📍 2400 Downer Ave., Richmond, Contra Costa County, 94804
Grant Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Richmond, Contra Costa County. The school has 562 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Farnaz Heydari. It is part of the West Contra Costa Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 28.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
Grant Elementary enrolls 562 students across grades K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 28.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% Black or African American and 4.4% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 481 | 86% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 5.3% |
| Asian | 25 | 4.4% |
| White | 22 | 3.9% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
477 of the school's 562 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.
Grant Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Grant Elementary is one of 54 schools in West Contra Costa Unified, based in Richmond, California. The district serves 25,244 students district-wide and employs 1,231 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 562 students, Grant Elementary is larger than the district average of about 467 students per school.