Copperopolis Elementary

Set in Copperopolis, California, Copperopolis Elementary is a compact K-5 school, part of Mark Twain Union Elementary. It teaches 216 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 54% below the state mean of about 465.

Copperopolis Elementary is one of 3 schools operated by Mark Twain Union Elementary, a district that serves 732 students overall.

On demographics, Copperopolis Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school records 25% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Calaveras County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Copperopolis Elementary shows 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 60% of students at Copperopolis Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Copperopolis Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.9%; actual is 24.1%, a gap of -19.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Calaveras County indicate median household income runs about $78,647, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Calaveras County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,261 students), of which Copperopolis Elementary is one.

Learners Empowered Academic Progress (LEAP) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Copperopolis Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Copperopolis Elementary's enrollment has declined 22% since 2018, when it stood at 276 (now 216). Class-load math has loosened: from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 27.7:1 in 2025.

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