Pinole Valley High

Set in Pinole, California, Pinole Valley High is a medium-sized four-year high school, overseen by West Contra Costa Unified. It instructs 1,245 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 49% bigger than typical.

West Contra Costa Unified runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 25,133 students. Pinole Valley High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Pinole Valley High records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 18% Asian, 15% Black, 10% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Pinole Valley High lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pinole Valley High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.6%; this one delivers 38.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Contra Costa County indicate 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%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Pinole Valley High is one campus in the mix.

Stewart Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pinole Valley High. On composite proficiency, Pinole Valley High comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 31.7%.

Pinole Valley High operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Pinole Valley High's enrollment has ticked up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,136 (now 1,245). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 44% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 24.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Pinole Valley High community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.