Sheldon Elementary

Set in Richmond, California, Sheldon Elementary is a modestly sized elementary school, part of West Contra Costa Unified. It works with 318 students across grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Sheldon Elementary sits 32% below that benchmark.

Within West Contra Costa Unified, which oversees 52 schools and 25,133 students, Sheldon Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Sheldon Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 19% Asian, 10% Black, 10% multiracial, 10% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Sheldon Elementary has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sheldon Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at Sheldon Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sheldon Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.0%; this one comes in at 18.7%, -20.3 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Contra Costa County reports that median household income runs about $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Sheldon Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: De Anza High, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sheldon Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.5%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sheldon Elementary has fell 13%, going from 366 students in 2018 to 318 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 23% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

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