Summer Lake Elementary

Summer Lake Elementary is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Oakley, California, run under Oakley Union Elementary, caters to 595 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Oakley Union Elementary runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,119 students. Summer Lake Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Summer Lake Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 22% White, 16% Asian, 12% Black, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Summer Lake Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at Summer Lake Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Summer Lake Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 53.4%; this one comes in at 38.1%, -15.3 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Contra Costa County shows median household income runs about $127,229, 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 Summer Lake Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Knightsen Elementary, roughly 2.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Summer Lake Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Summer Lake Elementary community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.