Valle Verde Elementary

Valle Verde Elementary operates as a moderately sized primary school in Walnut Creek, California, run under Mt. Diablo Unified. Current enrollment sits at 485 students spanning grades K through 5.

Across the 50 schools in Mt. Diablo Unified (29,210 students total), Valle Verde Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Valle Verde Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 21% Asian, 21% multiracial, 11% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 30.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Valle Verde Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Contra Costa County put the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Valle Verde Elementary is one.

Woodside Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Valle Verde Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Valle Verde Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 44.0%.

Valle Verde Elementary operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Valle Verde Elementary's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 485). Class-load math has loosened: from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 30.3:1 in 2025.

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