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Enrollment
652
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT. DIABLO UNIFIED·NCES 062637003967
Pleasant Hill Elementary
2097 Oak Park Blvd., Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 · (925) 934-3341 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL652 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
28.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
175 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 142 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (142) is 56% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
56.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -10.4pp since 2014
Math
57.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.7% | 29.9% | 19.6% | 23.8% |
| Math | 28.4% | 28.7% | 23.2% | 19.7% |
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 | 56.6% | 57.1% |
| 2023-24 | 55.4% | 59.2% |
| 2022-23 | 54.5% | 55.8% |
| 2021-22 | 62.1% | 60.5% |
| 2020-21 | 54.8% | 51.5% |
| 2018-19 | 56.5% | 55.4% |
| 2017-18 | 68.5% | 58.6% |
| 2016-17 | 63.9% | 55.0% |
| 2015-16 | 71.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
56.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Pleasant Hill Elementary
Pleasant Hill Elementary's state test result (56.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill Elementary this school | 652 | 26.8% | 56.9% |
| Carrillo Elementary Carlsbad | 725 | 22.6% | 67.9% |
| Sierra Madre Elementary Sierra Madre | 652 | 29.8% | 71.1% |
| Aviara Oaks Elementary Carlsbad | 612 | 22.1% | 81.5% |
| Bernardo Elementary Escondido | 664 | 25.6% | 63.3% |
| Hope Elementary Carlsbad | 659 | 27.2% | 71.8% |
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 Pleasant Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #1,276 of 5,151 | #53 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #1,190 of 5,172 ▼ 131 | #52 of 153 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #1,573 of 5,172 ▼ 38 | #63 of 153 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.4pp | #660 of 5,116 | #30 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 652 | #1,006 of 5,915 | #26 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 28.1:1 | #5,243 of 5,352 | #150 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #1,312 of 5,354 | #89 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #4,897 of 5,625 | #105 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #995 of 1,139 | #39 of 42 |
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
652
+50 (+8%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 731
Student : Teacher
28.1:1
was 27.4:1
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 | 652 | 23.2 | 28.1:1 | 27% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 21.2 | 30.5:1 | 21% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 614 | 19.5 | 31.6:1 | 22% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 602 | 22 | 27.4:1 | 24% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 641 | 27.4 | 23.4:1 | 25% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | 28 | 24.7:1 | 20% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 649 | N/A | N/A | 20% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 645 | 28 | 23.0:1 | 9% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 731 | 25 | 29.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (641 to 652); teachers down 15% (27.4 to 23.2).
About Pleasant Hill Elementary
Pleasant Hill Elementary is a public elementary school in Pleasant Hill, California. The student body numbers 652 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 40% bigger than that.
In Mt. Diablo Unified, 50 schools enroll a combined 29,210 students.
White students make up a majority at Pleasant Hill Elementary, at 52%. The remaining shares are 23% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 11% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Contra Costa County's population at about 41%. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Pleasant Hill Elementary counts 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 28.1 students for each one. This ratio sits 5.8 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 27% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Contra Costa County, the average is 45%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Pleasant Hill Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Pleasant Hill Elementary is -6.9 points: 56.9% actual, 63.8% predicted.
Contra Costa County has these Census figures: the median household income is $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Contra Costa County is home to 280 public schools and about 167,423 public school students.
The nearest public school is Prospect High (Continuation), at about 1.0 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Pleasant Hill Elementary ranks 4th on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 652 students in 2024-25, 50 more than the 602 it had in 2020-21.
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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
Other schools in Mt. Diablo Unified
- College Park HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Northgate HighHigh · 1,546 students
- Mt. Diablo HighHigh · 1,397 students
- Concord HighHigh · 1,137 students
- Ygnacio Valley HighHigh · 1,059 students
- Foothill MiddleMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in Pleasant Hill
- College Park HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Sequoia MiddleMiddle · 882 students
- Valley View MiddleMiddle · 819 students
- Pleasant Hill MiddleMiddle · 738 students
- Valhalla ElementaryElementary · 721 students
- Strandwood ElementaryElementary · 596 students
Other Pleasant Hill Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Pleasant Hill Elementary. Pleasant Hill Elementary is the 5th largest of the 15.
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolOlive Branch, MS · 1,079 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryLexington, SC · 846 students
- PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 753 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolLEANDER, TX · 720 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryPleasant Hill, TN · 588 students
Nearby schools
- Prospect High (Continuation)1.0 mi · 60
- Pleasant Hill Middle1.0 mi · 738
- Horizons School: Independent Study1.0 mi · 182
- Sequoia Elementary1.1 mi · 594
- Sequoia Middle1.2 mi · 882
- Strandwood Elementary1.3 mi · 596
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Hill ElementaryHow large is Pleasant Hill Elementary?
Pleasant Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 652 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Pleasant Hill Elementary serve?
Pleasant Hill Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Hill Elementary?
Approximately 28.1:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Hill Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pleasant Hill Elementary?
At Pleasant Hill Elementary, the student body is approximately 52% White, 23% Hispanic, 2% Black, 11% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Pleasant Hill Elementary in?
Pleasant Hill Elementary is part of Mt. Diablo Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.