Turner Elementary

As an average-sized K-5 school in Antioch, California, Turner Elementary works with 436 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Antioch Unified.

Turner Elementary is one of 25 schools operated by Antioch Unified, a district that teaches 15,111 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Turner Elementary records that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 18% Asian, 16% Black, 7% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Contra Costa County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Turner Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 35.9%; Turner Elementary posts 11.4%, -24.5 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Contra Costa County shows median household earnings sit near $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Turner Elementary is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students).

The closest other public school is CCCOE Special Education Programs, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Turner Elementary at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 23.1%.

Turner Elementary operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 526 students in 2018 compared to 436 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment climbed from 8% to 18% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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