Summary
Ygnacio Valley Elementary is a K–5 school with 387 students in Concord, served by Mt. Diablo Unified, in an area where nearby schools’ results range widely. In 2025–2026, 15% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 17% in math, and 15% in science. The most important takeaway is that results are low across all three subjects: the school was below both the state and district in each, and near the bottom of its nearby group.
ELA is the clearest weakness, while science is relatively closest to state and district results. Ygnacio Valley ranked second-lowest among 11 nearby schools in ELA, third-lowest in math, and fourth-lowest in science; its results were also below the nearby-school averages by 30, 27, and 22 percentage points, respectively. Compared with the state, its ELA result was 35 points lower (15% versus 49%); math was 22 points lower (17% versus 38%), and science was 21 points lower (15% versus 36%). The district comparisons show a similar pattern: gaps of 34 points in ELA, 22 in math, and 20 in science. Fourth grade was a relative high point within the school, with 20% proficient in ELA and 23% in math, but both results remained well below state levels.
Results over time are most concerning in ELA: proficiency declined each year, from 30% in 2022–2023 to 15% in 2025–2026, while the gap with the state widened by 18 points. Math fell overall but rose 2 points in the latest year; science has fluctuated and is up 3 points since 2022–2023. SchoolDigger ranked the school at the 5th statewide percentile with 0 stars in 2025–2026, down from the 18th percentile in 2023–2024. Context includes a student–teacher ratio of 22.7 in 2024–2025, the lowest among the nearby schools, and 88% of students free/reduced lunch eligible that year, the third-highest comparable rate nearby. SchoolDigger’s historical rankings also showed a notable difference for student groups: in 2021–2022, it ranked how well the school served Disabled Students at the 63rd percentile, versus the school’s overall 14th percentile; its English Language Learner Students ranking later fell from the 46th percentile in 2021–2022 to the 6th in 2023–2024. These group rankings are historical, not a measure of current subgroup standing.
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