Cobb Mountain Elementary

Cobb Mountain Elementary operates as a rural-scale K-5 school in Cobb, California, one of the schools within Middletown Unified. Current enrollment sits at 110 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 76% smaller than typical.

Middletown Unified runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,452 students. Cobb Mountain Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Cobb Mountain Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Cobb Mountain Elementary logs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at Cobb Mountain Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cobb Mountain Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 51.9%; this one comes in at 31.4%, -20.5 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $60,621, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Cobb Mountain Elementary is one of 43 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 10,167 students).

Nearest neighbor: Minnie Cannon Elementary, around 7.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cobb Mountain Elementary at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 28.1%.

Cobb Mountain Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Cobb Mountain Elementary's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 131 (now 110). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 today.

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