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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Montair Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
484
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063513005951
Montair Elementary
300 Quinterra Ln., Danville, CA 94526 · (925) 855-5100 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
19.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
32 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
62.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -19.2pp since 2014
Math
65.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 19 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 38.3% | 24.5% | 18.4% | 18.8% |
| Math | 39.9% | 26.1% | 17.2% | 16.9% |
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 | 62.8% | 65.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.6% | 62.9% |
| 2022-23 | 75.7% | 70.4% |
| 2021-22 | 77.7% | 73.3% |
| 2018-19 | 80.2% | 75.5% |
| 2017-18 | 82.7% | 73.2% |
| 2016-17 | 75.7% | 73.1% |
| 2015-16 | 78.0% | 71.0% |
| 2014-15 | 82.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Montair Elementary
Montair Elementary's state test result (63.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montair Elementary this school | 484 | 6.6% | 63.7% |
| Rancho Romero Elementary Alamo | 469 | 6.4% | 75.7% |
| Pacific Elementary Manhattan Beach | 510 | 4.3% | 86.3% |
| Vista Grande Elementary Danville | 544 | 4.4% | 74.5% |
| Green Valley Elementary Danville | 484 | 3.1% | 73.8% |
| Brookside Elementary Oak Park | 556 | 8.3% | 77.4% |
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 Montair Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #940 of 5,151 | #47 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #783 of 5,172 ▲ 110 | #43 of 153 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #1,155 of 5,172 ▼ 106 | #55 of 153 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.1pp | #91 of 5,116 | #3 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #2,644 of 5,915 | #75 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #580 of 5,352 | #5 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #2,293 of 5,354 | #119 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.6% | #5,550 of 5,625 | #141 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #2,322 of 3,837 | #58 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
484
-28 (-5%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 484 | 25.3 | 19.1:1 | 7% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 22.1 | 22.4:1 | 6% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 25.1 | 20.1:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 512 | 26 | 19.7:1 | 5% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 25.2 | 22.0:1 | 4% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 25 | 22.4:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | N/A | N/A | 4% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 2% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 25 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montair Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (555 to 484); teachers unchanged (25.2 to 25.3).
About Montair Elementary
Montair Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Danville, California. Federal data show 484 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Montair Elementary falls under San Ramon Valley Unified, which has 36 schools enrolling 28,554 students.
About 63% of the student body at Montair Elementary is White. The remaining students are 13% multiracial, 13% Asian, and 9% Hispanic. Among people living in Contra Costa County, the White share is about 41%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.1:1. The school has 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 19.1:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Federal data show 7% of students (32) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County.
Among California public elementary schools, Montair Elementary outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Montair Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.7% is 11.9 points below the 75.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Contra Costa County show the median household earns about $127,229 a year, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Montair Elementary, Contra Costa County has 280 public schools.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, San Ramon Valley High, is the closest to Montair Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Montair Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 63.7% is below the 73.4% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Montair Elementary enrolled 512 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 484.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 San Ramon Valley Unified
- Dougherty Valley HighHigh · 3,039 students
- California HighHigh · 2,894 students
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Windemere Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,011 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
Other schools in Danville
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Charlotte Wood MiddleMiddle · 853 students
- Diablo Vista MiddleMiddle · 835 students
- Greenbrook ElementaryElementary · 732 students
- Sycamore Valley ElementaryElementary · 559 students
Nearby schools
- San Ramon Valley High0.4 mi · 2,036
- Vista Grande Elementary1.1 mi · 544
- John Baldwin Elementary1.3 mi · 439
- Green Valley Elementary1.7 mi · 484
- Los Cerros Middle1.8 mi · 486
- Charlotte Wood Middle1.9 mi · 853
Frequently asked questions
About Montair ElementaryHow many students attend Montair Elementary?
Montair Elementary enrolls approximately 484 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Montair Elementary serve?
Montair Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Montair Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Montair Elementary is approximately 19.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Montair Elementary?
Student demographics at Montair Elementary are roughly 63% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Montair Elementary public or private?
Montair Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Ramon Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.