Tara Hills Elementary

Tara Hills Elementary is one of the close-knit primary schools in San Pablo, California, operated by West Contra Costa Unified, with 317 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 32% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 52 schools in West Contra Costa Unified (25,133 students total), Tara Hills Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tara Hills Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 15% Black, 13% Asian, 12% White, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, On paper, Tara Hills Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.6:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Tara Hills Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.3%; actual is 16.8%, a gap of -22.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Contra Costa County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Tara Hills Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Shannon Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tara Hills Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 34.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Tara Hills Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 32% since 2018, when it stood at 464 (now 317). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 22% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 today.

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