Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALNUT CREEK ELEMENTARY·NCES 064125006828
Indian Valley Elementary
551 Marshall Dr., Walnut Creek, CA 94598 · (925) 944-6828 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- 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.
- C-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
23.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
73 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 78 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 70% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Indian Valley Elementary→Walnut Creek Intermediate
Based on grade levels within Walnut Creek Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
63.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -10.3pp since 2014
Math
65.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 38.5% | 25.1% | 24.0% | 12.3% |
| Math | 33.3% | 32.2% | 22.2% | 12.2% |
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 | 63.7% | 65.6% |
| 2023-24 | 61.5% | 66.1% |
| 2022-23 | 62.9% | 68.3% |
| 2021-22 | 66.0% | 69.2% |
| 2018-19 | 75.5% | 68.8% |
| 2017-18 | 75.5% | 70.6% |
| 2016-17 | 73.2% | 62.2% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 65.0% |
| 2014-15 | 74.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Indian Valley Elementary
Indian Valley Elementary's state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Valley Elementary this school | 355 | 20.6% | 64.7% |
| Addison Elementary Palo Alto | 366 | 17.2% | 73.9% |
| Birney Elementary Redondo Beach | 432 | 17.6% | 82.5% |
| Oak Meadow Elementary El Dorado Hills | 412 | 15.5% | 70.9% |
| Sycamore Elementary Claremont | 350 | 22.0% | 77.6% |
| Kumeyaay Elementary San Diego | 398 | 26.9% | 70.7% |
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 Indian Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #895 of 5,151 | #46 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #802 of 5,172 ▼ 32 | #45 of 153 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #1,105 of 5,172 ▲ 45 | #50 of 153 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #968 of 5,116 | #39 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #4,234 of 5,915 | #133 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.7:1 | #3,499 of 5,352 | #109 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #318 of 5,354 | #28 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.6% | #5,125 of 5,625 | #113 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #2,266 of 3,837 | #53 of 107 |
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
355
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 355 | 15 | 23.7:1 | 21% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 16 | 22.7:1 | 20% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 15 | 23.7:1 | 15% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 15 | 23.1:1 | 16% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 19.2 | 21.3:1 | 9% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 18 | 23.3:1 | 11% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | N/A | N/A | 11% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 386 | 21 | 18.4:1 | 7% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 344 | 17 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (409 to 355); teachers down 22% (19.2 to 15).
About Indian Valley Elementary
Indian Valley Elementary is a small elementary school in Walnut Creek, California, administered by Walnut Creek Elementary. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 355 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Walnut Creek Elementary has 3,597 students spread across 7 schools.
Indian Valley Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 41%. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 17% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is close to the 41% White share among all Contra Costa County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Indian Valley Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.7:1, with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 21% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Contra Costa County is 45%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Indian Valley Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Indian Valley Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 64.7% and a predicted 67.5%.
Across Contra Costa County, median household income is about $127,229, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Indian Valley Elementary is among the 280 public schools in Contra Costa County.
The next-closest public school is Walnut Heights Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Indian Valley Elementary ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.7% against a local average of 67.0%.
Indian Valley Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Small.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (347) to 2024-25 (355).
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Walnut Creek Elementary
- Walnut Creek IntermediateMiddle · 940 students
- Buena Vista ElementaryElementary · 495 students
- Parkmead ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- Murwood ElementaryElementary · 451 students
- Tice CreekElementary · 451 students
- Walnut Heights ElementaryElementary · 427 students
Other schools in Walnut Creek
- Las Lomas HighHigh · 1,577 students
- Northgate HighHigh · 1,546 students
- Foothill MiddleMiddle · 1,005 students
- Walnut Creek IntermediateMiddle · 940 students
- Walnut Acres ElementaryElementary · 689 students
- Bancroft ElementaryElementary · 672 students
Other Indian Valley Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Indian Valley Elementary. Indian Valley Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Indian Valley Elementary SchoolSylacauga, AL · 477 students
- Indian Valley ElementaryOverland Park, KS · 431 students
- Indian Valley Elementary SchoolReedsville, PA · 348 students
- Indian Valley ElementaryRadford, VA · 110 students
Nearby schools
- Walnut Heights Elementary0.5 mi · 427
- Las Lomas High1.4 mi · 1,577
- Walnut Acres Elementary1.4 mi · 689
- Eagle Peak Montessori1.4 mi · 301
- Northgate High1.4 mi · 1,546
- Walnut Creek Intermediate1.4 mi · 940
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Valley ElementaryHow large is Indian Valley Elementary?
Indian Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 355 students in grades KG-05.
Is Indian Valley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Indian Valley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Indian Valley Elementary have?
Indian Valley Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Indian Valley Elementary?
At Indian Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 41% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 19% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Indian Valley Elementary public or private?
Indian Valley Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Walnut Creek Elementary.
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