Chicago Park Elementary

Chicago Park Elementary is a K-5 school of tiny scale in Grass Valley, California, run under Chicago Park Elementary, educateing 120 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 74% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Chicago Park Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by Chicago Park Elementary, a district that caters to 163 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chicago Park Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Nevada County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Chicago Park Elementary has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Chicago Park Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.4%.

In the surrounding community, Nevada County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,882, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Chicago Park Elementary is one of 46 public schools in Nevada County (combined enrollment of about 13,561 students).

Chicago Park Community Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Chicago Park Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Chicago Park Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 123 (now 120). Hispanic enrollment moved from 13% to 21% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

On the community side, 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.