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What do you wish you knew before starting at Parkside Elementary?
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Enrollment
565
Elementary
DISTRICT 577 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURG UNIFIED·NCES 063060004751
Parkside Elementary
985 West 17th St., Pittsburg, CA 94565 · (925) 473-2420 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL565 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
472 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 123 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
30.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.0pp since 2014
Math
19.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 3 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 | 8.3% | 21.7% | 23.7% | 46.3% |
| Math | 4.0% | 15.5% | 22.7% | 57.8% |
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 | 30.0% | 19.5% |
| 2023-24 | 23.5% | 14.6% |
| 2022-23 | 22.5% | 19.1% |
| 2021-22 | 22.7% | 11.1% |
| 2018-19 | 27.9% | 25.4% |
| 2017-18 | 28.9% | 24.3% |
| 2016-17 | 23.8% | 21.0% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Parkside Elementary
Parkside Elementary's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside Elementary this school | 565 | 83.5% | 21.9% |
| Aspire Richmond Technology Academy Richmond | 586 | 82.9% | N/A |
| Burbank Elementary Long Beach | 538 | 81.8% | 40.1% |
| Cabrillo Elementary Upland | 522 | 85.1% | 37.7% |
| Avalon Elementary Perris | 563 | 85.1% | 42.3% |
| One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary Gardena | 579 | 86.4% | 42.0% |
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 Parkside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #4,393 of 5,151 | #110 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #4,344 of 5,172 ▲ 374 | #114 of 153 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,978 of 5,172 ▲ 469 | #108 of 153 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.9pp | #933 of 5,116 | #13 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 565 | #1,706 of 5,915 | #36 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,461 of 5,352 | #33 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.5% | #3,032 of 5,354 | #134 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #1,826 of 5,625 | #18 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #2,312 of 3,837 | #57 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
565
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 565 | 27 | 20.9:1 | 84% (472) |
| 2023-24 | 565 | 28.6 | 19.7:1 | 82% (465) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 25.2 | 21.9:1 | 85% (471) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 25 | 23.0:1 | 82% (469) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 28 | 23.2:1 | 84% (548) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 28 | 23.3:1 | 82% (534) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | N/A | N/A | 89% (524) |
| 2000-01 | 631 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 75% (474) |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 27 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (649 to 565); teachers down 4% (28 to 27).
About Parkside Elementary
Parkside Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Pittsburg, California. The school's enrollment of 565 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 22% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Pittsburg Unified oversees Parkside Elementary and 12 other schools, with 10,633 students in total.
Parkside Elementary's enrollment is 71% Hispanic. Other groups include 13% Black, 8% Asian, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Contra Costa County residents are about 28% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Parkside Elementary comes in at 46%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 20.9:1, with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 84%. Across public schools in Contra Costa County, the average is 45%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Parkside Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 21.9%; the prediction is 30.6%.
County data help place the school in context: in Contra Costa County, median household income is about $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of Contra Costa County number 280 and enroll about 167,423.
The closest public school to Parkside Elementary is Los Medanos Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Parkside Elementary ranks 6th on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Parkside Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (574) and 2024-25 (565). The ratio was 23.0:1 in 2020-21 and 20.9:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Pittsburg Unified
- Pittsburg Senior HighHigh · 3,403 students
- Hillview Junior HighMiddle · 893 students
- Rancho Medanos Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. Junior HighMiddle · 706 students
- Los Medanos ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Marina Vista ElementaryElementary · 612 students
Other schools in Pittsburg
- Pittsburg Senior HighHigh · 3,403 students
- Hillview Junior HighMiddle · 893 students
- Rancho Medanos Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. Junior HighMiddle · 706 students
- Los Medanos ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Delta View ElementaryElementary · 656 students
Other Parkside Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 19 states are named Parkside Elementary. Parkside Elementary is the 9th largest of the 27.
- Parkside ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 485 students
- Parkside ElementaryFredericksburg, VA · 946 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolGEORGETOWN, TX · 807 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 733 students
- Parkside ElementaryMorrisville, NC · 730 students
Nearby schools
- Los Medanos Elementary0.4 mi · 665
- Rancho Medanos Junior High0.8 mi · 812
- Marina Vista Elementary0.9 mi · 612
- Pittsburg Senior High1.0 mi · 3,403
- Heights Elementary1.2 mi · 547
- Hillview Junior High1.4 mi · 893
Frequently asked questions
About Parkside ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Parkside Elementary?
Parkside Elementary enrolls approximately 565 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Parkside Elementary serve?
Parkside Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Parkside Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parkside Elementary is approximately 20.9:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Parkside Elementary?
Parkside Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 71% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Parkside Elementary public or private?
Parkside Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pittsburg Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.