April Lane Elementary

April Lane Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary school in Yuba City, California, part of Yuba City Unified. Current enrollment sits at 488 students spanning grades K through 5.

Yuba City Unified comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 11,388 students; April Lane Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, April Lane Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% Asian, 11% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Sutter County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, April Lane Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.0:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sutter County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), April Lane Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Sutter County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,704, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sutter County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,784 students), of which April Lane Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Albert Powell Continuation, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), April Lane Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.6%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at April Lane Elementary has ticked up 5%, going from 466 students in 2018 to 488 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment expanded from 17% to 32% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

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