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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED·NCES 063255005050
Peres Elementary
719 Fifth St., Richmond, CA 94801 · (510) 231-1407 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
511 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 31% larger than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
7.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -22.1pp since 2014
Math
7.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 22 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 1.7% | 6.1% | 18.0% | 74.1% |
| Math | 1.2% | 6.1% | 16.6% | 76.1% |
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 | 7.8% | 7.3% |
| 2023-24 | 11.5% | 6.5% |
| 2022-23 | 12.9% | 7.3% |
| 2021-22 | 14.0% | 8.1% |
| 2018-19 | 26.1% | 19.1% |
| 2017-18 | 26.2% | 19.0% |
| 2016-17 | 29.8% | 17.7% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
8.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 24% 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 Peres Elementary
Peres Elementary's state test result (8.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peres Elementary this school | 538 | 95.0% | 8.2% |
| One Hundred Twenty-Second Street Elementary Los Angeles | 574 | 96.0% | 44.0% |
| Bing Wong Elementary San Bernardino | 581 | 95.9% | 19.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary San Bernardino | 531 | 98.1% | 13.5% |
| Normandie Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 509 | 97.4% | 22.9% |
| Joshua Hills Elementary Palmdale | 581 | 92.3% | 18.2% |
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 Peres Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.2% | #5,125 of 5,151 | #142 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.3% | #5,126 of 5,172 ▲ 1 | #148 of 153 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.8% | #5,160 of 5,172 ▼ 48 | #151 of 153 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #849 of 5,116 | #35 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #2,001 of 5,915 | #47 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,518 of 5,352 | #42 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #3,968 of 5,354 | #153 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #449 of 5,625 | #5 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #3,811 of 3,837 | #106 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
538
-34 (-6%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 27.2:1
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 | 538 | 25.6 | 21.0:1 | 95% (511) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 24.2 | 21.2:1 | 98% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 28 | 19.2:1 | 90% (482) |
| 2020-21 | 572 | 21 | 27.2:1 | 96% (547) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 20 | 27.0:1 | 93% (504) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 23 | 23.3:1 | 97% (520) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | N/A | N/A | 90% (511) |
| 2000-01 | 649 | 30 | 21.6:1 | 75% (489) |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 16 | 28.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peres Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (540 to 538); teachers up 28% (20 to 25.6).
About Peres Elementary
Peres Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Richmond, California. The school has 538 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 8.
West Contra Costa Unified counts 52 schools and 25,133 students, including Peres Elementary.
A large majority of enrollment at Peres Elementary is Hispanic, at 83%. Other reported shares: 13% Black and 3% multiracial. Contra Costa County's residents are about 28% Hispanic, 55 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 30%.
Peres Elementary lists 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 21.0 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 95% of the student body. The gap from the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County is 50 points.
Test results at Peres Elementary are 15.7 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 8.2%, compared with a predicted 23.9%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in California.
For Contra Costa County, Census Bureau data show 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%. Public schools in Contra Costa County number 280, with about 167,423 students.
Leadership Public Schools: Richmond sits about 0.7 miles from Peres Elementary. Peres Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Peres Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES assigns Peres Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 34 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 27.2:1 in 2020-21, and 21.0:1 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
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Other schools in Richmond
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Nearby schools
- Leadership Public Schools: Richmond0.7 mi · 546
- Cesar E. Chavez Elementary0.7 mi · 408
- Greenwood Academy0.8 mi · 200
- Lincoln Elementary0.8 mi · 339
- Edward M. Downer Elementary0.9 mi · 388
- Richmond College Preparatory1.0 mi · 560
Frequently asked questions
About Peres ElementaryHow large is Peres Elementary?
Peres Elementary enrolls approximately 538 students in grades KG-08.
Is Peres Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Peres Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Peres Elementary?
Approximately 21.0:1 students per teacher at Peres Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Peres Elementary?
At Peres Elementary, the student body is approximately 0% White, 83% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Peres Elementary in?
Peres Elementary is part of West Contra Costa Unified.
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