Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 187 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIGGS UNIFIED·NCES 060504000485
Biggs Elementary
300 B St., Biggs, CA 95917 · (530) 868-5870 · Butte County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
220 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 29% larger than its 8th grade class (41).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Biggs Elementary→Biggs High
Based on grade levels within Biggs Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
32.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.5pp since 2014
Math
16.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.2% | 23.3% | 25.7% | 41.8% |
| Math | 6.7% | 9.6% | 33.2% | 50.5% |
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 | 32.5% | 16.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.6% | 12.5% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 19.4% |
| 2021-22 | 30.1% | 15.4% |
| 2018-19 | 30.2% | 14.4% |
| 2017-18 | 25.1% | 13.9% |
| 2016-17 | 21.2% | 14.1% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% 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 Biggs Elementary
Biggs Elementary's state test result (21.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biggs Elementary this school | 320 | 68.8% | 21.6% |
| Sunset Elementary Oak View | 357 | 66.1% | 33.7% |
| Louisiana Schnell Elementary Placerville | 370 | 69.7% | 20.3% |
| Idyllwild Idyllwild | 268 | 72.0% | 47.6% |
| Bidwell Elementary Red Bluff | 387 | 66.9% | 29.9% |
| C. Roy Carmichael Elementary Portola | 344 | 70.6% | 29.9% |
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 Biggs Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Butte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #4,435 of 5,151 | #21 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #4,623 of 5,172 ▲ 248 | #26 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #3,725 of 5,172 ▲ 715 | #15 of 26 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #2,785 of 5,116 | #14 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #4,576 of 5,915 | #24 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #513 of 5,352 | #8 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #2,428 of 5,354 | #23 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #3,030 of 5,625 | #17 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #2,124 of 3,837 | #6 of 12 |
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
320
-18 (-5%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 320 | 16.9 | 19.0:1 | 69% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | 16.6 | 19.2:1 | 67% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 17 | 19.6:1 | 62% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 19 | 17.8:1 | 68% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 19 | 19.6:1 | 68% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 395 | 18 | 21.9:1 | 77% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 249 | N/A | N/A | 84% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 376 | 21 | 17.9:1 | 69% (259) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 19 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Biggs Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (373 to 320); teachers down 11% (19 to 16.9).
About Biggs Elementary
Biggs Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school that serves part of Biggs, California. Classes run from kindergarten through 8, and the school has 320 students. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 31% smaller than average.
Besides Biggs Elementary, Biggs Unified runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 534 students.
Biggs Elementary is 51% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 44% Hispanic and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Butte County's population at about 70%. Biggs Elementary's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Biggs Elementary is 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 19.0:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 69% of students, or 220, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Biggs Elementary is 17.7 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in California.
Butte County has about 207,929 residents, and the median household income is $67,928, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Besides Biggs Elementary, Butte County has 95 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Biggs High, about 0.2 miles away. Biggs Elementary has 6 other public schools within five miles. Biggs Elementary's average proficiency of 21.6% compares with 44.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES assigns Biggs Elementary the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Biggs Elementary declined 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 338 to 320 students. The ratio was 17.8:1 in 2020-21 and 19.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Butte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,929
Census ACS
Median income
$67,928
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
29,730 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Biggs Unified
- Biggs HighHigh · 161 students
- Richvale ElementaryElementary · 53 students
Nearby schools
- Biggs High0.2 mi · 161
- Gridley High3.4 mi · 670
- Esperanza High (Continuation)3.5 mi · 23
- McKinley Elementary3.6 mi · 341
- Sycamore Middle3.7 mi · 423
- Wilson Elementary3.7 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About Biggs ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Biggs Elementary?
Biggs Elementary enrolls approximately 320 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Biggs Elementary serve?
Biggs Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Biggs Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Biggs Elementary is approximately 19.0:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Biggs Elementary?
At Biggs Elementary, the student body is approximately 51% White, 44% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Biggs Elementary public or private?
Biggs Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Biggs Unified.
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