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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT. DIABLO UNIFIED·NCES 062637003973
Silverwood Elementary
1649 Claycord Ave., Concord, CA 94521 · (925) 687-1150 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
282 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
51.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.8pp since 2014
Math
49.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.5% | 27.3% | 22.5% | 25.7% |
| Math | 20.5% | 29.0% | 26.6% | 23.9% |
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 | 51.8% | 49.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 44.2% |
| 2022-23 | 48.9% | 49.1% |
| 2021-22 | 51.1% | 47.9% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 40.1% |
| 2018-19 | 61.5% | 57.3% |
| 2017-18 | 66.0% | 58.7% |
| 2016-17 | 55.2% | 55.5% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Silverwood Elementary
Silverwood Elementary's state test result (46.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silverwood Elementary this school | 530 | 53.2% | 46.2% |
| A. E. Arnold Elementary Cypress | 560 | 53.0% | 57.9% |
| Fairmont Elementary El Cerrito | 537 | 53.1% | 51.4% |
| Mary Ann Sanders Elementary Modesto | 558 | 55.0% | 46.9% |
| Ellen Feickert Elementary Elk Grove | 541 | 49.7% | 53.3% |
| Mountain View Elementary Fresno | 611 | 57.1% | 51.5% |
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 Silverwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #1,990 of 5,151 | #70 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #1,633 of 5,172 ▲ 241 | #61 of 153 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #1,901 of 5,172 ▲ 827 | #68 of 153 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #2,983 of 5,116 | #71 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #2,089 of 5,915 | #51 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #4,550 of 5,352 | #136 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #162 of 5,354 | #15 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.2% | #3,783 of 5,625 | #74 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.9% | #656 of 1,139 | #22 of 42 |
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
530
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 530 | 21 | 25.2:1 | 53% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 20.5 | 25.6:1 | 34% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 20 | 25.8:1 | 30% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | 22 | 24.1:1 | 35% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 19.5 | 25.4:1 | 41% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 21 | 22.9:1 | 37% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | N/A | N/A | 35% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 427 | 18 | 23.7:1 | 27% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 593 | 24 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silverwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (496 to 530); teachers up 8% (19.5 to 21).
About Silverwood Elementary
Concord, California, is home to Silverwood Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 530 students in kindergarten through 5.
District-wide, Mt. Diablo Unified has 50 schools and 29,210 students.
The biggest share of students at Silverwood Elementary, 35%, is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 25% White, 22% Asian, 15% multiracial, and 3% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 74%.
On staff are 21 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 25.2:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 2.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Silverwood Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 53%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.4% for Silverwood Elementary. The school posts 46.2%, 2.2 points below the prediction.
For Contra Costa County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $127,229, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 280 public schools in the county, enrolling about 167,423, Silverwood Elementary among them.
The closest school to Silverwood Elementary is Mountain View Elementary, located about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Silverwood Elementary is ahead of the 36.0% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
Federal data place Silverwood Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (529) to 2024-25 (530). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 24.1:1 to 25.2:1.
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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 Mt. Diablo Unified
- College Park HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Northgate HighHigh · 1,546 students
- Mt. Diablo HighHigh · 1,397 students
- Concord HighHigh · 1,137 students
- Ygnacio Valley HighHigh · 1,059 students
- Foothill MiddleMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in Concord
- Clayton Valley Charter HighHigh · 2,373 students
- Mt. Diablo HighHigh · 1,397 students
- Concord HighHigh · 1,137 students
- Ygnacio Valley HighHigh · 1,059 students
- El Dorado MiddleMiddle · 861 students
- Meadow Homes ElementaryElementary · 732 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain View Elementary0.6 mi · 267
- Ayers Elementary0.6 mi · 394
- Clayton Valley Charter High1.0 mi · 2,373
- Concord High1.3 mi · 1,137
- El Dorado Middle1.4 mi · 861
- Westwood Elementary1.4 mi · 224
Frequently asked questions
About Silverwood ElementaryHow large is Silverwood Elementary?
Silverwood Elementary enrolls approximately 530 students in grades KG-05.
Is Silverwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Silverwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Silverwood Elementary have?
Silverwood Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Silverwood Elementary?
At Silverwood Elementary, the student body is approximately 25% White, 35% Hispanic, 3% Black, 22% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Silverwood Elementary?
Silverwood Elementary is overseen by Mt. Diablo Unified in Contra Costa County.
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