ISAAC R. MONTANEZ ELEMENTARY
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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%.
About ISAAC R. MONTANEZ ELEMENTARY
Set in Brentwood, California, ISAAC R. MONTANEZ ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school, one of the schools within Brentwood Union. It caters to 444 students across grades K through 5.
Within Brentwood Union, which oversees 12 schools and 9,932 students, ISAAC R. MONTANEZ ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.
Demographically, ISAAC R. MONTANEZ ELEMENTARY shows that 31% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 28% Hispanic, 24% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 33% of students at ISAAC R. MONTANEZ ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Contra Costa County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, ISAAC R. MONTANEZ ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.1%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Contra Costa County) records that median household earnings sit near $127,229, 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), ISAAC R. MONTANEZ ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Marsh Creek Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ISAAC R. MONTANEZ ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, ISAAC R. MONTANEZ ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.8%.
ISAAC R. MONTANEZ ELEMENTARY operates from a bedroom-community location.
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