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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Barry Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
596
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YUBA CITY UNIFIED·NCES 064347007030
Barry Elementary
1255 Barry Rd., Yuba City, CA 95991 · (530) 822-5220 · Sutter County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
432 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 27% larger than its 8th grade class (66).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.6pp since 2014
Math
30.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.1% | 25.3% | 25.3% | 36.3% |
| Math | 11.4% | 19.2% | 28.8% | 40.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.4% | 30.6% |
| 2023-24 | 36.1% | 28.3% |
| 2022-23 | 36.2% | 23.3% |
| 2021-22 | 35.4% | 26.0% |
| 2018-19 | 53.9% | 37.7% |
| 2017-18 | 45.8% | 31.6% |
| 2016-17 | 49.9% | 32.3% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 32.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Barry Elementary
Barry Elementary's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Elementary this school | 596 | 72.5% | 32.8% |
| Lincrest Elementary Yuba City | 595 | 73.9% | 37.9% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary Corona | 673 | 70.1% | 57.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary Clovis | 556 | 66.7% | 51.1% |
| Donaldson Way Elementary American Canyon | 528 | 65.5% | 43.9% |
| Agnes M. Baptist Elementary Modesto | 606 | 72.8% | 48.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Barry Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sutter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #3,199 of 5,151 | #12 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #3,168 of 5,172 ▲ 87 | #11 of 20 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #3,102 of 5,172 ▲ 11 | #12 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #2,052 of 5,116 | #11 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #1,444 of 5,915 | #6 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #517 of 5,352 | #2 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #923 of 5,354 | #7 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.5% | #2,814 of 5,625 | #11 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.2% | #441 of 1,139 | #3 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
596
+65 (+12%) vs 2017
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 493
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 17.2:1
% White
29%
was 34%
% Hispanic
44%
was 33%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
20%
was 25%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 596 | 31.4 | 19.0:1 | 72% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 30 | 20.1:1 | 72% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 597 | 28.9 | 20.7:1 | 71% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 531 | 30.9 | 17.2:1 | 64% (341) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 28 | 19.3:1 | 61% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | N/A | N/A | 46% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 754 | 35 | 21.5:1 | 44% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 493 | 17 | 29.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barry Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (531 to 596); teachers up 2% (30.9 to 31.4).
About Barry Elementary
Barry Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Yuba City, California, one of the schools in Yuba City Unified. A total of 596 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 8. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 28% higher.
Yuba City Unified is the local district for Barry Elementary. It runs 17 schools with 11,388 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Barry Elementary, at 44%. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% White, 20% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 33%. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Barry Elementary, 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 19.0:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 19.0:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 72% of enrollment. The 60% average for public schools in Sutter County is 12 points lower.
Barry Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 34% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Barry Elementary's results are 4.3 points below predicted: 32.8% against 37.1%.
Among Sutter County residents, the median household income is $79,704, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Besides Barry Elementary, Sutter County has 45 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Barry Elementary to another public school is about 1.4 miles, to Riverbend Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 32.8% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Barry Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).
Enrollment has grown by 65 students since 2017-18, to 596. The student mix also changed: the Hispanic share increased from 33% to 44%. From 2017-18 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 17.2:1 to 19.0:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Sutter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,857
Census ACS
Median income
$79,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
23,784 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yuba City Unified
- River Valley HighHigh · 1,695 students
- Yuba City HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Andros KarperosElementary · 1,181 students
- Riverbend ElementaryElementary · 914 students
- Butte Vista ElementaryElementary · 853 students
- Gray Avenue MiddleMiddle · 655 students
Other schools in Yuba City
- River Valley HighHigh · 1,695 students
- Yuba City HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Andros KarperosElementary · 1,181 students
- Riverbend ElementaryElementary · 914 students
- Butte Vista ElementaryElementary · 853 students
- Gray Avenue MiddleMiddle · 655 students
Other Barry Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Barry Elementary. Barry Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Barry Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 473 students
- BARRY ELEMENTARYCLOVIS, NM · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Riverbend Elementary1.4 mi · 914
- Lincrest Elementary2.1 mi · 595
- Lincoln Elementary2.5 mi · 488
- Andros Karperos3.3 mi · 1,181
- Yuba City Special Education Preschool3.3 mi · 3
- Park Avenue Elementary3.4 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About Barry ElementaryHow many students attend Barry Elementary?
Barry Elementary enrolls approximately 596 students in grades KG-08.
Is Barry Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Barry Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Barry Elementary have?
Barry Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Barry Elementary?
Student demographics at Barry Elementary are roughly 29% White, 44% Hispanic, 1% Black, 20% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Barry Elementary?
Barry Elementary is overseen by Yuba City Unified in Sutter County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.