Shannon Elementary

Set in Pinole, California, Shannon Elementary is a tight-knit primary school, operated by West Contra Costa Unified. It caters to 355 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 24% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

West Contra Costa Unified comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 25,133 students; Shannon Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Shannon Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 23% Asian, 10% Black, 8% White, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Shannon Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 74% of students at Shannon 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shannon Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Contra Costa County indicate median household earnings sit near $127,229, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shannon Elementary is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students).

Nearest neighbor: Tara Hills Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shannon Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shannon Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 29.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Shannon Elementary's enrollment has grew 12% since 2018, when it stood at 317 (now 355). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 42% to 53% over that span.

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