Elk Creek High

Elk Creek High is one of the tiny four-year high schools in Elk Creek, California, overseen by Stony Creek Joint Unified, with 21 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Elk Creek High sits 97% below that benchmark.

Elk Creek High is one of 2 schools operated by Stony Creek Joint Unified, a district that educates 55 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Elk Creek High lists that 52% of students identify as Native American, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 29% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.3:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Glenn County put median household earnings sit near $67,139, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Glenn County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,252 students), Elk Creek High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Elk Creek Elementary, around 0.2 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 34%: 32 students in 2018 compared to 21 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 6% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 6.4:1 in 2018 to 4.3:1 today.

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