Hanna Ranch Elementary

Set in Hercules, California, Hanna Ranch Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, overseen by West Contra Costa Unified. It serves 421 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 52 schools in West Contra Costa Unified (25,133 students total), Hanna Ranch Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Hanna Ranch Elementary shows that the largest single group is Asian at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 34% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 8% Black, 6% White. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hanna Ranch Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Hanna Ranch Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hanna Ranch Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.3%.

In the surrounding community, Contra Costa County reports that the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Hanna Ranch Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hercules Middle, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hanna Ranch Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hanna Ranch Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 40.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hanna Ranch Elementary has fell 13%, going from 485 students in 2018 to 421 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 24% to 34%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.9:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 in 2025.

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