Enrollment
341
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED·NCES 063255005065
Verde Elementary
2000 Giaramita St., Richmond, CA 94801 · (510) 231-1408 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
247 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 88% larger than its 8th grade class (25).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
9.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.9pp since 2014
Math
10.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.0% | 8.0% | 14.4% | 75.6% |
| Math | 3.7% | 6.9% | 17.5% | 72.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9.9% | 10.6% |
| 2023-24 | 9.5% | 8.2% |
| 2022-23 | 14.0% | 12.7% |
| 2021-22 | 9.4% | 7.9% |
| 2018-19 | 20.6% | 13.9% |
| 2017-18 | 16.8% | 11.8% |
| 2016-17 | 16.3% | 8.9% |
| 2015-16 | 12.0% | 5.0% |
| 2014-15 | 8.0% | 7.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Verde Elementary
Verde Elementary's state test result (9.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verde Elementary this school | 341 | 72.4% | 9.7% |
| Central Elementary Imperial Beach | 350 | 73.7% | 15.8% |
| Mt. Vernon Elementary Lemon Grove | 359 | 69.9% | 40.9% |
| D. D. Johnston Elementary Norwalk | 361 | 73.4% | 44.0% |
| Loretta Lampton Elementary Norwalk | 406 | 73.4% | 45.6% |
| Soleil Academy Charter Lynwood | 385 | 75.1% | N/A |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Verde Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.7% | #5,105 of 5,151 | #140 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #5,021 of 5,172 ▲ 58 | #141 of 153 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #5,140 of 5,172 ▼ 1 | #144 of 153 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #2,806 of 5,116 | #66 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 341 | #4,373 of 5,915 | #141 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #4,012 of 5,352 | #121 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.2% | #4,323 of 5,354 | #156 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.4% | #2,816 of 5,625 | #51 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #824 of 1,139 | #29 of 42 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
341
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 307
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 27.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 341 | 14 | 24.4:1 | 72% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 14 | 24.6:1 | 78% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 14 | 22.0:1 | 96% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 13 | 27.0:1 | 97% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 12 | 27.3:1 | 97% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 13 | 24.5:1 | 97% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | N/A | N/A | 84% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 19 | 18.8:1 | 85% (305) |
| 1990-91 | 307 | 9 | 34.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Verde Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (328 to 341); teachers up 17% (12 to 14).
About Verde Elementary
Verde Elementary, located in Richmond, California, is a small elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 8, with 341 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
West Contra Costa Unified includes 52 schools. Together they enroll 25,133 students.
The student body at Verde Elementary is 88% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 6% Black and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Contra Costa County, the Hispanic share is about 28%. Verde Elementary's diversity index is 22%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 14 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Verde Elementary was 24.4:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 24.4:1 here. Verde Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 72%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Contra Costa County is 45%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Verde Elementary is 37.1%. It actually posts 9.7%, which is 27.4 points lower and in the bottom 10% of California schools.
Federal survey data for Contra Costa County show that the median household income is $127,229, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Contra Costa County is home to 280 public schools and about 167,423 public school students.
The closest other public school is Dover Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 9.7% is below the 12.0% average for nearby schools.
Verde Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 341 students in 2024-25, 10 fewer than the 351 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (24.4:1) than in 2020-21 (27.0:1).
The Verde Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Contra Costa Unified
- El Cerrito HighHigh · 1,460 students
- Richmond HighHigh · 1,280 students
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- De Anza HighHigh · 1,047 students
- Hercules HighHigh · 767 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 740 students
Other schools in Richmond
- Richmond HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Making Waves AcademyHigh · 1,078 students
- De Anza HighHigh · 1,047 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 740 students
- Summit Public School: TamalpaisHigh · 629 students
- Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory AcademyHigh · 590 students
Nearby schools
- Dover Elementary0.7 mi · 458
- Edward M. Downer Elementary0.8 mi · 388
- Lake Elementary0.8 mi · 350
- Richmond High1.1 mi · 1,280
- Cesar E. Chavez Elementary1.1 mi · 408
- Bayview Elementary1.3 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About Verde ElementaryHow large is Verde Elementary?
Verde Elementary enrolls approximately 341 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Verde Elementary serve?
Verde Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Verde Elementary?
Approximately 24.4:1 students per teacher at Verde Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Verde Elementary?
Student demographics at Verde Elementary are roughly 2% White, 88% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Verde Elementary in?
Verde Elementary is part of West Contra Costa Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.