Silverwood Elementary

Silverwood Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary school in Concord, California, overseen by Mt. Diablo Unified. Current enrollment sits at 530 students spanning grades K through 5.

Mt. Diablo Unified comprises 50 schools with combined enrollment of 29,210 students; Silverwood Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Silverwood Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% White, 22% Asian, 15% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Silverwood Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Silverwood Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 53% of students at Silverwood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Silverwood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Contra Costa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Silverwood Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mountain View Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Silverwood Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 7%: 496 students in 2018 compared to 530 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 31% to 25% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.