Verde Elementary

Verde Elementary is an elementary school of close-knit scale in Richmond, California, one of the schools within West Contra Costa Unified, teacheing 341 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 27% below typical.

West Contra Costa Unified comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 25,133 students; Verde Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Verde Elementary lists that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 6% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 72% 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 above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Verde Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.3%; this one comes in at 9.5%, -26.9 points off the demographic 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 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), Verde Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Dover Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Verde Elementary. On composite proficiency, Verde Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 11.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 4%: 328 students in 2018 compared to 341 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 13% to 6%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 27.3:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, the feed for Verde Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.