Is Sun Terrace Elementary a good school?

Sun Terrace Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.4% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Sun Terrace Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 364 students attended Sun Terrace Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Sun Terrace Elementary?

Students at Sun Terrace Elementary are 57% Hispanic, 24% Two or more races, 9% White, 6% Asian, 3% African American, 1% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Sun Terrace Elementary attend?

Students who attend Sun Terrace Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Valley View Middle High : Mt. Diablo High

Sun Terrace Elementary

Summary:

Sun Terrace Elementary is a public elementary school in Concord, California, serving 364 students in grades K-5 as part of the Mt. Diablo Unified School District. However, the school faces significant challenges, consistently underperforming both the district and state averages in academic assessments.

Sun Terrace Elementary's academic performance is a major concern, with only 18.23% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 16.43% in Mathematics, compared to 45.52% and 37.33% for the district, respectively. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism, rising from 10.3% in 2017-2018 to 40.8% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, the school's rankings for various student subgroups, such as Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities, are consistently in the bottom 20% of California elementary schools.

When compared to nearby schools in the same district, such as Westwood Elementary and Monte Gardens Elementary, Sun Terrace Elementary is clearly underperforming, with significantly lower academic proficiency rates and higher chronic absenteeism. Interestingly, the school is located in close proximity to Rocketship Futuro Academy, a public charter school that consistently outperforms Sun Terrace Elementary and the district/state averages, suggesting that alternative educational models may be more effective in this community.

Detail:

Public K-5

2448 Floyd Ln.
Concord, CA 94520-1499

(925) 682-4861

District: Mt. Diablo Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5427^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,261

Students who attend Sun Terrace Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Valley View Middle
High:	Mt. Diablo High

Student/teacher ratio: 26.9

Number of students: 364

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

56.6%

Two or more races:

23.6%

White:

9.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 53.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Sun Terrace Elementary ranks worse than 92.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 26^th among 30 ranked elementary schools in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.51. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sun Terrace Elementary is $13,261, which is the 7^th highest among 30 elementary schools in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sun Terrace Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Sun Terrace Elementary 5427^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Sun Terrace Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Mt. Diablo Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Mt. Diablo Unified 789^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Sun Terrace Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Sun Terrace Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	26.03	3485^th	4809	27.5%
2005	28.92	3350^th	4822	30.5%
2006	25.70	3615^th	4818	25.0%
2007	30.30	3552^nd	5113	30.5%
2008	24.59	4001^st	5113	21.7%
2009	41.71	2955^th	5193	43.1%
2010	38.40	3276^th	5314	38.4%
2011	29.22	4048^th	5377	24.7%
2012	19.69	4665^th	5390	13.5%
2013	13.56	5136^th	5530	7.1%
2015	14.14	5198^th	5611	7.4%
2016	13.99	5134^th	5614	8.6%
2017	19.73	4716^th	5692	17.1%
2018	21.83	4522^nd	5662	20.1%
2019	12.22	5439^th	5789	6.0%
2021	16.89	1240^th	1417	12.5%
2022	10.48	5697^th	5883	3.2%
2023	20.44	4813^th	5874	18.1%
2024	13.51	5427^th	5862	7.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sun Terrace Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	1.91	600^th	610	1.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sun Terrace Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.27	2580^th	3246	20.5%
2019	22.90	3013^th	3275	8.0%
2021	26.24	548^th	602	9.0%
2022	19.22	3232^nd	3311	2.4%
2023	20.83	3102^nd	3250	4.6%
2024	23.84	2904^th	3160	8.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Sun Terrace Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	42.66	1132^nd	2420	53.2%
2024	18.05	2489^th	2634	5.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sun Terrace Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.42	4090^th	5084	19.6%
2019	13.49	4915^th	5173	5.0%
2021	17.32	1031^st	1110	7.1%
2022	11.43	5137^th	5264	2.4%
2023	21.73	4567^th	5374	15.0%
2024	13.58	5230^th	5511	5.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Sun Terrace Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.40	4588^th	5413	15.2%
2019	12.99	5151^st	5492	6.2%
2021	17.03	1122^nd	1267	11.4%
2022	11.04	5480^th	5635	2.8%
2023	25.02	4231^st	5617	24.7%
2024	19.18	4779^th	5605	14.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Sun Terrace Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.63	1888^th	2128	11.3%
2019	21.85	2246^th	2585	13.1%
2021	39.31	135^th	293	53.9%
2022	27.16	1624^th	2227	27.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Sun Terrace Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.42	4069^th	5431	25.1%
2019	12.92	5188^th	5510	5.8%
2021	20.00	1040^th	1272	18.2%
2022	11.20	5491^st	5663	3.0%
2023	17.60	4950^th	5650	12.4%
2024	9.68	5508^th	5636	2.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sun Terrace Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.30	4158^th	4830	13.9%
2019	10.08	4858^th	4963	2.1%
2022	11.11	4986^th	5084	1.9%
2023	16.07	4728^th	5098	7.3%
2024	9.66	5002^nd	5102	2.0%

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Rank History for White students at Sun Terrace Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.74	2215^th	2737	19.1%
2019	26.15	2246^th	2834	20.7%
2024	3.13	2613^th	2647	1.3%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Sun Terrace Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	525	17	28	67	0	n/a	n/a	0	637
1989	506	9	32	90	0	n/a	n/a	0	637
1990	534	16	34	102	0	n/a	n/a	0	686
1991	503	23	35	103	2	n/a	n/a	0	666
1992	518	20	33	109	3	n/a	n/a	0	683
1993	501	24	40	124	1	n/a	n/a	0	690
1994	485	16	42	116	1	n/a	n/a	0	660
1995	425	33	50	135	6	n/a	n/a	0	649
1996	425	33	50	135	6	n/a	n/a	0	649
1997	466	25	56	143	8	n/a	n/a	0	698
1998	493	41	70	160	8	n/a	n/a	0	772
1999	429	42	88	184	8	n/a	n/a	0	751
2000	415	40	96	217	6	n/a	n/a	0	774
2001	386	41	88	228	12	n/a	n/a	0	755
2002	269	56	87	252	10	n/a	n/a	0	674
2003	269	56	87	252	10	n/a	n/a	0	674
2004	241	60	77	254	8	n/a	n/a	0	640
2005	210	63	76	272	6	n/a	n/a	0	627
2006	188	63	77	278	3	n/a	n/a	0	609
2007	166	50	82	271	3	n/a	n/a	1	573
2008	161	48	73	281	3	n/a	n/a	0	566
2009	149	42	55	274	4	11	20	0	555
2010	126	35	37	297	5	8	10	0	518
2011	104	31	37	338	5	8	25	0	548
2012	109	27	28	358	6	12	45	0	585
2013	91	28	24	342	5	11	50	0	551
2014	95	30	26	356	2	12	38	0	559
2015	82	27	29	366	2	14	44	0	564
2016	85	32	39	326	1	13	58	0	554
2017	78	22	37	315	1	16	53	0	522
2018	75	16	30	278	1	15	71	0	486
2019	61	14	22	269	0	8	82	0	456
2020	69	19	40	246	0	14	68	0	456
2021	50	18	36	239	0	14	84	0	441
2022	38	9	31	209	1	11	83	0	382
2023	33	11	22	206	0	5	86	1	364

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sun Terrace Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	637	26.6	23.9	n/a
1989	637	25.5	24.9	n/a
1990	686	25.5	26.9	n/a
1991	666	26.5	25.1	n/a
1992	683	26.9	25.3	24.3
1993	690	25.5	27.1	30.1
1994	660	25.5	25.9	35
1995	649	25.0	26.0	34.5
1996	649	25.0	26.0	34.5
1997	698	30.0	23.3	34.7
1998	772	35.0	22.1	38.7
1999	751	37.4	20.1	40.3
2000	774	34.0	22.8	40.8
2001	755	36.0	21.0	40.7
2002	674	35.2	19.1	46.6
2003	674	35.2	19.1	46.6
2004	640	34.0	18.8	51.9
2005	627	29.1	21.5	56.3
2006	609	27.6	22.1	0
2007	573	27.3	21.0	57.9
2008	566	33.5	16.9	58
2009	555	28.0	18.5	61.8
2010	518	21.0	24.5	65.8
2011	548	n/a	n/a	69.2
2012	585	24.3	24.0	n/a
2013	551	22.6	24.3	79.7
2014	559	20.0	27.9	72.5
2015	564	22.0	25.6	72.7
2016	554	23.0	24.0	71.7
2017	522	24.0	21.7	71.3
2018	486	23.5	20.6	75.1
2019	456	19.5	23.3	69.7
2020	456	n/a	n/a	66.9
2021	441	18.1	24.3	63
2022	382	16.0	23.8	50.5
2023	364	13.5	26.9	53.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sun Terrace Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	637	26.6	23.9	n/a
1989	637	25.5	24.9	n/a
1990	686	25.5	26.9	n/a
1991	666	26.5	25.1	n/a
1992	683	26.9	25.3	24.3
1993	690	25.5	27.1	30.1
1994	660	25.5	25.9	35
1995	649	25.0	26.0	34.5
1996	649	25.0	26.0	34.5
1997	698	30.0	23.3	34.7
1998	772	35.0	22.1	38.7
1999	751	37.4	20.1	40.3
2000	774	34.0	22.8	40.8
2001	755	36.0	21.0	40.7
2002	674	35.2	19.1	46.6
2003	674	35.2	19.1	46.6
2004	640	34.0	18.8	51.9
2005	627	29.1	21.5	56.3
2006	609	27.6	22.1	0
2007	573	27.3	21.0	57.9
2008	566	33.5	16.9	58
2009	555	28.0	18.5	61.8
2010	518	21.0	24.5	65.8
2011	548	n/a	n/a	69.2
2012	585	24.3	24.0	n/a
2013	551	22.6	24.3	79.7
2014	559	20.0	27.9	72.5
2015	564	22.0	25.6	72.7
2016	554	23.0	24.0	71.7
2017	522	24.0	21.7	71.3
2018	486	23.5	20.6	75.1
2019	456	19.5	23.3	69.7
2020	456	n/a	n/a	66.9
2021	441	18.1	24.3	63
2022	382	16.0	23.8	50.5
2023	364	13.5	26.9	53.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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