Schools

Contra Costa County Office of Education reported a lower dropout rate than the California average in the 2023-24 school year.

John Swett Unified School District reported a lower dropout rate than the California average in the 2023-24 school year.

West Contra Costa Unified School District reported a higher dropout rate than the California average in the 2023-24 school year.

Mt. Diablo Unified School District reported a higher dropout rate than the California average in the 2023-24 school year.

Hayward Unified School District reported a higher dropout rate than the California average in the 2023-24 school year.

Pittsburg Senior High School stood out in Contra Costa County with 3,532 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

College tuition fees rose 2.2% in Contra Costa County in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Contra Costa County’s nine universities admitted an estimated 88% of applicants for fall 2022, an increase over the previous year.

Enrollment data for the nine universities in Contra Costa County revealed Hispanic was the most common ethnicity among students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.