Albion Elementary

Albion Elementary operates as an one-room-style elementary-level community in Albion, California, operated by Mendocino Unified. Current enrollment sits at 13 students spanning grades K through 3. That puts it 97% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Mendocino Unified, which oversees 6 schools and 440 students, Albion Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Albion Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 8% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the income-and-resources front, Albion Elementary shows 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 31% of students at Albion Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mendocino County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Mendocino County shows median household income runs about $68,092, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mendocino County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students), Albion Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Comptche Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.2 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Albion Elementary operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Albion Elementary has ticked up 44%, going from 9 students in 2018 to 13 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 78% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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