Twin Creeks Elementary, San Ramon CA

Original Research by School Decision on Twin Creeks Elementary

Twin Creeks Elementary is a public school in San Ramon serving kindergarten through fifth grade, with an enrollment of about six hundred students. The student body skews toward higher-income families; only a small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student population is diverse by race and ethnicity, with a substantial majority of Asian students, alongside meaningful shares of white, Hispanic, and multiracial students.

On California's state assessments, Twin Creeks shows uneven performance across subjects and grades. In math, fourth graders score well, with most proficient; third graders reach about three-quarters proficient; fifth graders fall to around two-thirds. English language arts is broader and more consistent, with fourth and fifth graders performing around four-fifths proficient, though third graders score lower at about three-fifths. Science testing, available only for fifth grade, shows about half the students proficient. Overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places Twin Creeks in the top quartile relative to districts in Contra Costa County.

The school serves an affluent community. Median home values in the area are substantially above the state benchmark, though they have declined modestly year-over-year. Rental costs remain elevated, and together with mortgage expectations, housing affordability is constrained; rent-to-income burden sits above half of household income. This is a neighborhood where housing purchases and leases demand serious financial planning.

San Ramon Valley Unified, the parent district, has faced budget pressures in recent years. Voters approved a parcel tax renewal in November 2024 after an earlier renewal measure failed, stabilizing funding for teacher salaries going forward. However, the district eliminated more than sixty positions in 2024 to balance its budget. For the 2025-2026 school year, further reductions are planned in counselor, psychologist, social worker, and teaching positions. A parent may want to look into how these cuts affect staffing and support services at Twin Creeks specifically. The district also adopted an ethnic studies graduation requirement affecting high school students beginning with the class of 2030, reflecting a broader curriculum shift.

Enrollment data for students with disabilities or English learners at Twin Creeks is not available, making it unclear whether the school has specific support infrastructure in those areas. The school's strengths lie in its location within an affluent suburb and its performance in math and English in the upper grades. Math results show variability by grade that parents may want to discuss with the school. Science proficiency is notably lower, which could indicate an area for growth or different instructional emphasis at the elementary level.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 373%

School 73% · District 79% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 486%

School 86% · District 79% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 49 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

Grade 569%

School 69% · District 76% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 73% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 479%

School 79% · District 77% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 581%

School 81% · District 81%

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Science

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 66% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

This schoolSan Ramon Valley Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income64%Higher-income57%7 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income69%Higher-income83%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income69%Higher-income74%5 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income73%Higher-income88%15 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income44%Higher-income73%29 pp gap