Barry Elementary

Barry Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Yuba City, California, run under Yuba City Unified. Current enrollment sits at 596 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 28% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Barry Elementary shows that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 29% White, 20% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 72% of students at Barry Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sutter County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Barry Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.3%; this one delivers 32.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Sutter County) logs that median household earnings sit near $79,704, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Barry Elementary is one of 46 public schools in Sutter County (combined enrollment of about 23,784 students).

Nearest neighbor: Riverbend Elementary, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Barry Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 31.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 12%: 531 students in 2018 compared to 596 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 33% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.