Pine Valley Middle

Located at 3000 Pine Valley Rd., in San Ramon, California, Pine Valley Middle is a middle-of-the-pack junior high that educates 973 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within San Ramon Valley Unified. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 48% bigger than typical.

San Ramon Valley Unified comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 28,554 students; Pine Valley Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Pine Valley Middle logs that the largest single group is Asian at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 30% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Pine Valley Middle lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Pine Valley Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 7% of students at Pine Valley Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pine Valley Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.5%, the actual is 76.9%, a residual of +1.4 points.

In the broader community, census data for Contra Costa County shows the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Pine Valley Middle is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students).

The closest other public school is Neil A. Armstrong Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pine Valley Middle at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 69.8%.

Pine Valley Middle operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pine Valley Middle has fell 7%, going from 1,046 students in 2018 to 973 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment rose from 30% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.5:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 today.

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