Wren Avenue Elementary

Wren Avenue Elementary, an intimate elementary campus in Concord, California, part of Mt. Diablo Unified, teaches 349 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 25% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Mt. Diablo Unified runs 50 schools in total, collectively educating 29,210 students. Wren Avenue Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Wren Avenue Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 19% Asian, 15% White, 11% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Wren Avenue Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 76% of students at Wren Avenue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Contra Costa County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wren Avenue Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.1%; this one delivers 20.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Contra Costa County) shows that median household income runs about $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wren Avenue Elementary is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students).

Nearest neighbor: Crossroads High, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wren Avenue Elementary. On composite proficiency, Wren Avenue Elementary comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wren Avenue Elementary has edged down 14%, going from 404 students in 2018 to 349 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 62% to 48%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.