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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANTIOCH UNIFIED·NCES 060285000215
Mission Elementary
1711 Mission Dr., Antioch, CA 94509 · (925) 779-7435 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
21.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
423 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 119 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
27.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.0pp since 2014
Math
24.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.5% | 16.5% | 28.6% | 44.4% |
| Math | 6.1% | 17.9% | 22.8% | 53.3% |
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 | 27.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.7% | 15.4% |
| 2022-23 | 21.5% | 14.6% |
| 2021-22 | 26.7% | 14.9% |
| 2018-19 | 31.3% | 18.7% |
| 2017-18 | 30.2% | 19.1% |
| 2016-17 | 29.9% | 16.5% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Mission Elementary
Mission Elementary's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Elementary this school | 512 | 82.6% | 21.9% |
| Stoneman Elementary Pittsburg | 602 | 81.2% | 20.1% |
| Grant Elementary Antioch | 478 | 77.4% | 19.5% |
| Barton Elementary Long Beach | 418 | 79.7% | 28.4% |
| Capitol Collegiate Academy Sacramento | 518 | 79.9% | N/A |
| Solano Widenmann Leadership Academy Vallejo | 615 | 83.3% | 13.8% |
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 Mission Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #4,395 of 5,151 | #111 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #3,880 of 5,172 ▲ 770 | #105 of 153 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,269 of 5,172 ▲ 406 | #111 of 153 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #1,747 of 5,116 | #35 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #2,275 of 5,915 | #57 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,484 of 5,352 | #39 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #672 of 5,354 | #51 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.6% | #1,909 of 5,625 | #24 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #1,354 of 3,837 | #24 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
512
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 1,017
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 512 | 24.4 | 21.0:1 | 83% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 23 | 20.7:1 | 84% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 24.2 | 19.8:1 | 74% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 26 | 20.3:1 | 82% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 24 | 26.9:1 | 83% (533) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 22 | 29.1:1 | 85% (542) |
| 2010-11 | 676 | N/A | N/A | 79% (533) |
| 2000-01 | 808 | 42 | 19.2:1 | 46% (368) |
| 1990-91 | 1,017 | 42 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (645 to 512); teachers up 2% (24 to 24.4).
About Mission Elementary
Mission Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Antioch, California. Enrolled students number 512 students, in kindergarten through 5.
Mission Elementary reports to Antioch Unified, which has 25 schools and 15,111 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Mission Elementary, 47% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 24% Black, 12% Asian, 8% White, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Contra Costa County, the Hispanic share is about 28%. The chance that two students picked at random at Mission Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
Teachers at Mission Elementary total 24.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 83%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Contra Costa County is 45%.
Mission Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 16% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 31.1% at Mission Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 21.9%.
Federal survey data for Contra Costa County show that median household income is about $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mission Elementary is among the 280 public schools in Contra Costa County.
The closest other public school is Antioch Charter Academy, about 0.7 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Mission Elementary is 1st of 5 on proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 527 in 2020-21 and 512 in 2024-25, a decrease of 15 students.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Antioch Unified
- Deer Valley HighHigh · 1,812 students
- Antioch HighHigh · 1,776 students
- Park MiddleMiddle · 1,055 students
- Dallas Ranch MiddleMiddle · 795 students
- Orchard ParkElementary · 751 students
- Dozier-Libbey Medical HighHigh · 681 students
Other schools in Antioch
- Deer Valley HighHigh · 1,812 students
- Antioch HighHigh · 1,776 students
- Park MiddleMiddle · 1,055 students
- Dallas Ranch MiddleMiddle · 795 students
- Dozier-Libbey Medical HighHigh · 681 students
- Antioch MiddleMiddle · 665 students
Other Mission Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 2 states are named Mission Elementary. Mission Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Mission ElementaryRedlands, CA · 594 students
- Mission ElementaryOntario, CA · 571 students
- Mission ElementaryOceanside, CA · 419 students
- Mission ElementarySoledad, CA · 130 students
- Mission Elementary SchoolAnadarko, OK · 162 students
Nearby schools
- Antioch Charter Academy0.7 mi · 202
- Marsh Elementary0.9 mi · 522
- Antioch Charter Academy II1.0 mi · 204
- Park Middle1.1 mi · 1,055
- Turner Elementary1.1 mi · 436
- CCCOE Special Education Programs1.1 mi · 116
Frequently asked questions
About Mission ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mission Elementary?
Mission Elementary enrolls approximately 512 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mission Elementary serve?
Mission Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mission Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mission Elementary is approximately 21.0:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mission Elementary?
At Mission Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 47% Hispanic, 24% Black, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Mission Elementary?
Mission Elementary is overseen by Antioch Unified in Contra Costa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.