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Sheldon Elementary

Public Grades K-6

4613^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,817 California Elementary Schools

Better than 21% of California elementary schools

Summary

Sheldon Elementary serves 318 students in grades K–6 in Richmond, within West Contra Costa Unified. Its clearest concern is chronic absenteeism: in 2025–26, 48% of students were chronically absent, compared with 34% districtwide and 18% statewide; this was also higher than the rate at every nearby same-district school, where the next-highest rate was 46%.

Academically, English language arts (ELA) is Sheldon’s weakest area relative to the state and nearby schools, while science is its relative bright spot. In 2025–26, 27% of students were proficient in ELA, versus 34% districtwide, 49% statewide, and an average of 36% at eight nearby same-district schools. Math proficiency was 22%, compared with 28% districtwide, 38% statewide, and a nearby-school average of 28%. Science proficiency was 26%—about level with the nearby-school average of 26% and 1 percentage point above the district, though below the state’s 36%. Results also vary by grade: fourth-grade ELA and math were above district rates, at 35% and 36%, while third-grade ELA and math were 16% and 21%, well below district levels.

Math and science have improved since 2022–23: proficiency rose 11 and 10 percentage points, respectively, and their gaps with the state narrowed. ELA rose just 1 point, leaving its state gap slightly wider. SchoolDigger ranks Sheldon in the 21st percentile statewide, with 1 star, up 10 percentile points from the prior year but still in the lower half of the nearby group. The school’s 21.4 student-teacher ratio is near the local average; 68% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25, the second-highest rate among eight nearby same-district schools. One notable subgroup result is the SchoolDigger statewide ranking for English Language Learner Students: it fell from the 22nd percentile in 2021–22 to the 2nd in 2022–23 and was 3rd in 2023–24, a much weaker relative standing in how the school serves this group than its overall 18th-percentile ranking that year.

318

Students ?

21.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

67.9%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

88%

Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)

Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)

2601 May Rd.
Richmond, CA 94803-3196

(510) 231-1414

District: West Contra Costa Unified

Students who attend Sheldon Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Betty Reid Soskin Middle
High:	De Anza High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

49.7%

Asian:

18.9%

African American:

10.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 11th percentile in 2025 → 21st in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 21st (2026) from a 11th-percentile low (2025)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (48% vs 18% California)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school25%

District avg30%

California avg42%

4,613^th of 5,817

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 21%▼ down 18 pts since 2016

From bottom 39% (2016) to bottom 21% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

20^th of 37Elementary Schools in the West Contra Costa Unified

1079^th of 1,530West Contra Costa 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
2026	22.2	4613 of 5817	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	15.8	5197 of 5857	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.7	4793 of 5869	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.0	4946 of 5859	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.5	4696 of 5883	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.6	4226 of 5789	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.6	4271 of 5662	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	31.0	3760 of 5692	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	34.8	3426 of 5614	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2015	36.8	3210 of 5611	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2013	31.3	3943 of 5530	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	41.1	3201 of 5390	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2011	41.2	3157 of 5377	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2010	32.3	3672 of 5314	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	53.3	2279 of 5193	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2008	58.8	1905 of 5113	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2007	54.2	2102 of 5113	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2006	52.4	2076 of 4818	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2005	53.1	2041 of 4822	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2004	42.9	2505 of 4809	47.9%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	49.7	326 of 747	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.9	362 of 700	48.3%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	4.8	1079 of 1154	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2018	19.2	2011 of 2128	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	20.6	3055 of 3162	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.4	3166 of 3245	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	30.4	2572 of 3311	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.0	1548 of 3275	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	26.7	2607 of 3246	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	28.0	4034 of 5581	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.0	4679 of 5597	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.7	4453 of 5612	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.5	4646 of 5609	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.8	4530 of 5635	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.0	3496 of 5492	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.3	3463 of 5413	36.0%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	27.1	3962 of 5094	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.2	4688 of 5107	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.4	4799 of 5107	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.8	4907 of 5087	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	25.6	4067 of 5084	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.8	4191 of 4963	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.1	4041 of 4830	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	21.7	4576 of 5423	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	14.9	5063 of 5460	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.8	4642 of 5517	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.0	4774 of 5363	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.6	3785 of 5264	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.7	3450 of 5173	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	25.9	4065 of 5084	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	18.4	4819 of 5603	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.5	5008 of 5628	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.7	4642 of 5643	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.6	4746 of 5638	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.1	4420 of 5663	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.7	4402 of 5510	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.4	4793 of 5431	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2019)56th percentile+29 vs school

Female (2026)28th percentile+7 vs school

Hispanic (2026)22nd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)16th percentile-5 vs school

Male (2026)14th percentile-7 vs school

Asian (2022)6th percentile-14 vs school

Disabled (2018)5th percentile-19 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)3rd percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy27%-22 vs state

Science26%-10 vs state

Mathematics22%-16 vs state

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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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 6th 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	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Sheldon Elementary	Public	K-6	2601 May Rd.	Richmond	94803	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1414	318	15	21.4	67.9%	31 (9.7%)	33 (10.4%)	158 (49.7%)	60 (18.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (10.1%)	22.2	4613^th of 5817 public elementary schools	20.7%		15.8	5197^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.3%	584									25.7		25.7	15.9	34.8	36.4	24.4			27.4	20.9	36.2	14.7	14.3			22.3	88%	0%
Murphy Elementary	Public	K-6	4350 Valley View Rd.	El Sobrante	94803	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1427	460	21	21.9	65.4%	38 (8.3%)	64 (13.9%)	232 (50.4%)	79 (17.2%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (0.9%)	38 (8.3%)	26.7	4253^rd of 5817 public elementary schools	26.9%		24.9	4415^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.6%	162									28.6		28.6	24.1	27.9	37.5	25.0			28.6	32.7	39.3	24.6	15.0			27.8	91%	0%
Valley View Elementary	Public	K-6	3416 Maywood Dr.	Richmond	94803	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1455	220	10	22.0	65.0%	44 (20.0%)	29 (13.2%)	86 (39.1%)	38 (17.3%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (9.1%)	22.3	4605^th of 5817 public elementary schools	20.8%		28.5	4098^th of 5857 public elementary schools	30.0%	507									8.3		8.3	36.0	34.6	35.7	35.7			35.5	40.0	24.0	3.6	2.4			15.1	≥ 95%
Harbour Way Elementary Community Day	Public	K-8	1121 Allview Ave.	El Sobrante	94803	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1438	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Olinda Elementary	Public	K-6	5855 Olinda Rd.	El Sobrante	94803	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1452	318	14	22.7	39.6%	38 (11.9%)	38 (11.9%)	110 (34.6%)	91 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	39 (12.3%)	56.5	2237^th of 5817 public elementary schools	61.5%		59.7	2083^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	64.4%	154									33.3		33.3	27.0	56.1	51.4	67.7			50.3	40.5	44.2	41.7	44.4			42.8	97%	0%
Stewart Elementary	Public	K-8	2040 Hoke Dr.	Pinole	94564	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1410	379	19	20.4	48.8%	31 (8.2%)	38 (10.0%)	215 (56.7%)	69 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.9%)	48.3	2702^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	53.5%		45.7	2847^th of 5857 public elementary schools	51.4%	145									37.2	47.7	42.5	27.6	55.3	48.8	53.9	37.5	54.6	47.6	27.6	42.1	41.9	17.5	25.0	34.1	31.9	93%	0%
Ellerhorst Elementary	Public	K-6	3501 Pinole Valley Rd.	Pinole	94564	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1426	319	16	19.9	58.6%	64 (20.1%)	24 (7.5%)	135 (42.3%)	50 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	45 (14.1%)	56.7	2221^st of 5817 public elementary schools	61.8%		60.1	2067^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.7%	154									26.2		26.2	38.1	69.1	31.0	61.7			50.3	45.2	64.3	31.0	44.7			46.2	96%	0%
Highland Elementary	Public	K-6	2829 Moyers Rd.	Richmond	94806	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1424	377	18	20.9	70.8%	10 (2.7%)	48 (12.7%)	238 (63.1%)	64 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	14 (3.7%)	9	5659^th of 5817 public elementary schools	2.7%		14.4	5320^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.2%	339									9.1		9.1	7.3	15.9	12.1	11.4			11.4	12.7	22.7	15.2	11.6			15.4	≥ 95%
Aspire Richmond Technology Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	3170 Hilltop Mall Rd.	Richmond	94606	Contra Costa County	Aspire Richmond Technology Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 480-0660	586	27	21.3	82.9%	10 (1.7%)	76 (13.0%)	422 (72.0%)	36 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (6.8%)	20	4819^th of 5817 public elementary schools	17.2%		20.2	4810^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.9%	9									19.6		19.6	29.3	22.4	24.8				25.2	31.7	21.7	21.6				24.5	≥ 99%
Riverside Elementary	Public	K-6	1300 Amador St.	Richmond	94806	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1409	343	16	21.5	66.8%	21 (6.1%)	46 (13.4%)	205 (59.8%)	48 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	19 (5.5%)	14.6	5257^th of 5817 public elementary schools	9.6%		11.3	5550^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.2%	293									18.0		18.0	22.2	6.7	23.1	32.6			22.5	22.2	11.1	10.5	14.9			14.9	90%	0%

Frequently Asked Questions about Sheldon Elementary

What schools do graduates of Sheldon Elementary attend?

Students who attend Sheldon Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Betty Reid Soskin Middle
High : De Anza High

What is the racial makeup of Sheldon Elementary?

Students at Sheldon Elementary are 50% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 10% African American, 10% Two or more races, 10% White.

Is Sheldon Elementary a good school?

Sheldon Elementary ranks in the bottom 20.7% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Sheldon Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 318 students attended Sheldon Elementary.

What district is Sheldon Elementary in?

West Contra Costa Unified

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