Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED·NCES 063255005035
Lupine Hills Elementary
1919 Lupine Rd., Hercules, CA 94547 · (510) 231-1411 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of California public elementary schools
- B-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.
- C+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
19.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
285 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 91 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
38.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
34.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.0% | 23.7% | 20.8% | 40.5% |
| Math | 13.3% | 21.4% | 29.5% | 35.8% |
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 | 38.7% | 34.7% |
| 2023-24 | 38.1% | 36.4% |
| 2022-23 | 42.8% | 41.9% |
| 2021-22 | 39.3% | 31.9% |
| 2018-19 | 37.4% | 31.1% |
| 2017-18 | 36.6% | 32.8% |
| 2016-17 | 39.5% | 31.3% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Lupine Hills Elementary
Lupine Hills Elementary's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lupine Hills Elementary this school | 387 | 73.6% | 37.0% |
| Lorin A. Eden Elementary Hayward | 386 | 68.4% | 32.5% |
| Aspire River Oaks Charter Stockton | 452 | 70.6% | N/A |
| Corvallis Elementary San Leandro | 349 | 70.5% | 31.1% |
| Walker Elementary San Diego | 398 | 76.1% | 40.4% |
| Burbank (Luther) Elementary Artesia | 421 | 66.7% | 45.6% |
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 Lupine Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #2,754 of 5,151 | #82 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #2,776 of 5,172 ▼ 305 | #82 of 153 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #3,066 of 5,172 ▼ 160 | #92 of 153 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #2,991 of 5,116 | #72 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #3,849 of 5,915 | #123 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #766 of 5,352 | #12 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #441 of 5,354 | #35 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.6% | #2,720 of 5,625 | #45 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #3,560 of 3,837 | #98 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
387
-30 (-7%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 553
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 387 | 19.7 | 19.6:1 | 74% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 20 | 19.1:1 | 46% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 20 | 18.5:1 | 37% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 17 | 24.5:1 | 44% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 16.5 | 24.1:1 | 44% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 16 | 23.9:1 | 38% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | N/A | N/A | 32% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 338 | 19 | 17.8:1 | 32% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 553 | 19 | 29.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lupine Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (398 to 387); teachers up 20% (16.5 to 19.7).
About Lupine Hills Elementary
Lupine Hills Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Hercules, California, under West Contra Costa Unified. In all, 387 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Besides Lupine Hills Elementary, West Contra Costa Unified runs 51 other schools. The district enrolls 25,133 students.
Hispanic students account for 39% of enrollment at Lupine Hills Elementary, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 33% Asian, 10% Black, 9% multiracial, and 7% White. County-wide, 28% of Contra Costa County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Lupine Hills Elementary is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 19.6 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. The school reported 74% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Contra Costa County average 45%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lupine Hills Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 44% of California public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lupine Hills Elementary would score about 36.4%. It scores 37.0%, within a point of that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for Contra Costa County show that the median household earns about $127,229 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Contra Costa County has 280 public schools with about 167,423 students, including Lupine Hills Elementary.
The closest school to Lupine Hills Elementary is Hercules High, located about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 43.2% on proficiency, and Lupine Hills Elementary is below that at 37.0%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Lupine Hills Elementary enrolled 417 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 387. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.6:1.
The discussion board for Lupine Hills Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 West Contra Costa Unified
- El Cerrito HighHigh · 1,460 students
- Richmond HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Pinole Valley HighHigh · 1,245 students
- De Anza HighHigh · 1,047 students
- Hercules HighHigh · 767 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 740 students
Other schools in Hercules
- Hercules HighHigh · 767 students
- Hercules MiddleMiddle · 596 students
- Ohlone ElementaryElementary · 482 students
- Hanna Ranch ElementaryElementary · 421 students
Nearby schools
- Hercules High0.6 mi · 767
- Hercules Middle0.6 mi · 596
- Ohlone Elementary1.1 mi · 482
- Hanna Ranch Elementary1.4 mi · 421
- Rodeo Hills Elementary1.9 mi · 534
- Collins Elementary2.0 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About Lupine Hills ElementaryHow many students attend Lupine Hills Elementary?
Lupine Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 387 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lupine Hills Elementary serve?
Lupine Hills Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lupine Hills Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lupine Hills Elementary is approximately 19.6:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lupine Hills Elementary?
At Lupine Hills Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 39% Hispanic, 10% Black, 33% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Lupine Hills Elementary public or private?
Lupine Hills Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Contra Costa Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.