Belleview Elementary

Belleview Elementary is a micro-enrollment primary school in Sonora, California, one of the schools within Belleview Elementary. The school serves 148 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 68% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Belleview Elementary is the operating authority for Belleview Elementary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Belleview Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Belleview Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Tuolumne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,404 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Tuolumne County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,724 students), of which Belleview Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Gold Rush Home Study Charter, roughly 1.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Belleview Elementary. On composite proficiency, Belleview Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 154 students in 2018 compared to 148 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.