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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT. DIABLO UNIFIED·NCES 062637002956
Gregory Gardens Elementary
1 Corritone Ct., Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 · (925) 827-3770 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
25.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
194 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 102 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 85% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
41.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -12.0pp since 2014
Math
38.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 12 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 | 16.5% | 24.5% | 21.3% | 37.8% |
| Math | 15.6% | 22.4% | 26.6% | 35.4% |
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 | 41.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.8% | 42.4% |
| 2022-23 | 38.9% | 34.4% |
| 2021-22 | 40.7% | 40.7% |
| 2020-21 | 34.4% | 30.4% |
| 2018-19 | 45.0% | 33.5% |
| 2017-18 | 50.0% | 36.5% |
| 2016-17 | 44.5% | 35.6% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Gregory Gardens Elementary
Gregory Gardens Elementary's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Gardens Elementary this school | 409 | 47.4% | 41.7% |
| Navigator Elementary Rancho Cordova | 431 | 50.8% | 38.4% |
| William G. Paden Elementary Alameda | 372 | 46.0% | 53.7% |
| Ellen Feickert Elementary Elk Grove | 541 | 49.7% | 53.3% |
| Melrose Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 419 | 45.8% | 71.3% |
| Isla Vista Elementary Goleta | 418 | 47.6% | 65.7% |
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 Gregory Gardens Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #2,327 of 5,151 | #74 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #2,438 of 5,172 ▼ 428 | #79 of 153 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,827 of 5,172 ▼ 696 | #86 of 153 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.2pp | #1,440 of 5,116 | #57 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #3,578 of 5,915 | #116 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #4,691 of 5,352 | #139 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.0% | #65 of 5,354 | #5 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.4% | #4,029 of 5,625 | #81 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.3% | #634 of 1,139 | #19 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
409
+51 (+14%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 409 | 16 | 25.6:1 | 47% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 14 | 27.4:1 | 38% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 12.8 | 28.1:1 | 35% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 14 | 25.6:1 | 28% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 16.4 | 23.2:1 | 37% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 14 | 28.6:1 | 31% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | N/A | N/A | 27% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 465 | 21 | 22.1:1 | 17% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gregory Gardens Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (381 to 409); teachers down 2% (16.4 to 16).
About Gregory Gardens Elementary
Gregory Gardens Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in California, located in Pleasant Hill. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 409 students.
Gregory Gardens Elementary is run by Mt. Diablo Unified, whose 50 schools enroll 29,210 students.
Hispanic students make up 33% of enrollment at Gregory Gardens Elementary, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 25% White, 20% Asian, 16% multiracial, and 5% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 76%.
On staff are 16 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 25.6:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 3.3 fewer students per teacher than here. Gregory Gardens Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 47%. The average for public schools in Contra Costa County is similar, at 45%.
Gregory Gardens Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 32% of California public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Gregory Gardens Elementary is -10.0 points: 41.7% actual, 51.8% predicted.
For Contra Costa County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $127,229, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 280 public schools in the county, enrolling about 167,423, Gregory Gardens Elementary among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, College Park High, is about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Gregory Gardens Elementary places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 409, up from 358 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Gregory Gardens Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Mt. Diablo Unified
- College Park HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Northgate HighHigh · 1,546 students
- Mt. Diablo HighHigh · 1,397 students
- Concord HighHigh · 1,137 students
- Ygnacio Valley HighHigh · 1,059 students
- Foothill MiddleMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in Pleasant Hill
- College Park HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Sequoia MiddleMiddle · 882 students
- Valley View MiddleMiddle · 819 students
- Pleasant Hill MiddleMiddle · 738 students
- Valhalla ElementaryElementary · 721 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryElementary · 652 students
Nearby schools
- College Park High0.3 mi · 1,948
- Valley View Middle0.3 mi · 819
- Valhalla Elementary0.8 mi · 721
- Strandwood Elementary0.9 mi · 596
- Sequoia Middle1.1 mi · 882
- Sequoia Elementary1.1 mi · 594
Frequently asked questions
About Gregory Gardens ElementaryHow many students attend Gregory Gardens Elementary?
Gregory Gardens Elementary enrolls approximately 409 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Gregory Gardens Elementary serve?
Gregory Gardens Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Gregory Gardens Elementary?
Approximately 25.6:1 students per teacher at Gregory Gardens Elementary.
How diverse is Gregory Gardens Elementary?
Gregory Gardens Elementary reports a student body of 25% White, 33% Hispanic, 5% Black, 20% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Gregory Gardens Elementary public or private?
Gregory Gardens Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mt. Diablo Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.