Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED·NCES 063255005060
Sheldon Elementary
2601 May Rd., Richmond, CA 94803 · (510) 231-1414 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
216 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 72 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 148% larger than its 6th grade class (29).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
25.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.4pp since 2014
Math
13.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -17.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.9% | 21.8% | 31.4% | 43.0% |
| Math | 4.5% | 9.1% | 31.8% | 54.5% |
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 | 25.6% | 13.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.6% | 17.1% |
| 2022-23 | 26.2% | 11.4% |
| 2021-22 | 26.1% | 14.1% |
| 2018-19 | 38.7% | 23.2% |
| 2017-18 | 30.5% | 28.1% |
| 2016-17 | 32.5% | 26.9% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Sheldon Elementary
Sheldon Elementary's state test result (19.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Elementary this school | 318 | 67.9% | 19.1% |
| Grant Elementary San Lorenzo | 322 | 68.9% | 35.8% |
| Shannon Elementary Pinole | 355 | 73.5% | 36.4% |
| Julia Morgan Elementary Stockton | 407 | 66.6% | 37.9% |
| Tenderloin Community San Francisco | 282 | 74.1% | 19.2% |
| Juarez (Benito) Elementary Cerritos | 295 | 72.5% | 35.9% |
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 Sheldon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #4,645 of 5,151 | #119 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #4,861 of 5,172 ▼ 370 | #131 of 153 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #4,425 of 5,172 ▲ 96 | #117 of 153 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #1,653 of 5,116 | #65 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #4,605 of 5,915 | #150 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #1,822 of 5,352 | #55 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #815 of 5,354 | #64 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.9% | #3,074 of 5,625 | #55 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #2,284 of 3,837 | #56 of 107 |
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
318
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 583
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 318 | 14.8 | 21.5:1 | 68% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 14.8 | 21.6:1 | 75% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 14.3 | 21.9:1 | 56% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 13 | 23.7:1 | 57% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 14.8 | 24.7:1 | 74% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 17 | 22.1:1 | 67% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | N/A | N/A | 61% (256) |
| 2000-01 | 551 | 28 | 19.7:1 | 46% (252) |
| 1990-91 | 583 | 23 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheldon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (366 to 318); teachers unchanged (14.8 to 14.8).
About Sheldon Elementary
The public elementary school Sheldon Elementary is located in Richmond, California. Enrollment stands at 318 students, covering kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 32% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
West Contra Costa Unified is the district for Sheldon Elementary. It has 52 schools and 25,133 students.
Hispanic students account for 50% of enrollment at Sheldon Elementary, more than any other group. Other groups make up 19% Asian, 10% Black, 10% multiracial, and 10% White. County-wide, 28% of Contra Costa County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Sheldon Elementary is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 21.5:1 is based on 14.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 68%. The rate at public schools in Contra Costa County averages 45%, lower than here.
BeatsExpectations places Sheldon Elementary in the bottom 10% of California schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 20.6 points below it (19.1% actual, 39.7% predicted).
Looking at the county, Contra Costa County, median household income comes to about $127,229, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 280 public schools and about 167,423 students.
De Anza High is about 0.5 miles from Sheldon Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Sheldon Elementary comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Sheldon Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 318, compared with 308 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 23.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.5:1.
The discussion board for Sheldon Elementary is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 West Contra Costa Unified
- El Cerrito HighHigh · 1,460 students
- Richmond HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Pinole Valley HighHigh · 1,245 students
- De Anza HighHigh · 1,047 students
- Hercules HighHigh · 767 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 740 students
Other schools in Richmond
- Richmond HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Making Waves AcademyHigh · 1,078 students
- De Anza HighHigh · 1,047 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 740 students
- Summit Public School: TamalpaisHigh · 629 students
- Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory AcademyHigh · 590 students
Other Sheldon Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Sheldon Elementary. Sheldon Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Sheldon Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 585 students
- Sheldon Elementary SchoolSheldon, VT · 337 students
- SHELDON ELEM.SHELDON, MO · 123 students
Nearby schools
- De Anza High0.5 mi · 1,047
- Murphy Elementary0.7 mi · 460
- Valley View Elementary0.8 mi · 220
- Betty Reid Soskin Middle1.4 mi · 372
- Vista Independent Study / Virtual Academy1.5 mi · 420
- Olinda Elementary1.6 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Sheldon ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sheldon Elementary?
Sheldon Elementary enrolls approximately 318 students in grades KG-06.
Is Sheldon Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sheldon Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Sheldon Elementary have?
Sheldon Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
How diverse is Sheldon Elementary?
Sheldon Elementary reports a student body of 10% White, 50% Hispanic, 10% Black, 19% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Sheldon Elementary?
Sheldon Elementary is overseen by West Contra Costa Unified in Contra Costa County.
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