Lake Elementary

As a small elementary school in San Pablo, California, Lake Elementary works with 350 students from grades K through 6, part of West Contra Costa Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Lake Elementary sits 25% below that benchmark.

Within West Contra Costa Unified, which oversees 52 schools and 25,133 students, Lake Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Lake Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (80%). The remainder is composed of 8% Asian, 5% Black, 4% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lake Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lake Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 29.4%; actual is 9.6%, a gap of -19.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, 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), Lake Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bayview Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lake Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 20.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Elementary has edged down 15%, going from 412 students in 2018 to 350 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 73% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 today.

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