Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5
Buena Vista Elementary, Walnut Creek, CA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 495
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.0
- Students per teacher
- 23.6
- Grades
- K to 5
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 23.1. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 2355 San Juan Ave., Walnut Creek, CA 94597
- Phone
- (925)944-6822
- County
- Contra Costa County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- City: Small
- NCES school ID
- 064125006827
School meals
- Free lunch
- 88
- Reduced-price lunch
- 2
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 9018.2% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 81Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- No
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Walnut Creek Elementary School District
- Parkmead Elementary 478 students
- Murwood Elementary 451 students
- Tice Creek 451 students
- Walnut Heights Elementary 427 students
- Indian Valley Elementary 355 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Walnut Creek
- Walnut Acres Elementary Mt. Diablo Unified
- Bancroft Elementary Mt. Diablo Unified
- Valle Verde Elementary Mt. Diablo Unified
- Eagle Peak Montessori Mt. Diablo Unified
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.