Stewart Elementary

Stewart Elementary is a small K-5 school in Pinole, California, one of the schools within West Contra Costa Unified. The school educates 379 students in grades K through 8.

West Contra Costa Unified runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 25,133 students. Stewart Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Stewart Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment; the rest consists of 18% Asian, 10% Black, 8% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Stewart Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 49% of students at Stewart Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Stewart Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Contra Costa County shows median household earnings sit near $127,229, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Stewart Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Pinole Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stewart Elementary. On composite proficiency, Stewart Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 30.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Stewart Elementary's enrollment has decreased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 466 (now 379). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 35% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.