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Enrollment
751
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANTIOCH UNIFIED·NCES 060285011904
Orchard Park
5150 Live Oak Ave., Oakley, CA 94561 · (925) 779-7445 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL751 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
545 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 | 93 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (89).
Student demographics
69%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
41.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
22.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.6% | 30.1% | 30.3% | 28.0% |
| Math | 7.9% | 14.9% | 32.0% | 45.2% |
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 | 41.7% | 22.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.8% | 22.4% |
| 2022-23 | 33.4% | 21.7% |
| 2021-22 | 37.6% | 21.0% |
| 2018-19 | 43.0% | 30.3% |
| 2017-18 | 45.0% | 30.5% |
| 2016-17 | 45.1% | 31.9% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Orchard Park
Orchard Park's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Park this school | 751 | 72.6% | 31.1% |
| Mable Barron Stockton | 657 | 77.0% | 31.6% |
| Coyote Canyon Elementary Rancho Cucamonga | 817 | 68.9% | 57.2% |
| West Wind Elementary Lancaster | 757 | 76.0% | 31.7% |
| Jefferson Sacramento | 735 | 78.6% | 22.8% |
| Sundance Elementary Beaumont | 735 | 74.3% | 48.7% |
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 Orchard Park ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #3,384 of 5,151 | #96 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #4,018 of 5,172 ▼ 108 | #107 of 153 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #2,757 of 5,172 ▲ 77 | #84 of 153 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,265 of 5,116 | #48 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 751 | #530 of 5,915 | #7 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,212 of 5,352 | #128 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #801 of 5,354 | #63 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #2,808 of 5,625 | #50 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #3,553 of 3,837 | #97 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
751
+74 (+11%) vs 2020
+49% since 2010-11, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 751 | 30.4 | 24.7:1 | 73% (545) |
| 2023-24 | 750 | 34.2 | 21.9:1 | 70% (528) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 31.1 | 23.0:1 | 67% (477) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 31 | 21.8:1 | 57% (389) |
| 2017-18 | 773 | 30.2 | 25.6:1 | 60% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 815 | 30 | 27.2:1 | 60% (486) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | N/A | N/A | 47% (238) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orchard Park.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (773 to 751); teachers up 1% (30.2 to 30.4).
About Orchard Park
Orchard Park is a large elementary school in California, located in Oakley. Total enrollment is 751 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 8. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Antioch Unified enrolls 15,111 students, and its 25 schools include Orchard Park.
At Orchard Park, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 50%. Other groups include 17% White, 16% Black, 9% Asian, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Contra Costa County residents are about 28% Hispanic. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Orchard Park are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Orchard Park totals 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.7:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 73% of students (545) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Contra Costa County, the average eligibility rate is 45%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Orchard Park lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.1%; the prediction is 37.0%.
In Contra Costa County, home to about 1,165,012 people, the median household earns about $127,229 a year, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Orchard Park shares Contra Costa County with 279 other public schools.
A public school about 1.2 miles away, Vintage Parkway Elementary, is the closest to Orchard Park. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Orchard Park is ahead of the 30.7% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
An 11% increase took enrollment from 677 in 2020-21 to 751 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 21.8:1 to 24.7:1.
The allk12 page for Orchard Park lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Dozier-Libbey Medical HighHigh · 681 students
- Antioch MiddleMiddle · 665 students
Other schools in Oakley
- Freedom HighHigh · 2,460 students
- Delta Vista MiddleMiddle · 873 students
- O'Hara Park MiddleMiddle · 856 students
- Gehringer ElementaryElementary · 663 students
- Summer Lake ElementaryElementary · 595 students
- Iron House ElementaryElementary · 503 students
Nearby schools
- Vintage Parkway Elementary1.2 mi · 481
- Oakley Elementary1.4 mi · 379
- O'Hara Park Middle1.7 mi · 856
- Laurel Elementary1.7 mi · 342
- Grant Elementary1.8 mi · 478
- Almond Grove Elementary1.9 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Orchard ParkHow large is Orchard Park?
Orchard Park enrolls approximately 751 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Orchard Park serve?
Orchard Park serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Orchard Park?
Approximately 24.7:1 students per teacher at Orchard Park.
How diverse is Orchard Park?
Orchard Park reports a student body of 17% White, 50% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Orchard Park public or private?
Orchard Park 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.