Kimball Elementary

As a mid-tier elementary campus in Antioch, California, Kimball Elementary educates 450 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Antioch Unified.

Across the 25 schools in Antioch Unified (15,111 students total), Kimball Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kimball Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment; the rest reads as 21% Black, 10% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 85% of students at Kimball 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kimball Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.9%; this one delivers 17.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Contra Costa County indicate median household earnings sit near $127,229, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Kimball Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rocketship Delta Prep, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kimball Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kimball Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 12.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Kimball Elementary's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 514 (now 450). Black enrollment moved from 16% to 21% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Kimball Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.