0.6 mi · 92
- Voices College-Bound Language Acad at W. Contra Costa Co0.6 mi · 343
- Ford Elementary0.6 mi · 371
- Richmond High0.7 mi · 1,280
- Lovonya DeJean Middle0.7 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About Grant ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Grant Elementary?
Grant Elementary enrolls approximately 551 students in grades KG-06.
Is Grant Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grant Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Grant Elementary have?
Grant Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Grant Elementary?
Student demographics at Grant Elementary are roughly 4% White, 85% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Grant Elementary in?
Grant Elementary is part of West Contra Costa Unified.
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