Rancho Romero Elementary

Rancho Romero Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in Alamo, California, run under San Ramon Valley Unified, with 469 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Rancho Romero Elementary is one of 36 schools operated by San Ramon Valley Unified, a district that instructs 28,554 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rancho Romero Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 15% Asian, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Rancho Romero Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 6% of students at Rancho Romero Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Contra Costa County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Rancho Romero Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.6%.

In the broader community, census data for Contra Costa County shows the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Rancho Romero Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Stone Valley Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rancho Romero Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 68.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 495 students in 2018 compared to 469 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked up from 10% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.