Big Pine Elementary

As an one-room-style primary school in Big Pine, California, Big Pine Elementary enrolls 121 students from grades K through 8, operated by Big Pine Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Big Pine Elementary sits 74% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Big Pine Unified (151 students total), Big Pine Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Big Pine Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 26% Native American, 25% White, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Inyo County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Big Pine Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.0%; this one comes in at 26.9%, -21.1 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Inyo County indicate median household income runs about $73,991, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Big Pine Elementary is one of 23 public schools in Inyo County (combined enrollment of about 2,539 students).

Big Pine High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Big Pine Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 119 students in 2018 compared to 121 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 27% to 38% over that span.

On allk12, members of the Big Pine Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.