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Enrollment
592
Elementary
DISTRICT 577 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURG UNIFIED·NCES 063060004753
Willow Cove Elementary
1880 Hanlon Way, Pittsburg, CA 94565 · (925) 473-2470 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
455 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 116 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
24.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.0pp since 2014
Math
16.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.6% | 15.4% | 20.9% | 55.1% |
| Math | 6.5% | 10.3% | 25.3% | 57.9% |
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 | 24.0% | 16.8% |
| 2023-24 | 19.1% | 16.1% |
| 2022-23 | 19.3% | 10.8% |
| 2021-22 | 23.6% | 12.6% |
| 2018-19 | 33.5% | 19.2% |
| 2017-18 | 27.2% | 11.6% |
| 2016-17 | 19.0% | 13.3% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
19.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 Willow Cove Elementary
Willow Cove Elementary's state test result (19.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Cove Elementary this school | 592 | 76.9% | 19.0% |
| Hollyvale Elementary Victorville | 562 | 74.2% | 16.4% |
| Clearwater Elementary Perris | 651 | 79.7% | 32.7% |
| Sycamore Hills Elementary Fontana | 565 | 80.0% | 30.9% |
| Rocketship Alma Academy San Jose | 532 | 80.5% | N/A |
| Kathy Binks Elementary Fontana | 567 | 77.6% | 40.7% |
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 Willow Cove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #4,657 of 5,151 | #122 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #4,589 of 5,172 ▼ 17 | #117 of 153 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #4,576 of 5,172 ▲ 225 | #122 of 153 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #2,552 of 5,116 | #60 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #1,472 of 5,915 | #33 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,157 of 5,352 | #23 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.9% | #3,863 of 5,354 | #152 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #2,472 of 5,625 | #37 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #2,791 of 3,837 | #71 of 107 |
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
592
-30 (-5%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 592 | 29 | 20.4:1 | 77% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 596 | 28.6 | 20.8:1 | 79% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 28.9 | 20.2:1 | 80% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 30 | 20.7:1 | 77% (476) |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 31.5 | 20.7:1 | 77% (502) |
| 2015-16 | 659 | 31 | 21.3:1 | 83% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 639 | N/A | N/A | 85% (546) |
| 2000-01 | 752 | 35 | 21.5:1 | 64% (480) |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 24 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willow Cove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (652 to 592); teachers down 8% (31.5 to 29).
About Willow Cove Elementary
Willow Cove Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Pittsburg, California. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 592 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 27% above that.
Pittsburg Unified has 13 schools and 10,633 students, and Willow Cove Elementary is one of those schools.
The student body at Willow Cove Elementary is 82% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 8% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% White. Contra Costa County's residents are about 28% Hispanic, 54 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 32%, meaning two students picked at random have a 32% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Willow Cove Elementary's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 20.4:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 20.4:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 77%. That is 32 points above the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Willow Cove Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 34.5% for Willow Cove Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 19.0%. The 15.6-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools.
Willow Cove Elementary is located in Contra Costa County, where the median household income is $127,229, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides Willow Cove Elementary, Contra Costa County has 279 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Bel Air Elementary, at about 0.7 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 19.0% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 592 students in 2024-25, 30 fewer than the 622 it had in 2020-21.
Discussions about Willow Cove Elementary may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Pittsburg Unified
- Pittsburg Senior HighHigh · 3,403 students
- Hillview Junior HighMiddle · 893 students
- Rancho Medanos Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. Junior HighMiddle · 706 students
- Los Medanos ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Marina Vista ElementaryElementary · 612 students
Other schools in Pittsburg
- Pittsburg Senior HighHigh · 3,403 students
- Hillview Junior HighMiddle · 893 students
- Rancho Medanos Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. Junior HighMiddle · 706 students
- Los Medanos ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Delta View ElementaryElementary · 656 students
Nearby schools
- Bel Air Elementary0.7 mi · 328
- Rancho Medanos Junior High0.9 mi · 812
- Parkside Elementary1.4 mi · 565
- Los Medanos Elementary1.5 mi · 665
- Heights Elementary2.0 mi · 547
- Marina Vista Elementary2.2 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About Willow Cove ElementaryHow large is Willow Cove Elementary?
Willow Cove Elementary enrolls approximately 592 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Willow Cove Elementary serve?
Willow Cove Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Willow Cove Elementary?
Approximately 20.4:1 students per teacher at Willow Cove Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Willow Cove Elementary?
Student demographics at Willow Cove Elementary are roughly 3% White, 82% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Willow Cove Elementary in?
Willow Cove Elementary is part of Pittsburg Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.