Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YOSEMITE UNIFIED·NCES 060016000936
Coarsegold Elementary
45426 Road 415, Coarsegold, CA 93614 · (559) 683-4842 · Madera County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
212 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (34).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
20.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -17.9pp since 2014
Math
13.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -21.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 18 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.7% | 13.4% | 24.2% | 55.7% |
| Math | 4.6% | 9.3% | 20.6% | 65.5% |
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 | 20.1% | 13.9% |
| 2023-24 | 18.3% | 15.3% |
| 2022-23 | 21.9% | 10.1% |
| 2021-22 | 20.5% | 13.1% |
| 2020-21 | 21.5% | 7.7% |
| 2018-19 | 34.1% | 27.4% |
| 2017-18 | 35.3% | 32.0% |
| 2016-17 | 37.9% | 32.9% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% 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 Coarsegold Elementary
Coarsegold Elementary's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coarsegold Elementary this school | 290 | 73.1% | 16.5% |
| Norman G. Ambrosini Elementary Fortuna | 282 | 75.5% | 33.1% |
| Redway Elementary Redway | 272 | 77.9% | 19.8% |
| Idyllwild Idyllwild | 268 | 72.0% | 47.6% |
| Anderson Heights Elementary Anderson | 261 | 76.2% | 25.7% |
| Biggs Elementary Biggs | 320 | 68.8% | 21.6% |
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 Coarsegold Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Madera County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #4,852 of 5,151 | #29 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #4,837 of 5,172 ▼ 183 | #28 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #4,832 of 5,172 ▲ 21 | #30 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.2pp | #3,263 of 5,116 | #22 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #4,839 of 5,915 | #25 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #142 of 5,352 | #3 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #1,132 of 5,354 | #3 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.1% | #2,765 of 5,625 | #25 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.6% | #634 of 3,837 | #1 of 22 |
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
290
+30 (+12%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 290 | 17 | 17.1:1 | 73% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 16.6 | 19.4:1 | 74% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 271 | 17.5 | 15.5:1 | 70% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 13 | 20.0:1 | 72% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 20.5 | 19.8:1 | 67% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 430 | 22 | 19.6:1 | 60% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | N/A | N/A | 60% (274) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coarsegold Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (406 to 290); teachers down 17% (20.5 to 17).
About Coarsegold Elementary
Coarsegold Elementary is one of the public schools in Coarsegold, California. It is a small elementary school. It covers kindergarten through 8, with a total enrollment of 290 students. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Coarsegold Elementary is one of the 7 schools that make up Yosemite Unified (1,387 students in total).
The most common group at Coarsegold Elementary is White students, at 46%. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 8% Native American. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 17 full-time-equivalent teachers at Coarsegold Elementary and a ratio of 17.1:1. This ratio sits 5.2 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 73% of students.
Coarsegold Elementary trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 20.2 points (16.5% versus 36.7%), a bottom-10% result in California on BeatsExpectations.
Within Madera County, the median household income is $76,627, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Coarsegold Elementary, Madera County has 80 other public schools.
Rivergold Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.8 miles away. The ten-mile area around Coarsegold Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 29.1% on proficiency, and Coarsegold Elementary is below that at 16.5%.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Coarsegold Elementary's enrollment grew from 260 in 2020-21 to 290 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.1:1) than in 2020-21 (20.0:1).
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Madera County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,940
Census ACS
Median income
$76,627
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
32,251 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yosemite Unified
- Yosemite HighHigh · 542 students
- Rivergold ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Evergreen HighHigh · 46 students
- Ahwahnee HighHigh · 35 students
- Yosemite Falls Education CenterCombined · 25 students
- Raymond Granite HighHigh · 4 students
Other schools in Coarsegold
- Rivergold ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Meadowbrook Community DayMiddle
Nearby schools
- Rivergold Elementary4.8 mi · 445
- Oakhurst Elementary6.5 mi · 333
- Oak Creek Intermediate6.7 mi · 187
- Ahwahnee High6.8 mi · 35
- Evergreen High6.9 mi · 46
- Yosemite High6.9 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Coarsegold ElementaryHow many students attend Coarsegold Elementary?
Coarsegold Elementary enrolls approximately 290 students in grades KG-08.
Is Coarsegold Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coarsegold Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Coarsegold Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Coarsegold Elementary is approximately 17.1:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Coarsegold Elementary?
At Coarsegold Elementary, the student body is approximately 46% White, 34% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Coarsegold Elementary?
Coarsegold Elementary is overseen by Yosemite Unified in Madera County.
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