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What's the most underrated thing about Morello Park Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARTINEZ UNIFIED·NCES 062403000178
Morello Park Elementary
1200 Morello Park Dr., Martinez, CA 94553 · (925) 335-5840 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
101 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 112 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Morello Park Elementary→Martinez Junior High
Based on grade levels within Martinez Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
71.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.8pp since 2014
Math
65.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 72 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 up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 42.7% | 29.1% | 17.1% | 11.1% |
| Math | 38.6% | 27.0% | 25.8% | 8.6% |
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 | 71.8% | 65.7% |
| 2023-24 | 66.1% | 64.5% |
| 2022-23 | 71.4% | 67.5% |
| 2021-22 | 81.0% | 74.5% |
| 2018-19 | 68.4% | 70.7% |
| 2017-18 | 65.7% | 66.7% |
| 2016-17 | 61.1% | 61.5% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 56.0% |
| 2014-15 | 65.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Morello Park Elementary
Morello Park Elementary's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morello Park Elementary this school | 496 | 20.4% | 67.3% |
| Garden Road Elementary Poway | 508 | 19.9% | 59.5% |
| Sunset Ranch Elementary Rocklin | 554 | 19.9% | 69.1% |
| Ralph E. Hawes Elementary Huntington Beach | 516 | 18.4% | 79.8% |
| Sierra Elementary Rocklin | 445 | 21.3% | 73.3% |
| Parkmead Elementary Walnut Creek | 478 | 18.8% | 65.9% |
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 Morello Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #774 of 5,151 | #42 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #797 of 5,172 ▲ 33 | #44 of 153 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #664 of 5,172 ▲ 244 | #37 of 153 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.0pp | #174 of 5,116 | #9 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #2,484 of 5,915 | #66 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #1,699 of 5,352 | #47 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #903 of 5,354 | #67 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #5,133 of 5,625 | #114 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #3,582 of 3,837 | #100 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
496
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 501
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 496 | 23.3 | 21.3:1 | 20% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 24 | 20.8:1 | 20% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 23.3 | 21.8:1 | 29% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 22 | 22.3:1 | 15% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 22 | 23.2:1 | 14% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 21 | 25.1:1 | 16% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | N/A | N/A | 14% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 26 | 19.3:1 | 8% (42) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morello Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (509 to 496); teachers up 6% (22 to 23.3).
About Morello Park Elementary
In Martinez, California, Morello Park Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 496 students.
Morello Park Elementary is part of a district of 8 schools: Martinez Unified, with 3,774 students.
Of every 100 students at Morello Park Elementary, about 49 are White, the largest group. The remaining students are 19% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, and 15% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Morello Park Elementary, giving a ratio of 21.3:1. The school's 21.3:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. By family income, 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Contra Costa County averages 45%, higher than here.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Morello Park Elementary's results are within a point of predicted: 67.3% against 67.6%.
Looking at the county, Contra Costa County, the median household earns about $127,229 a year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Morello Park Elementary, Contra Costa County has 280 public schools.
Morello Park Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Las Juntas Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Morello Park Elementary at 1st of 7.
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.
Enrollment went from 490 in 2020-21 to 496 in 2024-25, a change of 6 students.
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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 Martinez Unified
- Alhambra Senior HighHigh · 1,028 students
- Martinez Junior HighMiddle · 843 students
- John Swett ElementaryElementary · 533 students
- John Muir ElementaryElementary · 423 students
- Las Juntas ElementaryElementary · 353 students
- Vicente Martinez HighHigh · 50 students
Other schools in Martinez
- Alhambra Senior HighHigh · 1,028 students
- Martinez Junior HighMiddle · 843 students
- Hidden Valley ElementaryElementary · 831 students
- John Swett ElementaryElementary · 533 students
- John Muir ElementaryElementary · 423 students
- Las Juntas ElementaryElementary · 353 students
Nearby schools
- Las Juntas Elementary0.6 mi · 353
- Mt. McKinley1.1 mi · 42
- John Muir Elementary1.2 mi · 423
- Hidden Valley Elementary1.4 mi · 831
- Martinez Junior High1.9 mi · 843
- Alhambra Senior High1.9 mi · 1,028
Frequently asked questions
About Morello Park ElementaryHow large is Morello Park Elementary?
Morello Park Elementary enrolls approximately 496 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Morello Park Elementary serve?
Morello Park Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Morello Park Elementary?
Approximately 21.3:1 students per teacher at Morello Park Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Morello Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Morello Park Elementary are roughly 49% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 15% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Morello Park Elementary in?
Morello Park Elementary is part of Martinez Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.