Bear River

Bear River operates as a middle-of-the-pack middle school in Wheatland, California, overseen by Wheatland. Current enrollment sits at 585 students spanning grades 4 through 8.

Wheatland comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,359 students; Bear River is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bear River logs that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Yuba County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Bear River has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at Bear River qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Yuba County's rate of about 68%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bear River tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Yuba County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,373 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Yuba County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,045 students), of which Bear River is one.

Nearest neighbor: Edward P. Duplex, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bear River comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Bear River's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 571 (now 585). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 23% to 32% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.