Pleasant Hill Elementary

Located at 2097 Oak Park Blvd., in Pleasant Hill, California, Pleasant Hill Elementary is an average-sized elementary school that teaches 652 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Mt. Diablo Unified. That puts it 40% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Mt. Diablo Unified comprises 50 schools with combined enrollment of 29,210 students; Pleasant Hill Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Pleasant Hill Elementary lists that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 23% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 11% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 41% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 28.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pleasant Hill Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.5%; this one delivers 57.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Contra Costa County indicate median household earnings sit near $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Pleasant Hill Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Horizons School: Independent Study, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pleasant Hill Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 641 students in 2018 compared to 652 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 28.1:1 today.

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