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Foothill Elementary

Q: Is Foothill Elementary a good school?

Foothill Elementary ranks 3677 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

3677^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 37% of California elementary schools

Summary

Foothill Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 551 students in the Pittsburg Unified district, a system facing broad challenges, yet the school stands out for its relative strengths within that context.

Academically, Foothill's test scores are below state averages but consistently outperform its district, especially in mathematics where it leads most nearby schools like Parkside Elementary and Highlands Elementary. The school shows notable effectiveness in supporting African American students and in Spanish Language Arts. However, performance can be uneven, with strong third-grade math results that dip by fifth grade, and support for Special Education students has varied year-to-year.

Foothill manages key challenges effectively, with the lowest chronic absenteeism rate among its district peers and a strong post-pandemic recovery trend. It also has the highest per-student spending in the area, suggesting significant resource investment. While nearby charter schools like Antioch Charter Academy have higher rankings, they serve a very different student population, making direct comparisons difficult. Overall, Foothill represents a relative bright spot within its district.

551

Students ?

21.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,871

Per pupil spending ?

72.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1200 Jensen Dr.
Pittsburg, CA 94565-6399

(925) 473-2450

District: Pittsburg Unified

Students who attend Foothill Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Hillview Junior High
High:	Pittsburg Senior High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

65.9%

African American:

10.5%

Asian:

8.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 33rd percentile in 2013 → 37th in 2025

Strengths

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Pittsburg Unified

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (27% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 12 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school27%

District avg22%

California avg41%

3,677^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 37%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 8Elementary Schools in the Pittsburg Unified

1326^th of 1,543Pittsburg Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.6	3677 of 5857	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.1	3679 of 5869	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.0	3795 of 5859	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.2	3770 of 5883	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	24.5	4413 of 5789	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.2	4053 of 5662	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	33.4	3567 of 5692	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2016	39.3	3118 of 5614	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2015	30.6	3667 of 5611	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2013	34.9	3683 of 5530	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2012	47.4	2781 of 5390	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2011	22.6	4492 of 5377	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	16.6	4808 of 5314	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	14.4	4772 of 5193	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	12.6	4791 of 5113	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	17.4	4483 of 5113	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	25.9	3596 of 4818	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	21.4	3869 of 4822	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	17.9	4120 of 4809	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	49.8	246 of 569	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.3	295 of 661	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	34.5	416 of 663	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	16.9	701 of 747	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	42.7	365 of 700	47.9%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	23.8	1809 of 2227	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.3	2215 of 2585	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.4	1418 of 2128	33.4%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	41.3	1722 of 3162	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.6	2037 of 3245	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.5	1707 of 3311	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.4	2462 of 3275	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	40.1	1760 of 3246	45.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.9	3228 of 5597	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.6	3745 of 5612	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.6	3105 of 5609	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.9	3058 of 5635	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	24.0	4300 of 5492	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.4	3644 of 5413	32.7%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.6	2969 of 5107	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.9	2834 of 5107	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.7	2856 of 5087	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.7	2611 of 5084	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.0	3241 of 4963	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.7	2887 of 4830	40.2%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.3	3322 of 5460	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.7	3093 of 5517	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.9	2995 of 5363	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.3	2742 of 5264	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.2	4490 of 5173	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.9	3774 of 5084	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.8	3879 of 5628	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.1	3340 of 5643	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.2	4229 of 5638	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.8	4159 of 5663	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.8	4041 of 5510	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.1	4269 of 5431	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.6	1954 of 2847	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.9	1839 of 2635	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	53.6	812 of 2420	66.4%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	10.6	2609 of 2834	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2025)57th percentile+20 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)46th percentile+8 vs school

Female (2025)42nd percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)42nd percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)39th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)31st percentile-6 vs school

Male (2025)31st percentile-6 vs school

Disabled (2022)19th percentile-17 vs school

White (2019)8th percentile-16 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy37%-12 vs state

Listening33%+8 vs state

Science29%-4 vs state

Mathematics28%-9 vs state

Writing18%~ state avg

Overall16%+6 vs state

Reading14%+6 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)				CSA Spanish Listening (2025)				CSA Spanish Writing (2025)				CSA Spanish Reading (2025)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Foothill Elementary	Public	K-5	1200 Jensen Dr.	Pittsburg	94565	Contra Costa County	Pittsburg Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 473-2450	551	26	21.1	72.6%	37 (6.7%)	58 (10.5%)	363 (65.9%)	45 (8.2%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	40 (7.3%)	33.6	3677^th of 5857 public elementary schools	37.2%		33.1	3679^th of 5869 public elementary schools	37.3%	2	20.0	18.8	9.5	16.1	44.0	25.0	26.2	33.1	24.0	25.0	4.8	17.7	18.0	15.6	7.1	13.7	28.9		28.9	40.4	29.6	39.8				37.1	33.3	32.1	20.2				28.1	94.6	95.7			95.7	96.7	$27,871	$27,262	$609
Highlands Elementary	Public	K-5	4141 Harbor St.	Pittsburg	94565	Contra Costa County	Pittsburg Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 473-2440	480	21	22.8	76.0%	37 (7.7%)	74 (15.4%)	284 (59.2%)	49 (10.2%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	29 (6.0%)	15.6	5212^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.0%		14.8	5319^th of 5869 public elementary schools	9.4%	107																	14.7		14.7	23.3	28.8	27.9				26.4	20.0	20.3	4.4				15.5	96.6	96.6			96.6		$25,769	$25,026	$743
Stoneman Elementary	Public	K-5	2929 Loveridge Rd.	Pittsburg	94565	Contra Costa County	Pittsburg Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 473-2430	602	27	22.2	81.2%	23 (3.8%)	149 (24.8%)	307 (51.0%)	68 (11.3%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.0%)	42 (7.0%)	17.1	5093^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	13.0%		15	5308^th of 5869 public elementary schools	9.6%	215																	21.4		21.4	16.2	24.8	34.0				24.7	16.2	19.8	13.7				16.7							$25,386	$24,748	$638
Turner Elementary	Public	K-5	4207 Delta Fair Blvd.	Antioch	94509	Contra Costa County	Antioch Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 779-7430	436	23	19.2	73.2%	31 (7.1%)	70 (16.1%)	226 (51.8%)	80 (18.3%)	4 (0.9%)	10 (2.3%)	15 (3.4%)	14.7	5284^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.8%		9.2	5722^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	2.5%	438																	7.4		7.4	24.2	30.7	22.4				25.6	20.0	24.6	2.9				15.7							$28,367	$26,050	$2,317
Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	163 Alturas Ave.	Pittsburg	94565	Contra Costa County	Pittsburg Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 473-2410	547	23	23.7	83.4%	17 (3.1%)	57 (10.4%)	395 (72.2%)	42 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.4%)	23 (4.2%)	28.2	4121^st of 5857 public elementary schools	29.6%		29.4	3973^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	32.3%	148																	14.0		14.0	31.9	29.2	40.0				34.0	30.5	31.8	26.7				29.6	94.0		97.0		95.0		$25,045	$24,304	$741
Los Medanos Elementary	Public	K-5	610 Crowley Ave.	Pittsburg	94565	Contra Costa County	Pittsburg Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 473-2460	665	31	21.8	74.7%	35 (5.3%)	55 (8.3%)	466 (70.1%)	69 (10.4%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	34 (5.1%)	33.1	3717^th of 5857 public elementary schools	36.5%		32.8	3702^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	36.9%	15																	27.1		27.1	39.5	32.1	47.7				39.8	29.6	23.4	22.6				24.9	84.0	88.0	94.0	95.0	84.0	95.0	$24,706	$24,108	$598
Parkside Elementary	Public	K-5	985 West 17th St.	Pittsburg	94565	Contra Costa County	Pittsburg Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 473-2420	565	27	20.9	83.5%	18 (3.2%)	76 (13.5%)	403 (71.3%)	45 (8.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	18 (3.2%)	20	4830^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.5%		15.6	5251^st of 5869 public elementary schools	10.5%	421																	14.9		14.9	26.3	25.3	38.4				30.0	21.3	23.5	14.0				19.5	85.6	90.7	92.8	87.6	85.6	87.6	$25,985	$25,120	$865
Mission Elementary	Public	K-5	1711 Mission Dr.	Antioch	94509	Contra Costa County	Antioch Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 779-7435	512	24	20.9	82.6%	40 (7.8%)	121 (23.6%)	242 (47.3%)	62 (12.1%)	5 (1.0%)	18 (3.5%)	24 (4.7%)	21	4737^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.1%		14.7	5333^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	9.1%	596																	15.1		15.1	22.5	30.3	29.0				27.0	18.4	33.3	22.6				24.0	76.4	89.1	87.3	89.1	85.5	90.9	$24,043	$21,868	$2,175
Marina Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	50 East Eighth St.	Pittsburg	94565	Contra Costa County	Pittsburg Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 473-2490	612	29	20.8	81.2%	26 (4.2%)	122 (19.9%)	358 (58.5%)	43 (7.0%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.5%)	52 (8.5%)	24.8	4425^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.4%		29	4015^th of 5869 public elementary schools	31.6%	410																	21.2		21.2	29.9	27.1	44.9				34.3	26.0	17.4	18.2				20.1	74.2	83.2	86.5	82.0	83.2	84.3	$22,531	$21,804	$727
Antioch Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3325 Hacienda Way	Antioch	94509	Contra Costa County	Antioch Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 755-7311	202	11	19.0	30.7%	47 (23.3%)	22 (10.9%)	83 (41.1%)	34 (16.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	15 (7.4%)	40.2	3200^th of 5857 public elementary schools	45.4%		48.2	2654^th of 5869 public elementary schools	54.8%	546																	39.1	22.2	31.7	45.5	40.0	52.2	39.1	41.7	55.6	45.4	31.8	25.0	17.4	26.1	8.3	16.7	20.8

Frequently Asked Questions about Foothill Elementary

How many students attend Foothill Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 551 students attended Foothill Elementary.

What district is Foothill Elementary in?

Pittsburg Unified

What is the racial makeup of Foothill Elementary?

Students at Foothill Elementary are 66% Hispanic, 11% African American, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more races, 7% White.

Is Foothill Elementary a good school?

Foothill Elementary ranks 3677^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Foothill Elementary attend?

Students who attend Foothill Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Hillview Junior High
High : Pittsburg Senior High

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