Quail Run Elementary

Quail Run Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in San Ramon, California, run under San Ramon Valley Unified. The school teaches 744 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 60% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Quail Run Elementary lists that 67% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school reports 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 8% White, 4% Black. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.2:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Quail Run Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.1%, the actual is 72.0%, a residual of +2.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Contra Costa County) records that the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Quail Run Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Gale Ranch Middle, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Quail Run Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Quail Run Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 80.0%.

Quail Run Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Quail Run Elementary has decreased 24%, going from 984 students in 2018 to 744 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment declined from 79% to 67% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.