Enrollment
121
Elementary
DISTRICT 76 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIG PINE UNIFIED·NCES 060495000479
Big Pine Elementary
500 South Main St., Big Pine, CA 93513 · (760) 938-2222 · Inyo County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL121 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
12.9:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
64 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 13 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 13 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 11 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 11 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (13) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (11).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Big Pine Elementary→Big Pine High
Based on grade levels within Big Pine Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
24.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.7pp since 2014
Math
32.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.6% | 11.1% | 39.5% | 35.8% |
| Math | 7.4% | 24.7% | 23.5% | 44.4% |
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 | 24.7% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 29.8% | 23.8% |
| 2022-23 | 28.2% | 35.7% |
| 2021-22 | 35.9% | 30.8% |
| 2020-21 | 26.5% | 19.1% |
| 2018-19 | 28.6% | 22.2% |
| 2017-18 | 28.4% | 25.7% |
| 2016-17 | 20.3% | 21.8% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Big Pine Elementary
Big Pine Elementary's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Elementary this school | 121 | 52.9% | 27.8% |
| Clifford Street Elementary Math & Technology Magnet Los Angeles | 128 | 52.3% | 66.9% |
| Two Rock Elementary Petaluma | 135 | 50.4% | 44.8% |
| Barona Indian Charter Lakeside | 86 | 54.7% | N/A |
| Fuente Nueva Charter Arcata | 150 | 45.3% | N/A |
| Encinal Elementary Live Oak | 111 | 52.3% | 54.4% |
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 Big Pine Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Inyo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #3,770 of 5,151 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #3,006 of 5,172 ▲ 751 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #4,515 of 5,172 ▼ 708 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.9pp | #574 of 5,116 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 121 | #5,588 of 5,915 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #3,795 of 5,625 | N/A |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
121
+8 (+7%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 227
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 121 | 9.4 | 12.9:1 | 53% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 125 | 9.3 | 13.4:1 | 65% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 125 | 9.9 | 12.6:1 | 59% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 113 | 10 | 11.3:1 | 57% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 119 | 9 | 13.2:1 | 74% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 133 | 9 | 14.8:1 | 80% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 137 | N/A | N/A | 83% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 175 | 9 | 19.4:1 | 42% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 227 | 11 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Big Pine Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (119 to 121); teachers up 4% (9 to 9.4).
About Big Pine Elementary
Big Pine Elementary is an elementary school in Big Pine, California, according to federal school records. The school reports 121 students in kindergarten through 8. The school's enrollment is 74% smaller than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Big Pine Elementary is part of a district of 2 schools: Big Pine Unified, with 151 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Big Pine Elementary, with 38% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 26% Native American, 25% White, and 12% multiracial. Inyo County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 14 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Big Pine Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
Dividing enrollment by its 9.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. Big Pine Elementary reports 53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Big Pine Elementary is D. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 13% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Big Pine Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California are predicted to post 48.5%, so the school is 20.7 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Within Inyo County, median household income is about $73,991, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Inyo County number 23 and enroll about 2,539.
The nearest other public school, Big Pine High, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3.
In the federal locale system, Big Pine Elementary is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 7%, from 113 to 121. Students per teacher rose from 11.3 in 2020-21 to 12.9 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Inyo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,739
Census ACS
Median income
$73,991
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
2,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Big Pine
- Big Pine HighHigh · 30 students
- Palisade Glacier High (Continuation)High · 25 students
- Bishop Independent StudyHigh · 13 students
Nearby schools
- Big Pine High0.0 mi · 30
- Palisade Glacier High (Continuation)2.3 mi · 25
- Bishop Independent Study2.3 mi · 13
- Bishop Union High15.2 mi · 608
- CDS Bishop High15.2 mi · 1
- CDS Home Street15.3 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About Big Pine ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Big Pine Elementary?
Big Pine Elementary enrolls approximately 121 students in grades KG-08.
Is Big Pine Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Big Pine Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Big Pine Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Big Pine Elementary is approximately 12.9:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Big Pine Elementary?
At Big Pine Elementary, the student body is approximately 25% White, 38% Hispanic, 12% Two or more.
What district is Big Pine Elementary in?
Big Pine Elementary is part of Big Pine Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.