Alta-Dutch Flat Elementary

Alta-Dutch Flat Elementary is a tiny K-5 school in Alta, California, one of the schools within Alta-Dutch Flat Union Elementary. The school educates 99 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 79% leaner than typical.

Alta-Dutch Flat Union Elementary is the operating authority for Alta-Dutch Flat Elementary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Alta-Dutch Flat Elementary reports that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest looks like 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Alta-Dutch Flat Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 64.5%; Alta-Dutch Flat Elementary posts 37.3%, -27.2 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Placer County put the typical household earns roughly $115,998 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Alta-Dutch Flat Elementary is one of 123 public schools in Placer County (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students).

Chicago Park Community Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.1 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alta-Dutch Flat Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 38.1%.

Alta-Dutch Flat Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alta-Dutch Flat Elementary has declined 9%, going from 109 students in 2018 to 99 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 90% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Alta-Dutch Flat Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.