The top reported proficiency rate is 71% in Math. The lowest is 54% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Quail Run Elementary
Quail Run Elementary sits on Goldenbay Avenue in San Ramon, a city in Contra Costa County, and serves children from kindergarten through fifth grade within San Ramon Valley Unified School District. It is a standard public school, not a charter or magnet. The enrollment is large for an elementary school serving this grade band.
On the state's CAASPP assessments, Quail Run posts strong math results across the tested grades, with third and fourth graders clearing the proficiency bar at rates that are well above what California schools typically report. Fifth-grade math proficiency is somewhat lower but still solid. English language arts scores are meaningful too, though they sit a bit below the math results at each tested grade. Science results, reported only at fifth grade through the state's CAST assessment, come in around the midpoint, which is the softer spot in the academic picture. Taken as a whole, the school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among districts in Contra Costa County, a comparison set the data uses as the available reference for school-level positioning. Trend data across multiple years was not available; the state results reflect only the most recent school year, so directional movement is not something the data supports characterizing.
The student body is substantially Asian-American, with smaller shares of Hispanic, white, and multiracial students. The share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is quite low relative to most California schools, suggesting the surrounding neighborhood is economically comfortable. Data on English learner enrollment and students with individualized education programs was not reported, so those dimensions of the student population are not possible to characterize here.
The housing market around the school reflects San Ramon's position as one of the more expensive communities in the Bay Area. Home values in the zip code are far above both the state and national medians, and they have declined modestly year over year from a very high base. Rents are similarly elevated. A parent considering this school while renting should know that rent-to-income ratios in this area, measured against national income benchmarks, are steep. Prospective buyers should factor in the district's parcel tax: voters renewed it in November 2024 by a wide margin after two earlier renewal attempts failed, preserving a recurring annual property charge tied to funding classroom teacher positions across the district, according to publicly reported accounts.
The district context matters for families thinking ahead. San Ramon Valley Unified has been managing financial strain, and publicly reported board documents confirm that more than sixty staff positions were eliminated in 2024, with further planned reductions to counselors, psychologists, social workers, and teaching roles beginning in the 2025-2026 school year. These changes affect student support services and class availability in ways that are not yet fully reflected in the current test data. A parent would do well to ask the school directly how those reductions have played out at Quail Run specifically. On the curriculum side, the district adopted a new ethnic studies requirement for high school graduation starting with the class of 2030, replacing World Geography. That change affects Quail Run students as they move into the district's secondary schools.
Programs data for the school was not available in the data, so offerings beyond the standard elementary curriculum are not something this account can speak to. The locale brief for San Ramon did not return usable sourced detail about the city's character, walkability, or major employers, so those dimensions were left out rather than described from inference. For a family weighing the school itself, the academic results are genuinely strong in math and respectable in ELA, the economic environment of the community is high-resource, and the main open questions involve how district-level budget pressures are filtering down to individual schools and what support staffing looks like on the ground.
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