Neil A. Armstrong Elementary

Neil A. Armstrong Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in San Ramon, California, run under San Ramon Valley Unified. The school serves 465 students in grades K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Neil A. Armstrong Elementary lists that 53% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 27% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Neil A. Armstrong Elementary reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 7% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Contra Costa County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Neil A. Armstrong Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.5%; this one delivers 78.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Contra Costa County) shows that median household earnings sit near $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Neil A. Armstrong Elementary is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pine Valley Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Neil A. Armstrong Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 71.5%.

Neil A. Armstrong Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 547 students in 2018 compared to 465 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment rose from 38% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 in 2025.

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