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Enrollment
660
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANTIOCH UNIFIED·NCES 060285009703
Muir (John) Elementary
615 Greystone Dr., Antioch, CA 94509 · (925) 779-7450 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
20.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
389 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 | 130 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
63%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
35.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.7pp since 2014
Math
24.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.0% | 22.3% | 25.1% | 39.6% |
| Math | 5.6% | 19.1% | 30.3% | 45.1% |
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 | 35.3% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 22.6% | 22.9% |
| 2022-23 | 26.6% | 18.5% |
| 2021-22 | 23.5% | 19.8% |
| 2018-19 | 30.9% | 19.3% |
| 2017-18 | 35.9% | 23.1% |
| 2016-17 | 37.6% | 21.3% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Muir (John) Elementary
Muir (John) Elementary's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muir (John) Elementary this school | 660 | 58.9% | 26.2% |
| REACH Leadership STEAM Academy Riverside | 645 | 57.1% | N/A |
| Esther Lindstrom Elementary Lakewood | 552 | 61.6% | 41.1% |
| Sundown Elementary Lancaster | 941 | 59.1% | 25.1% |
| Twain Elementary Long Beach | 474 | 56.3% | 46.9% |
| Anaverde Hills Palmdale | 517 | 54.9% | 32.5% |
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 Muir (John) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #3,945 of 5,151 | #102 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #3,804 of 5,172 ▲ 51 | #104 of 153 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #3,404 of 5,172 ▲ 1,114 | #99 of 153 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.3pp | #860 of 5,116 | #12 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 660 | #956 of 5,915 | #22 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,313 of 5,352 | #27 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #1,507 of 5,354 | #96 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.9% | #3,526 of 5,625 | #67 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.2% | #410 of 1,139 | #13 of 42 |
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
660
+31 (+5%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 660 | 31.9 | 20.7:1 | 59% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 30.1 | 21.3:1 | 50% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 650 | 29.6 | 21.9:1 | 52% (335) |
| 2020-21 | 629 | 28 | 22.5:1 | 61% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 21.8 | 26.7:1 | 60% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | 19 | 30.2:1 | 58% (334) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | N/A | N/A | 41% (269) |
| 2000-01 | 765 | 40 | 19.1:1 | 12% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 19 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Muir (John) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (583 to 660); teachers up 46% (21.8 to 31.9).
About Muir (John) Elementary
Muir (John) Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Antioch, California. The school counts 660 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Within Antioch Unified, Muir (John) Elementary is one of 25 schools. The district enrolls 15,111 students.
Muir (John) Elementary's enrollment is 56% Hispanic. Other groups include 20% Black, 9% Asian, 8% White, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Contra Costa County residents are about 28% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Muir (John) Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
The teaching staff at Muir (John) Elementary is 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 20.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. About 59% of students, or 389, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 45% average among public schools in Contra Costa County.
The allk12 Grade for Muir (John) Elementary is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 18% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Muir (John) Elementary scores 18.8 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 26.2%; the prediction is 45.0%.
Muir (John) Elementary is located in Contra Costa County, where median household income is about $127,229, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Muir (John) Elementary is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County, which together enroll about 167,423 students.
The closest other public school is Dallas Ranch Middle, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 20.9% on proficiency, and Muir (John) Elementary is above that at 26.2%.
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.
The number of students climbed from 629 to 660 over 4 years. Students per teacher fell from 22.5 in 2020-21 to 20.7 in 2024-25.
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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 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 Muir (John) Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Muir (John) Elementary. Muir (John) Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Muir (John) ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 260 students
Nearby schools
- Dallas Ranch Middle0.6 mi · 795
- Lone Tree Elementary1.0 mi · 518
- Sutter Elementary1.1 mi · 450
- Jack London Elementary1.1 mi · 446
- Belshaw Elementary1.3 mi · 431
- Deer Valley High1.4 mi · 1,812
Frequently asked questions
About Muir (John) ElementaryHow large is Muir (John) Elementary?
Muir (John) Elementary enrolls approximately 660 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Muir (John) Elementary serve?
Muir (John) Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Muir (John) Elementary have?
Muir (John) Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Muir (John) Elementary?
At Muir (John) Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 56% Hispanic, 20% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Muir (John) Elementary public or private?
Muir (John) Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Antioch Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.