Blosser Lane Elementary

Blosser Lane Elementary is a small elementary-level community in Willits, California, one of the schools within Willits Unified. The school educates 335 students in grades 3 through 5. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Blosser Lane Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Willits Unified, a district that works with 1,529 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Blosser Lane Elementary reports that the largest single group is multiracial at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 16% White, 3% Native American.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Blosser Lane Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Mendocino County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Blosser Lane Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 43.6%; this one comes in at 20.3%, -23.3 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Mendocino County put median household earnings sit near $68,092, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Blosser Lane Elementary is one of 66 public schools in Mendocino County (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students).

Nearest neighbor: Baechtel Grove Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Blosser Lane Elementary comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 16.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Blosser Lane Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 314 (now 335). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 51% to 16%.

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