Enrollment
289
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT. DIABLO UNIFIED·NCES 062637003983
Woodside Elementary
761 San Simeon Dr., Concord, CA 94518 · (925) 689-7671 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
25.7:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
175 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 72 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 100% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
38.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -12.9pp since 2014
Math
33.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -13.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.1% | 22.0% | 24.6% | 37.3% |
| Math | 14.7% | 19.0% | 25.9% | 40.5% |
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 | 38.1% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.4% | 37.3% |
| 2022-23 | 46.5% | 32.1% |
| 2021-22 | 43.4% | 34.5% |
| 2020-21 | 29.1% | 31.2% |
| 2018-19 | 54.5% | 48.3% |
| 2017-18 | 50.0% | 42.4% |
| 2016-17 | 59.8% | 48.1% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Woodside Elementary
Woodside Elementary's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside Elementary this school | 289 | 60.6% | 37.8% |
| Stanislaus Elementary Modesto | 307 | 60.6% | 49.0% |
| Hawthorne Elementary San Diego | 248 | 61.7% | 54.2% |
| Mountain View Elementary Concord | 267 | 56.2% | 34.3% |
| Carl Hankey Elementary Mission Viejo | 284 | 57.0% | 63.1% |
| Jack London Elementary Santa Rosa | 258 | 60.1% | 30.6% |
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 Woodside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #2,686 of 5,151 | #79 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #2,861 of 5,172 ▼ 457 | #85 of 153 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #3,123 of 5,172 ▼ 543 | #93 of 153 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.1pp | #939 of 5,116 | #37 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #4,851 of 5,915 | #156 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.7:1 | #4,733 of 5,352 | #140 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #451 of 5,354 | #37 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.6% | #3,455 of 5,625 | #66 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #1,716 of 3,837 | #37 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
289
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
25.7:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 289 | 11.3 | 25.7:1 | 61% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 11.3 | 24.1:1 | 41% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 11 | 25.3:1 | 32% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 13 | 21.6:1 | 36% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 350 | 17.4 | 20.1:1 | 41% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 399 | 17 | 23.5:1 | 37% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | N/A | N/A | 36% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 28 | 20.1:1 | 15% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 532 | 20 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (350 to 289); teachers down 35% (17.4 to 11.3).
About Woodside Elementary
Federal records list Woodside Elementary as an elementary school in Concord, California. A federal count lists 289 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Woodside Elementary is run by Mt. Diablo Unified, whose 50 schools enroll 29,210 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Woodside Elementary, 40% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 29% White, 15% multiracial, 12% Asian, and 2% Black. Among people living in Contra Costa County, the Hispanic share is about 28%. Woodside Elementary has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Woodside Elementary operates with 11.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 25.7:1. That ratio is over the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Woodside Elementary reports 61% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 16 points above the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County.
The allk12 Grade for Woodside Elementary is C. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 31% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Woodside Elementary's results are 6.3 points below predicted: 37.8% against 44.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Contra Costa County, median household income is about $127,229, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Woodside Elementary is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County, which together enroll about 167,423 students.
The closest other public school is Valle Verde Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 37.8% is below the 48.6% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 281 in 2020-21 and 289 in 2024-25, a increase of 8 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.6:1 to 25.7:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Woodside Elementary. 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 Mt. Diablo Unified
- College Park HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Northgate HighHigh · 1,546 students
- Mt. Diablo HighHigh · 1,397 students
- Concord HighHigh · 1,137 students
- Ygnacio Valley HighHigh · 1,059 students
- Foothill MiddleMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in Concord
- Clayton Valley Charter HighHigh · 2,373 students
- Mt. Diablo HighHigh · 1,397 students
- Concord HighHigh · 1,137 students
- Ygnacio Valley HighHigh · 1,059 students
- El Dorado MiddleMiddle · 861 students
- Meadow Homes ElementaryElementary · 732 students
Other Woodside Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Woodside Elementary. Woodside Elementary is the 9th largest of the 9.
- Woodside ElementaryWoodside, CA · 385 students
- Woodside ElementaryBothell, WA · 581 students
- Woodside ElementarySussex, WI · 456 students
- Woodside Elementary SchoolHOLLAND, MI · 431 students
- Woodside ElementaryWisconsin Rapids, WI · 354 students
Nearby schools
- Valle Verde Elementary0.5 mi · 485
- Ygnacio Valley High0.6 mi · 1,059
- Contra Costa School of Performing Arts0.7 mi · 285
- Oak Grove Middle0.9 mi · 681
- Ygnacio Valley Elementary0.9 mi · 387
- Bancroft Elementary1.3 mi · 672
Frequently asked questions
About Woodside ElementaryHow many students attend Woodside Elementary?
Woodside Elementary enrolls approximately 289 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Woodside Elementary serve?
Woodside Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Woodside Elementary have?
Woodside Elementary employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Woodside Elementary?
Student demographics at Woodside Elementary are roughly 29% White, 40% Hispanic, 2% Black, 12% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Woodside Elementary in?
Woodside Elementary is part of Mt. Diablo Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.