Public schools in Walnut Creek, CA

Walnut Creek has 16 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 2 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 10,218 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Walnut Creek School District runs 7 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run Walnut Creek's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Walnut CreekDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Walnut Creek School District73,435$14,533
Mt. Diablo Unified629,201$15,273
Acalanes Union High25,420$19,018
Contra Costa School of Performing Arts District1341$16,698

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Walnut Creek, 3,469 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Las Lomas High1,57719.515.2%Acalanes Union High
Northgate High1,54623.113.7%Mt. Diablo Unified
Contra Costa School of Performing Arts28522.029.1%Contra Costa School of Performing Arts District
Acalanes Center for Independent Study619.516.4%Acalanes Union High

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Walnut Creek, 1,945 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Foothill Middle1,00525.78.4%Mt. Diablo Unified
Walnut Creek Intermediate94022.215.2%Walnut Creek

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

10 elementary schools in Walnut Creek, 4,804 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Walnut Acres Elementary68928.79.0%Mt. Diablo Unified
Bancroft Elementary67226.914.3%Mt. Diablo Unified
Buena Vista Elementary49523.617.8%Walnut Creek
Valle Verde Elementary48530.310.9%Mt. Diablo Unified
Parkmead Elementary47825.217.8%Walnut Creek
Murwood Elementary45122.621.3%Walnut Creek
Tice Creek45121.47.3%Walnut Creek
Walnut Heights Elementary42723.714.8%Walnut Creek
Indian Valley Elementary35523.719.7%Walnut Creek
Eagle Peak Montessori30130.17.6%Mt. Diablo Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Walnut Creek's public schools compare with California's

The median Walnut Creek school has 23.6 students per full-time teacher, more than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 482 students (state 471).

Walnut Creek against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Walnut CreekCalifornia
Median students per teacher23.621.6
Median school size (students)482471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)40%74%
Charter schools13%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 16 Walnut Creek schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Walnut Creek

  1. Walnut Creek School DistrictRuns 7 of Walnut Creek's 16 public schools and spent $14,533 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$14,533
  2. Las Lomas High, the largest high school in Walnut Creek1,577 students in 2024-25, 19.5 per teacher.1,577
  3. Compare Walnut Creek School District with Mt. Diablo UnifiedWalnut Creek's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Walnut Creek addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Walnut Creek

  1. How many public schools are in Walnut Creek, CA?
    16 public schools with an address in Walnut Creek were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 2 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 10,218 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Walnut Creek?
    Las Lomas High, with 1,577 students in 2024-25 (Acalanes Union High).
  3. Which districts run Walnut Creek's schools?
    Walnut Creek School District (7 schools), Mt. Diablo Unified (6 schools), Acalanes Union High (2 schools), Contra Costa School of Performing Arts District (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .