Delphic Elementary

Delphic Elementary is a rural-scale elementary campus in Montague, California, one of the schools within Delphic Elementary. The school instructs 61 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 87% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Delphic Elementary is the operating authority for Delphic Elementary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Delphic Elementary lists that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Delphic Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.1%; this one delivers 40.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Siskiyou County) records that the typical household earns roughly $59,095 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Delphic Elementary is one of 52 public schools in Siskiyou County (combined enrollment of about 6,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Montague Elementary, around 2.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Delphic Elementary. On composite proficiency, Delphic Elementary comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Delphic Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 61 students in 2018 to 61 in 2025. The White share of enrollment increased from 56% to 75% over that span.

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