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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063513005949
John Baldwin Elementary
741 Brookside Dr., Danville, CA 94526 · (925) 855-5200 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
22.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
11 students
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 99 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
88.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +17.5pp since 2014
Math
82.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 66.1% | 22.5% | 9.2% | 2.3% |
| Math | 54.1% | 28.4% | 15.1% | 2.3% |
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 | 88.5% | 82.6% |
| 2023-24 | 87.6% | 86.2% |
| 2022-23 | 89.2% | 80.1% |
| 2021-22 | 86.5% | 79.7% |
| 2018-19 | 88.6% | 86.8% |
| 2017-18 | 83.9% | 81.1% |
| 2016-17 | 80.7% | 75.8% |
| 2015-16 | 74.0% | 80.0% |
| 2014-15 | 71.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
86.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 John Baldwin Elementary
John Baldwin Elementary's state test result (86.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Baldwin Elementary this school | 439 | 2.5% | 86.1% |
| Green Valley Elementary Danville | 484 | 3.1% | 73.8% |
| Happy Valley Elementary Lafayette | 463 | 3.2% | 89.0% |
| Del Rey Elementary Orinda | 435 | 4.1% | 85.9% |
| Havens Elementary Piedmont | 464 | 2.2% | 79.6% |
| Glorietta Elementary Orinda | 445 | 1.8% | 85.9% |
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 John Baldwin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #66 of 5,151 | #4 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.6% | #154 of 5,172 ▼ 74 | #13 of 153 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #35 of 5,172 ▲ 10 | #3 of 153 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #2,512 of 5,116 | #57 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #3,169 of 5,915 | #101 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #2,482 of 5,352 | #74 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #1,844 of 5,354 | #107 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.5% | #5,616 of 5,625 | #154 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #1,544 of 3,837 | #33 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
439
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 439 | 19.6 | 22.4:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 19.8 | 22.5:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 20 | 21.9:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 21.3 | 25.4:1 | 4% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 22 | 26.2:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | N/A | N/A | 1% (5) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 28 | 20.7:1 | 0% (2) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | 23 | 27.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Baldwin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (541 to 439); teachers down 8% (21.3 to 19.6).
About John Baldwin Elementary
John Baldwin Elementary is a public elementary school run by San Ramon Valley Unified in Danville, California. It has an enrollment of 439 students in kindergarten through 5.
San Ramon Valley Unified is the district for John Baldwin Elementary. It has 36 schools and 28,554 students.
At John Baldwin Elementary, 59% of students are White. The school is also 17% Asian, 13% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. That is higher than the 41% White share among all Contra Costa County residents. The diversity index for John Baldwin Elementary is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
John Baldwin Elementary has 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. At John Baldwin Elementary, 3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County is 42 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, John Baldwin Elementary lands at A, ahead of 93% of California public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For John Baldwin Elementary, the prediction is 78.1% and the result is 86.1%.
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 the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 280 public schools and about 167,423 students.
The closest school to John Baldwin Elementary is Charlotte Wood Middle, located about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. John Baldwin Elementary's average proficiency of 86.1% compares with 71.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 460 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 439 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 20.0:1 to 22.4:1.
John Baldwin Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 San Ramon Valley Unified
- Dougherty Valley HighHigh · 3,039 students
- California HighHigh · 2,894 students
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Windemere Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,011 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
Other schools in Danville
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Charlotte Wood MiddleMiddle · 853 students
- Diablo Vista MiddleMiddle · 835 students
- Greenbrook ElementaryElementary · 732 students
- Sycamore Valley ElementaryElementary · 559 students
Nearby schools
- Charlotte Wood Middle0.6 mi · 853
- Vista Grande Elementary1.2 mi · 544
- Greenbrook Elementary1.3 mi · 732
- Montair Elementary1.3 mi · 484
- San Ramon Valley High1.6 mi · 2,036
- Green Valley Elementary1.8 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About John Baldwin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at John Baldwin Elementary?
John Baldwin Elementary enrolls approximately 439 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does John Baldwin Elementary serve?
John Baldwin Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at John Baldwin Elementary?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at John Baldwin Elementary.
How diverse is John Baldwin Elementary?
John Baldwin Elementary reports a student body of 59% White, 11% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees John Baldwin Elementary?
John Baldwin Elementary is overseen by San Ramon Valley Unified in Contra Costa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.