Montair Elementary

Set in Danville, California, Montair Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, operated by San Ramon Valley Unified. It works with 484 students across grades K through 5.

San Ramon Valley Unified comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 28,554 students; Montair Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Montair Elementary lists that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 13% multiracial, 13% Asian, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 41% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Montair Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Montair Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Contra Costa County indicate median household earnings sit near $127,229, 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), Montair Elementary is one campus in the mix.

San Ramon Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Montair Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Montair Elementary at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 71.7%.

Montair Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Montair Elementary has declined 13%, going from 555 students in 2018 to 484 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 17% to 13% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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