Nystrom Elementary

Nystrom Elementary is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in Richmond, California, one of the schools within West Contra Costa Unified, educateing 415 students in grades K through 6.

Within West Contra Costa Unified, which oversees 52 schools and 25,133 students, Nystrom Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Nystrom Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 17% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, Nystrom Elementary shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

After controlling for student poverty, Nystrom Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 20.0%, a residual of -13.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Contra Costa County shows the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Nystrom Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Richmond College Preparatory, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Nystrom Elementary comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 7.1%.

Nystrom Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Nystrom Elementary's enrollment has contracted 19% since 2018, when it stood at 512 (now 415). Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Nystrom Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.