Summary
Vista Grande Elementary is a 544-student K–5 school in Danville, in the San Ramon Valley Unified area. Its 2025–2026 proficiency rates were above California’s in English Language Arts (ELA), math, and science. But among nearby schools, science is its clearest strength, while ELA and especially math—including fifth-grade results—are the main comparative concerns.
Compared with nearby schools, Vista Grande was above the science average (69% versus 65%), but below the averages in math (77% versus 81%) and ELA (76% versus 81%). It ranked fifth of 11 schools in science, ninth in ELA, and near the bottom in math. Against the district, science was 3 percentage points higher and math 2 points higher, while ELA was 5 points lower. All three results were well above state rates, by 33 points in science, 39 in math, and 27 in ELA. The fifth-grade comparison helps explain the local pattern: ELA proficiency was 76%, 3 points below the district, and math was 70%, 6 points below; fifth-grade science, by contrast, was 69%, above district and state results.
Results have shifted over time: science rose 7 points from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, while math fell 5 points overall despite a recent rebound. ELA also rebounded in the latest year, but its state advantage was still smaller than in 2022–2023. SchoolDigger gave Vista Grande five stars and a 94th statewide percentile in 2025–2026; its percentile stayed between 90 and 94 across the years shown, though several nearby schools ranked higher. The 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 23.0, above the nearby-school average of 22. That year, 4% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with a nearby-school average of 6%. SchoolDigger’s group-specific rankings are notably lower than its overall ranking: Asian students were at the 51st percentile and multi-racial students at the 54th, a 23-point drop for the latter group since 2023–2024.
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