NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Pittsburg, CA

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

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15
Schools
11,358
Students
18.3/100
Avg Resource Index
21.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pittsburg has more public-school enrollment than 83% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Pittsburg'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 Pittsburg's 15 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 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

High measured need meets a thin staffing ratio

Pittsburg's reporting schools show 67.2% free-lunch eligibility across measured enrollment, alongside an average 21.6:1 student-teacher ratio. These are separate constraints: one describes the economic context of enrolled students and the other compares student and teacher headcounts. The 43-point gap between Black Diamond High (Continuation) and Marina Vista Elementary is therefore more useful than the city mean alone. A school with a similar ratio may still report different counselor access, attendance, or gifted-program availability, so open the campus records before drawing conclusions about student support.

City enrollment
Top 17%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
1st percentile
Teacher staffing
10th percentile

Pittsburg Senior High accounts for 30.0% of all Pittsburg public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Pittsburg-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 NCES Common Core of Data

Pittsburg school enrollment varies 49× across entities

Pittsburg school enrollment ranges from 69 students (lowest) to 3,403 students (highest), a spread of 3,334 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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 NCES Common Core of Data

Pittsburg reports 67.2% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Pittsburg student-teacher ratio is 21.6:1 — 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 NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Black Diamond High (Continuation) 51
2. Golden Gate Community 50
3. Rancho Medanos Junior High 20
4. Pittsburg Senior High 18
5. Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High 18
6. Foothill Elementary 17
7. Delta View Elementary 14
8. Hillview Junior High 13
9. Heights Elementary 13
10. Highlands Elementary 13
11. Willow Cove Elementary 11
12. Los Medanos Elementary 10
13. Parkside Elementary 10
14. Stoneman Elementary 9
15. Marina Vista Elementary 8

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Pittsburg

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 Delta View Elementary 74.0/100
  2. 2 Stoneman Elementary 65.9/100
  3. 3 Highlands Elementary 60.6/100
  4. 4 Marina Vista Elementary 60.4/100
  5. 5 Hillview Junior High 56.6/100

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Which Pittsburg school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Black Diamond High (Continuation) has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pittsburg schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Pittsburg, CA? ▼

Pittsburg has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 11,358 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.6:1.

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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.