Arena Elementary

Located at 20 School St., in Point Arena, California, Arena Elementary is a small K-5 school that enrolls 239 students (grades K through 8), overseen by Arena Union Elementary. Enrollment runs roughly 49% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Arena Elementary is a school of Arena Union Elementary, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Arena Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school shows 22% White, 5% Native American, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Arena Elementary has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Arena Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 43.4%; Arena Elementary posts 19.2%, -24.1 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Mendocino County put the typical household earns roughly $68,092 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Mendocino County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students), Arena Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Pacific Community Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Arena Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Arena Elementary at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 18.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arena Elementary has expanded 3%, going from 232 students in 2018 to 239 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 56% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.

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