NCES CCD 2024-25 16 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Brentwood, CA

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16 public K-12 schools in Brentwood from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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16
Schools
15,563
Students
29.1/100
Avg Resource Index
23.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Brentwood has more public-school enrollment than 90% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Brentwood's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

9 of Brentwood's 16 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 3 middle and 4 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 47-point gap between Independence High and Garin Elementary shows the range hidden by Brentwood's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 10%
School count
Top 21%
Resource Index average
10th percentile
Teacher staffing
4th percentile

Liberty High accounts for 18.2% of all Brentwood public-school enrollment

That concentration means Brentwood-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brentwood school enrollment varies 17× across entities

Brentwood school enrollment ranges from 163 students (lowest) to 2,836 students (highest), a spread of 2,673 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brentwood student-teacher ratio is 23.8:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Independence High 61
2. Heritage High 32
3. Loma Vista Elementary 31
4. La Paloma High (Continuation) 31
5. William B. Bristow Middle 30
6. Adams (J. Douglas) Middle 30
7. Liberty High 28
8. Edna Hill Middle 28
9. R. Paul Krey Elementary 28
10. Ron Nunn Elementary 28
11. Old River Elementary 27
12. Pioneer Elementary 26
13. Brentwood Elementary 26
14. Marsh Creek Elementary 23
15. Mary Casey Black Elementary 22
16. Garin Elementary 14

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Brentwood

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Adams (J. Douglas) Middle 77.5/100
  2. 2 Pioneer Elementary 77.2/100
  3. 3 Heritage High 76.4/100
  4. 4 R. Paul Krey Elementary 76.0/100
  5. 5 Ron Nunn Elementary 75.8/100

What do families ask about schools in Brentwood?

Which Brentwood school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Independence High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Brentwood schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Brentwood, CA? ▼

Brentwood has 16 public schools with a total enrollment of 15,563 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 23.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.