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What's the one class at Ygnacio Valley Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT. DIABLO UNIFIED·NCES 062637003985
Ygnacio Valley Elementary
2217 Chalomar Rd., Concord, CA 94518 · (925) 682-9336 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
22.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
339 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
38%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
22.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -11.3pp since 2014
Math
14.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.0% | 16.8% | 20.0% | 57.3% |
| Math | 5.9% | 8.6% | 24.1% | 61.5% |
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 | 22.7% | 14.4% |
| 2023-24 | 24.2% | 21.4% |
| 2022-23 | 30.3% | 25.1% |
| 2021-22 | 19.8% | 20.7% |
| 2020-21 | 14.1% | 13.7% |
| 2018-19 | 25.4% | 21.0% |
| 2017-18 | 28.1% | 21.3% |
| 2016-17 | 27.4% | 21.3% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
20.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Ygnacio Valley Elementary
Ygnacio Valley Elementary's state test result (20.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ygnacio Valley Elementary this school | 387 | 87.6% | 20.7% |
| Reseda Elementary Reseda | 378 | 87.8% | 44.8% |
| Nevada Avenue Elementary West Hills | 379 | 87.3% | 31.4% |
| Melvin Avenue Elementary Reseda | 379 | 91.0% | 36.7% |
| Mabel L. Pendleton Elementary Buena Park | 365 | 87.7% | 32.9% |
| Crowley Elementary Visalia | 413 | 88.1% | 23.4% |
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 Ygnacio Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #4,518 of 5,151 | #114 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #4,793 of 5,172 ▼ 759 | #126 of 153 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #4,670 of 5,172 ▼ 289 | #124 of 153 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #1,304 of 5,116 | #51 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #3,843 of 5,915 | #122 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,790 of 5,352 | #81 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.2% | #3,546 of 5,354 | #145 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #1,384 of 5,625 | #9 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #2,927 of 3,837 | #76 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
387
-50 (-11%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 29.1:1
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 | 387 | 17 | 22.8:1 | 88% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 16 | 24.2:1 | 86% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 16 | 25.2:1 | 58% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 15 | 29.1:1 | 81% (355) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 18.4 | 22.9:1 | 83% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 22 | 21.3:1 | 84% (391) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | N/A | N/A | 77% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 28 | 21.4:1 | 56% (335) |
| 1990-91 | 569 | 25 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ygnacio Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (421 to 387); teachers down 8% (18.4 to 17).
About Ygnacio Valley Elementary
Ygnacio Valley Elementary is an elementary school in Concord, California, reachable at (925) 682-9336. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 387 students.
Mt. Diablo Unified runs 50 schools with a combined 29,210 students. Ygnacio Valley Elementary is one of them.
Ygnacio Valley Elementary is 78% Hispanic by enrollment. Other students are 9% Asian, 5% White, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Contra Costa County residents are about 28% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 38%, meaning two students picked at random have a 38% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 22.8 students per teacher. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 88%. Compared with the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County, the school's rate is higher.
Ygnacio Valley Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Ygnacio Valley Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (20.7%) and its predicted rate (28.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Within Contra Costa County, the median household income is $127,229, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, Contra Costa County has 280 public schools and roughly 167,423 students.
The closest other public school is Oak Grove Middle, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 20.7% is below the 26.4% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Ygnacio Valley Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has fallen by 50 students since 2020-21, to 387. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 22.8:1, from 29.1:1.
Community posts for Ygnacio Valley Elementary can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Nearby schools
- Oak Grove Middle0.8 mi · 681
- Woodside Elementary0.9 mi · 289
- Cambridge Elementary0.9 mi · 469
- Ygnacio Valley High1.1 mi · 1,059
- Fair Oaks Elementary1.2 mi · 323
- Meadow Homes Elementary1.2 mi · 732
Frequently asked questions
About Ygnacio Valley ElementaryHow large is Ygnacio Valley Elementary?
Ygnacio Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 387 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Ygnacio Valley Elementary serve?
Ygnacio Valley Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ygnacio Valley Elementary?
Approximately 22.8:1 students per teacher at Ygnacio Valley Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ygnacio Valley Elementary?
At Ygnacio Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 78% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Ygnacio Valley Elementary in?
Ygnacio Valley Elementary is part of Mt. Diablo Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.