Springhill Elementary

Springhill Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Lafayette, California, part of Lafayette Elementary. The school enrolls 479 students in grades K through 5.

Within Lafayette Elementary, which oversees 6 schools and 3,230 students, Springhill Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Springhill Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 30% multiracial, 15% Asian, 12% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Contra Costa County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 4% of students at Springhill Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

After controlling for student poverty, Springhill Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 77.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Contra Costa County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Springhill Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Acalanes High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Springhill Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 74.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Springhill Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 469 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 70% to 43% over that span.

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