Grant Elementary

Grant Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Richmond, California, one of the schools within West Contra Costa Unified. Current enrollment sits at 551 students spanning grades K through 6.

West Contra Costa Unified runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 25,133 students. Grant Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Grant Elementary shows that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Asian, 4% White, 4% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Grant Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Contra Costa County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Grant Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.6%; this one comes in at 6.4%, -29.2 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Contra Costa County) logs that median household earnings sit near $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Grant Elementary is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students).

The closest other public school is Cesar E. Chavez Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grant Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grant Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 12.0%.

Grant Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 523 students in 2018 compared to 551 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 27.5:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.