Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORINDA UNION·NCES 062886004473
Sleepy Hollow Elementary
20 Washington Ln., Orinda, CA 94563 · (925) 254-8711 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
20 students
DISTRICT 3% · 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 | 94 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sleepy Hollow Elementary→Orinda Intermediate
Based on grade levels within Orinda Union. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
87.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.2pp since 2014
Math
85.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 67.4% | 19.8% | 6.4% | 6.4% |
| Math | 64.7% | 20.9% | 11.8% | 2.7% |
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 | 87.2% | 85.6% |
| 2023-24 | 84.2% | 83.7% |
| 2022-23 | 84.7% | 88.9% |
| 2021-22 | 82.8% | 79.8% |
| 2018-19 | 89.4% | 90.5% |
| 2017-18 | 85.0% | 85.5% |
| 2016-17 | 87.4% | 85.9% |
| 2015-16 | 91.0% | 93.0% |
| 2014-15 | 87.0% | 91.0% |
% 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
85.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Sleepy Hollow Elementary
Sleepy Hollow Elementary's state test result (85.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleepy Hollow Elementary this school | 399 | 5.0% | 85.0% |
| Rancho Romero Elementary Alamo | 469 | 6.4% | 75.7% |
| Edna Maguire Elementary Mill Valley | 399 | 7.0% | 76.0% |
| Montair Elementary Danville | 484 | 6.6% | 63.7% |
| John Baldwin Elementary Danville | 439 | 2.5% | 86.1% |
| Green Valley Elementary Danville | 484 | 3.1% | 73.8% |
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 Sleepy Hollow Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #82 of 5,151 | #7 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.6% | #86 of 5,172 ▲ 31 | #7 of 153 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.2% | #56 of 5,172 ▲ 48 | #4 of 153 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #1,633 of 5,116 | #32 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #3,704 of 5,915 | #118 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,508 of 5,352 | #41 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #2,366 of 5,354 | #123 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.0% | #5,584 of 5,625 | #146 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.4% | #689 of 1,139 | #24 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
399
+67 (+20%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 399 | 19 | 21.0:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 19 | 19.7:1 | 3% (10) |
| 2022-23 | 350 | 18 | 19.4:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 17 | 19.5:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2017-18 | 375 | 18 | 20.8:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 16 | 24.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | N/A | N/A | 1% (4) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 18 | 18.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 22 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sleepy Hollow Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (375 to 399); teachers up 6% (18 to 19).
About Sleepy Hollow Elementary
Sleepy Hollow Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Orinda, California, (ZIP code 94563). The latest federal count shows 399 students in kindergarten through 5.
The district for Sleepy Hollow Elementary is Orinda Union, with 5 schools and 2,590 students.
At 64%, White students outnumber all other groups at Sleepy Hollow Elementary combined. It is also 16% multiracial, 15% Asian, and 5% Hispanic. Contra Costa County's residents are about 41% White, 23 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Sleepy Hollow Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
Sleepy Hollow Elementary counts 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 21.0 students for each one. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. About 5% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 45% for public schools in Contra Costa County.
allk12 grades Sleepy Hollow Elementary an A+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Sleepy Hollow Elementary is 76.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 85.0%.
Contra Costa County census figures show that median household income is about $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Sleepy Hollow Elementary is among the 280 public schools in Contra Costa County.
Wagner Ranch Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. Sleepy Hollow Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 85.0% average proficiency ranks 4th among 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Sleepy Hollow Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Sleepy Hollow Elementary saw enrollment rise 20% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.5:1 in 2020-21, and 21.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Orinda Union
- Orinda IntermediateMiddle · 822 students
- Wagner Ranch ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Glorietta ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Del Rey ElementaryElementary · 435 students
Other schools in Orinda
- Miramonte HighHigh · 1,167 students
- Orinda IntermediateMiddle · 822 students
- Wagner Ranch ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Glorietta ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Del Rey ElementaryElementary · 435 students
Other Sleepy Hollow Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Sleepy Hollow Elementary. Sleepy Hollow Elementary is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Sleepy Hollow Elementary SchoolAMARILLO, TX · 519 students
- Sleepy Hollow ElementaryFalls Church, VA · 475 students
- Sleepy Hollow Elementary SchoolSleepy Hollow, IL · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Wagner Ranch Elementary0.8 mi · 489
- Happy Valley Elementary3.2 mi · 463
- Glorietta Elementary3.3 mi · 445
- Cragmont Elementary3.8 mi · 290
- Kaiser Early Childhood Center4.2 mi · 118
- Emerson Elementary4.3 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Sleepy Hollow ElementaryHow many students attend Sleepy Hollow Elementary?
Sleepy Hollow Elementary enrolls approximately 399 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sleepy Hollow Elementary serve?
Sleepy Hollow Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Sleepy Hollow Elementary have?
Sleepy Hollow Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Sleepy Hollow Elementary?
Student demographics at Sleepy Hollow Elementary are roughly 64% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 15% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Sleepy Hollow Elementary in?
Sleepy Hollow Elementary is part of Orinda Union.
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