Los Medanos Elementary

Los Medanos Elementary operates as a reasonably sized elementary campus in Pittsburg, California, run under Pittsburg Unified. Current enrollment sits at 665 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% above the state mean of about 465.

Across the 13 schools in Pittsburg Unified (10,633 students total), Los Medanos Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Los Medanos Elementary shows that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Asian, 8% Black, 5% White, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Contra Costa County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Los Medanos Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.0%; this one delivers 31.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Contra Costa County shows the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, 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), Los Medanos Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Parkside Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Los Medanos Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 21.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Los Medanos Elementary has contracted 10%, going from 735 students in 2018 to 665 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 13% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.