Is Stege Elementary a good school?

Stege Elementary ranks in the bottom 1.6% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Stege Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 245 students attended Stege Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Stege Elementary?

Students at Stege Elementary are 38% Hispanic, 36% African American, 9% Asian, 7% White, 7% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Stege Elementary attend?

Students who attend Stege Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Fred T. Korematsu Middle

Stege Elementary

Summary:

Stege Elementary is a public elementary school in Richmond, California, serving 253 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the West Contra Costa Unified School District, which is ranked 1129 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Stege Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom 5% of California elementary schools over the past decade, with a 0-star rating.

Stege Elementary faces significant challenges, including extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 31.9% to 68.7% over the past few years, and test scores that are significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 3.45% of Stege students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 32.53% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school also has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 80.24% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, much higher than the district and state averages.

Stege Elementary's performance is significantly worse than most of the nearby schools in the West Contra Costa Unified District, such as Mira Vista Elementary, Coronado Elementary, and Grant Elementary, which have higher test scores, lower chronic absenteeism rates, and serve a lower percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. Stege Elementary's performance has remained consistently poor over the past decade, with little to no improvement in key metrics, suggesting that the school may be facing significant challenges that have not been adequately addressed.

Detail:

Public K-6

4949 Cypress Ave.
Richmond, CA 94804-4499

(510) 231-1425

District: West Contra Costa Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5770^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,986

Students who attend Stege Elementary usually attend:

Middle:

Fred T. Korematsu Middle

Student/teacher ratio: 26.4

Number of students: 245

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

37.6%

African American:

36.3%

Asian:

9.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 82.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Stege Elementary ranks worse than 98.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 30^th among 37 ranked elementary schools in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 7.96. (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

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (37.6%), African American (36.3%), Asian (9.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 82.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Stege Elementary is 26.4. 36 elementary schools in the West Contra Costa Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Stege Elementary employs 9.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Stege Elementary is $7,986, which is the 3^rd highest among 37 elementary schools in the West Contra Costa Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Stege Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Stege Elementary 5770^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Stege Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

Male students:

West Contra Costa Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks West Contra Costa Unified 1129^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Stege Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Stege Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	9.72	4684^th	4809	2.6%
2005	10.43	4639^th	4822	3.8%
2006	6.86	4752^nd	4818	1.4%
2007	11.00	4870^th	5113	4.8%
2008	4.08	5096^th	5113	0.3%
2009	15.68	4697^th	5193	9.6%
2010	3.61	5291^st	5314	0.4%
2011	3.74	5358^th	5377	0.4%
2012	2.30	5380^th	5390	0.2%
2013	2.21	5512^th	5530	0.3%
2015	8.17	5555^th	5611	1.0%
2016	5.15	5597^th	5614	0.3%
2017	3.56	5686^th	5692	0.1%
2018	3.50	5650^th	5662	0.2%
2019	4.96	5759^th	5789	0.5%
2022	9.94	5732^nd	5883	2.6%
2023	9.14	5751^st	5874	2.1%
2024	7.96	5770^th	5862	1.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Stege Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	3.75	5079^th	5084	0.1%
2019	5.93	5140^th	5173	0.6%
2022	12.90	5078^th	5264	3.5%
2023	12.17	5202^nd	5374	3.2%
2024	9.80	5406^th	5511	1.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Stege Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	3.15	5412^th	5413	0.0%
2019	6.09	5454^th	5492	0.7%
2022	6.63	5626^th	5635	0.2%
2023	7.03	5589^th	5617	0.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Stege Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	4.92	5416^th	5431	0.3%
2019	4.80	5494^th	5510	0.3%
2022	20.33	4685^th	5663	17.3%
2023	14.84	5184^th	5650	8.2%
2024	13.44	5285^th	5636	6.2%

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Rank History for African American students at Stege Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	11.26	697^th	700	0.4%
2019	14.24	729^th	747	2.4%
2022	19.69	612^th	663	7.7%
2023	27.11	510^th	662	23.0%

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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

Review counts

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Reviews:

by a parent
Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Staff is professional and helpful, but also accessible. Kids do have the opportunity to excel at this school. excellent staff. I was pleasantly surprised Close Quote

Enrollment information for Stege Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	6	441	42	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	494
1989	6	467	41	4	2	n/a	n/a	0	520
1990	4	424	46	8	2	n/a	n/a	0	484
1991	0	403	45	6	4	n/a	n/a	0	458
1992	3	386	34	11	1	n/a	n/a	0	435
1993	0	413	32	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	455
1994	2	357	34	15	1	n/a	n/a	0	409
1995	2	382	52	11	1	n/a	n/a	0	448
1996	2	382	52	11	1	n/a	n/a	0	448
1997	4	387	51	15	1	n/a	n/a	0	458
1998	14	370	51	15	1	n/a	n/a	0	451
1999	7	366	69	23	1	n/a	n/a	0	466
2000	9	371	65	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	470
2001	9	368	64	30	0	n/a	n/a	2	473
2002	9	367	60	32	0	n/a	n/a	6	474
2003	9	367	60	32	0	n/a	n/a	6	474
2004	6	321	46	34	0	n/a	n/a	7	414
2005	6	285	42	26	0	n/a	n/a	5	364
2006	0	247	39	32	1	n/a	n/a	21	340
2007	8	228	27	30	2	n/a	n/a	15	310
2008	7	210	26	31	2	n/a	n/a	0	276
2009	4	232	26	33	1	4	17	0	317
2010	4	252	30	55	1	5	2	0	349
2011	5	219	30	67	1	4	75	0	401
2012	7	225	35	74	0	3	0	0	344
2013	13	225	36	75	0	6	4	0	359
2014	18	199	36	85	0	8	1	0	347
2015	13	182	37	70	0	5	28	0	335
2016	14	167	30	68	1	5	13	0	298
2017	10	154	24	76	1	3	14	0	282
2018	9	162	25	70	2	3	9	0	280
2019	4	134	29	75	2	5	11	0	260
2020	9	128	30	79	2	6	14	0	268
2021	11	103	26	70	3	4	12	0	229
2022	16	94	22	62	2	4	16	0	216
2023	18	98	27	85	5	5	14	1	253
2024	18	89	23	92	2	5	16	0	245

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 Stege Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	494	19.6	25.2	n/a
1989	520	18.3	28.4	n/a
1990	484	19.9	24.3	n/a
1991	458	16.0	28.6	n/a
1992	435	16.3	26.6	77.2
1993	455	21.8	20.9	88.8
1994	409	19.5	21.0	85.1
1995	448	20.4	22.0	94.9
1996	448	20.4	22.0	94.9
1997	458	21.7	21.1	94.1
1998	451	24.7	18.3	94.9
1999	466	27.0	17.3	94.8
2000	470	27.4	17.2	95.1
2001	473	28.5	16.6	80
2002	474	28.2	16.8	87.4
2003	474	28.2	16.8	87.4
2004	414	25.0	16.6	100.5
2005	364	23.0	15.8	100.6
2006	340	21.0	16.2	105.6
2007	310	18.0	17.2	104.1
2008	276	15.0	18.4	98.9
2009	317	17.0	17.6	99.1
2010	349	20.2	17.2	99.1
2011	401	n/a	n/a	79.1
2012	344	18.0	19.1	n/a
2013	359	13.5	26.5	99.2
2014	347	13.0	26.6	98
2015	335	15.0	22.3	92.8
2016	298	14.0	21.2	87.9
2017	282	12.8	22.0	89.7
2018	280	13.0	21.5	93.2
2019	260	12.0	21.6	93.5
2020	268	n/a	n/a	81.3
2021	229	12.0	19.0	89.5
2022	216	10.0	21.6	77.3
2023	253	11.0	23.0	80.2
2024	245	9.2	26.4	82.9

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 Stege Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	494	19.6	25.2	n/a
1989	520	18.3	28.4	n/a
1990	484	19.9	24.3	n/a
1991	458	16.0	28.6	n/a
1992	435	16.3	26.6	77.2
1993	455	21.8	20.9	88.8
1994	409	19.5	21.0	85.1
1995	448	20.4	22.0	94.9
1996	448	20.4	22.0	94.9
1997	458	21.7	21.1	94.1
1998	451	24.7	18.3	94.9
1999	466	27.0	17.3	94.8
2000	470	27.4	17.2	95.1
2001	473	28.5	16.6	80
2002	474	28.2	16.8	87.4
2003	474	28.2	16.8	87.4
2004	414	25.0	16.6	100.5
2005	364	23.0	15.8	100.6
2006	340	21.0	16.2	105.6
2007	310	18.0	17.2	104.1
2008	276	15.0	18.4	98.9
2009	317	17.0	17.6	99.1
2010	349	20.2	17.2	99.1
2011	401	n/a	n/a	79.1
2012	344	18.0	19.1	n/a
2013	359	13.5	26.5	99.2
2014	347	13.0	26.6	98
2015	335	15.0	22.3	92.8
2016	298	14.0	21.2	87.9
2017	282	12.8	22.0	89.7
2018	280	13.0	21.5	93.2
2019	260	12.0	21.6	93.5
2020	268	n/a	n/a	81.3
2021	229	12.0	19.0	89.5
2022	216	10.0	21.6	77.3
2023	253	11.0	23.0	80.2
2024	245	9.2	26.4	82.9

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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