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Contra Costa County Office of Education schools

California’s school directory lists 5 ranked public schools under Contra Costa County Office of Education. Its 4 public high schools run from the 23rd to the 80th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Schools around Contra Costa County Office of Education

9 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Where does the elementary school we score in Contra Costa County Office of Education stand?

Caliber: Beta Academy is at the 21st percentile.

That’s higher than 21 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public elementary school we score in Contra Costa County Office of Education.

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

  • Caliber: Beta AcademySan Pablo · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    21stNeeds SupportScope Score 24

Middle schools

Where does the middle school we score in Contra Costa County Office of Education stand?

Making Waves Academy is at the 51st percentile.

That’s higher than 51 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Contra Costa County Office of Education.

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

  • Making Waves AcademyRichmond · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    51stSolidScope Score 38

High schools

Which high schools in Contra Costa County Office of Education score highest?

Clayton Valley Charter High is highest, at the 80th percentile.

That’s higher than 80 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Contra Costa County Office of Education

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Show the other 1 high school
Context

The average high school in Contra Costa County Office of Education had 23 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

4 high schools not ranked statewide

Special education centers and court and community schools enroll students differently from a regular school, so we don’t rank them.

  • CCCOE Special Education ProgramsSpecial education center: students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery, so we don’t rank it
  • Floyd I. MarchusSpecial education center: students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery, so we don’t rank it
  • Golden Gate CommunityCounty community school: students are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, so we don’t rank it
  • Mt. McKinleyJuvenile court school: students are enrolled by court order, most for weeks or months, so we don’t rank it

The county office

What does Contra Costa County Office of Education plan to spend on?

The county office plans $3.4 million across 15 funded actions in 2026–27.

What the county office plans

$3.4 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 15 funded actions in 6 goals. That’s 3% of its $97.4 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the county office reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the county office’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 99 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 88% of the money. The plan itself puts 95% of it toward staff.

  • Certificated and Classified Staff $2.5 million
  • Full-Time School Psychologist $317,128
  • Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) $113,870
  • 12 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

1 of the plan’s 15 funded actions names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in its title.

Actions whose titles name reading
  • Reading $42,830

Largest of these

  • Literacy$42,830
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth) and what changed
For high-need students

It plans $2.9 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $2.6 million and estimates it spent $2.7 million, $0.1 million (2%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $249,014 (8%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Certificated and Classified Staff, which went from $2.3 million to $2.5 million.

Largest cuts

  • Literacy−⁠$17,170

Largest increases

  • Certificated and Classified Staff+⁠$201,818
  • Full-Time School Psychologist+⁠$78,699
  • Collaborate with Other COEs+⁠$15,000

Ask: What did Literacy pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $17,170 less?

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Certificated and Classified Staff · $2,548,841
  • Full-Time School Psychologist · $317,128
  • Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) · $113,870
The full plan6 goals, 47 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($3.4 million).

Where does the money go?

81% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G3
G6

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalWithin three years, execute equitable, high quality instructional programs and provide educational options to…$2.7 million81% of action budgets

“Within three years, execute equitable, high quality instructional programs and provide educational options to ensure all students graduate college and career ready” p. 14 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.6 million (+⁠$150,193)

Largest funded actions

  1. Certificated and Classified Staff$2.5 millionaction 1.8 · p. 56 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA)$0.1 millionaction 1.1 · p. 56 ↗
  3. Literacyunder $0.1 millionaction 1.4 · p. 56 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $10,000 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Instructional Materialsunder $0.1 millionaction 1.11 · p. 57 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Certificated and Classified Staff+⁠$0.2 million$2.3 million → $2.5 million · p. 56 ↗
  2. Literacy−⁠$17,170$60,000 → $42,830 · p. 56 ↗
  3. Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA)+⁠$7,789$106,081 → $113,870 · p. 56 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Instructional Materials · $30,000 → $30,000 · p. 57 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 15 measures · 3 quoted

  • CAASPP ELA: Points distance from standard p. 15 ↗
    Baseline
    All students - 333 points below …
    Target for year 3
    All students - 0 points below …
  • CAASPP Mathematics: Points distance from standard p. 15 ↗
    Baseline
    All students - 348 points below …
    Target for year 3
    All students - 0 points below …
  • Ren STAR ELA: Long term student academic gain percent p. 15 ↗
    Baseline
    76% (2023-24 Local Data)
    Target for year 3
    90%

12 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Establish safe, secure, inclusive, and inviting learning environments that foster increased student…$50,0001% of action budgets

“Establish safe, secure, inclusive, and inviting learning environments that foster increased student engagement and connection to to school” p. 22 ↗

2 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $50,000 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Equity$30,000action 2.7 · p. 57 ↗
  2. Student Celebrations$20,000action 2.8 · p. 57 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Equity · $30,000 → $30,000 · p. 57 ↗unchanged
  • Student Celebrations · $20,000 → $20,000 · p. 57 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 12 measures · 3 quoted

  • Pupil Sense of Safety p. 23 ↗
    Baseline
    43% (2024 CHKS)
    Target for year 3
    75%
  • Pupil Feeling of School Connectedness p. 23 ↗
    Baseline
    43% (2024 CHKS)
    Target for year 3
    75%
  • Expulsion Rate p. 23 ↗
    Baseline
    0% (2023 Local Data)
    Target for year 3
    0%

9 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3Fully implement a tiered integrated social-emotional program to support the well-being of all students by…$317,1289% of action budgets

“Fully implement a tiered integrated social-emotional program to support the well-being of all students by promoting prosocial behavior, teaching coping and decision-making skills, and modeling positive relationships” p. 27 ↗

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $238,429 (+⁠$78,699)

Largest funded actions

  1. Full-Time School Psychologist$317,128action 3.1 · p. 57 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Full-Time School Psychologist+⁠$78,699$238,429 → $317,128 · p. 57 ↗

How the plan measures it · 5 measures · 3 quoted

  • Pupil Social Emotional Distress p. 27 ↗
    Baseline
    46% (2024 CHKS)
    Target for year 3
    >10%
  • Pupil Satisfaction with Their School Experience p. 27 ↗
    Baseline
    21% (2024 CHKS)
    Target for year 3
    90%
  • Chronic Sad or Hopeless Feelings in the Past 12 Months p. 27 ↗
    Baseline
    40% (2024 CHKS)
    Target for year 3
    >10%

2 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 4Engage parents/​guardians, families and community partners through education, communication, and…$10,000under 1% of action budgets

“Engage parents/​guardians, families and community partners through education, communication, and collaboration to promote student success” p. 31 ↗

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $5,000 (+⁠$5,000)

Largest funded actions

  1. Translation Services$10,000action 4.5 · p. 58 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Translation Services+⁠$5,000$5,000 → $10,000 · p. 58 ↗

How the plan measures it · 6 measures · 3 quoted

  • Parent Perception of Parental Involvement p. 31 ↗
    Baseline
    19% (2024 CHKS)
    Target for year 3
    50%
  • Parent Education p. 31 ↗
    Baseline
    1 PIQE Cohort (2023-24 Local Indicator)
    Target for year 3
    3 PIQE Cohorts a Year
  • Special Education Parent Involvement p. 31 ↗
    Baseline
    0% (Local Data)
    Target for year 3
    85%

3 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 5Collaborate with each school district in Contra Costa County to ensure the provision of instruction for expelled youth$25,0001% of action budgets

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $10,000 (+⁠$15,000) · p. 35 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Collaborate with Other COEs$25,000action 5.1 · p. 58 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Collaborate with Other COEs+⁠$15,000$10,000 → $25,000 · p. 58 ↗

How the plan measures it · 2 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 35 ↗.

Goal 6 · Focus GoalOver the course of the next 3 years, the County Office of Education will coordinate services for foster youth…$246,3977% of action budgets

“Over the course of the next 3 years, the County Office of Education will coordinate services for foster youth students and students experiencing homelessness in our Court and Community Schools, as well as in districts throughout our county. To support foster youth in overcoming barriers to educational success, leading to high school graduation and successful transition to post- secondary education and/​or employment, we will maintain coordination of services with key partnering agencies and school districts” p. 38 ↗

6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $246,275 (+⁠$122)

Largest funded actions

  1. Collaborate with CFS$91,753action 6.5 · p. 58 ↗
  2. Inter-Agency Agreement$69,061action 6.4 · p. 58 ↗
  3. Enhancing Educational Support for Foster Youth: A Focus on Attendance and Success$34,149action 6.7 · p. 59 ↗
  4. LEAs meetings-Enhancing Academic Success Through Comprehensive Educational Services$29,136action 6.1 · p. 58 ↗
  5. Regional Collaboration and Capacity Building$12,436action 6.2 · p. 58 ↗

1 more funded action in this goal

  • Technical Assistance for LEAs · action 6.3 · p. 58 ↗$9,862

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Enhancing Educational Support for Foster Youth: A Focus on Attendance and Success−⁠$2,259$36,408 → $34,149 · p. 59 ↗
  2. Technical Assistance for LEAs+⁠$1,514$8,348 → $9,862 · p. 58 ↗
  3. Inter-Agency Agreement+⁠$1,006$68,055 → $69,061 · p. 58 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Collaborate with CFS · $91,071 → $91,753 · p. 58 ↗+⁠$682
  • LEAs meetings-Enhancing Academic Success Through Comprehensive Educational Services · $29,502 → $29,136 · p. 58 ↗−⁠$366
  • Regional Collaboration and Capacity Building · $12,891 → $12,436 · p. 58 ↗−⁠$455

How the plan measures it · 7 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 38 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the county office’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 6,048 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 55%2. Not reported: 13%3. White: 11%4. Black or African American: 9%5. Asian: 5%6. Filipino: 3%7. Two or more races: 3%8. Pacific Islander: <1%9. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino55%
  2. Not reported13%
  3. White11%
  4. Black or African American9%
  5. Asian5%
  6. Filipino3%
  7. Two or more races3%
  8. Pacific Islander<1%
  9. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.

Free or reduced-price meals

54%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 3,267 of 6,033 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the county office, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The county office’s state records

Is the state giving the county office extra help?

Contra Costa County Office of Education isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 55% of the county office’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (6 of 11 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Common questions

Which public schools in Contra Costa County Office of Education rank highest?

Elementary: Caliber: Beta Academy, 21st percentile (Needs Support). Middle: Making Waves Academy, 51st percentile (Solid). High: Clayton Valley Charter High, 80th percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

What is in Contra Costa County Office of Education’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The county office’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $3.4 million into 15 funded actions in 6 goals, 3% of its $97.4 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $2.7 million, 81% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.
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Are the public schools in Contra Costa County Office of Education good?

Contra Costa County Office of Education has one public elementary school we score, Caliber: Beta Academy, at the 21st percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Needs Support. Contra Costa County Office of Education has one public middle school we score, Making Waves Academy, at the 51st percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid. Contra Costa County Office of Education’s 4 public high schools run from the 23rd to the 80th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 2 Solid and 1 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in Contra Costa County Office of Education compare with California?

The average high school in Contra Costa County Office of Education had 23 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools the state directory lists under Contra Costa County Office of Education, with its spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

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