Valley View Elementary

Valley View Elementary, a cozy elementary-level community in Richmond, California, part of West Contra Costa Unified, instructs 220 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 53% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Within West Contra Costa Unified, which oversees 52 schools and 25,133 students, Valley View Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Valley View Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 20% White, 17% Asian, 13% Black, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Valley View Elementary has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 65% of students at Valley View Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Valley View Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.8%, the actual is 27.0%, a residual of -13.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Contra Costa County put the typical household earns roughly $127,229 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Valley View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: De Anza High, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Valley View Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 29.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 36%: 343 students in 2018 compared to 220 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 27% to 39% across the same window.

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