📍 985 W. 17th St., Pittsburg, Contra Costa County, 94565
Parkside Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pittsburg, Contra Costa County. The school has 552 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jeff Varner. It is part of the Pittsburg Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
Parkside Elementary enrolls 552 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% Hispanic or Latino, 13% Black or African American and 7.6% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 381 | 69% |
| Black or African American | 72 | 13% |
| Asian | 42 | 7.6% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 5.8% |
| White | 20 | 3.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
471 of the school's 552 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Parkside Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Parkside Elementary is one of 13 schools in Pittsburg Unified, based in Pittsburg, California. The district serves 10,666 students district-wide and employs 484 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 552 students, Parkside Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 820 students per school.
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