Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FALL RIVER JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 061347001535
Fall River Elementary
24977 Curve St., Fall River Mills, CA 96028 · (530) 336-5551 · Shasta County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
148 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 61% larger than its 6th grade class (33).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
49.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.3pp since 2014
Math
34.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.2% | 27.1% | 22.2% | 28.5% |
| Math | 10.3% | 24.7% | 42.5% | 22.6% |
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 | 49.3% | 34.9% |
| 2023-24 | 41.4% | 25.5% |
| 2022-23 | 43.1% | 31.7% |
| 2021-22 | 40.4% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.5% | 28.7% |
| 2018-19 | 43.5% | 35.7% |
| 2017-18 | 37.5% | 35.7% |
| 2016-17 | 46.1% | 34.1% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Fall River Elementary
Fall River Elementary's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall River Elementary this school | 275 | 53.8% | 37.8% |
| Mar Vista Elementary Aptos | 270 | 54.1% | 34.7% |
| Del Mar Elementary Morro Bay | 271 | 56.5% | 53.7% |
| Olivet Elementary Charter Santa Rosa | 323 | 53.9% | N/A |
| Alta Heights Elementary Napa | 318 | 56.0% | 41.2% |
| Clarence Lobo Elementary San Clemente | 328 | 54.3% | 43.5% |
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 Fall River Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Shasta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #2,682 of 5,151 | #17 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #2,754 of 5,172 ▲ 822 | #17 of 30 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #2,093 of 5,172 ▲ 491 | #11 of 30 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.9pp | #1,392 of 5,116 | #11 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #4,953 of 5,915 | #23 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #369 of 5,352 | #5 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #1,870 of 5,354 | #13 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #3,758 of 5,625 | #25 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #2,974 of 3,837 | #9 of 16 |
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
275
-14 (-5%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 418
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 275 | 14.9 | 18.4:1 | 54% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 15.8 | 17.0:1 | 53% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 15.8 | 17.9:1 | 51% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | 15 | 19.3:1 | 58% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 14.3 | 20.8:1 | 58% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 14 | 21.3:1 | 58% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 267 | N/A | N/A | 60% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 328 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 52% (172) |
| 1990-91 | 418 | 21 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fall River Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (298 to 275); teachers up 4% (14.3 to 14.9).
About Fall River Elementary
Fall River Elementary is a small elementary school in Fall River Mills, California. The school enrolls 275 students in kindergarten through 6. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Fall River Joint Unified serves 1,156 students across 10 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Fall River Elementary is 52% White. Other groups make up 36% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Native American. Shasta County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.4:1. The school has 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 18.4:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Federal data show 54% of students (148) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among California public elementary schools, Fall River Elementary outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
In California, Fall River Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 37.8% actual against a predicted 48.0%.
The county, Shasta County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $72,636 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Shasta County has 95 public schools with about 26,639 students, including Fall River Elementary.
A public school about 3.5 miles away, Fall River Junior-Senior High, is the closest to Fall River Elementary. Fall River Elementary has 3 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 32.8% proficiency; Fall River Elementary posts 37.8%.
Fall River Elementary is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 289 to 275, a 5% decline.
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Shasta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
181,436
Census ACS
Median income
$72,636
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
26,639 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fall River Joint Unified
- Burney ElementaryElementary · 349 students
- Burney Junior-Senior HighHigh · 231 students
- Fall River Junior-Senior HighHigh · 226 students
- Intermountain Independent StudyCombined · 26 students
- Burney Community DayHigh · 13 students
- Soldier Mountain High (Continuation)High · 13 students
Other schools in Fall River Mills
- Fall River Elementary Community DayElementary
Other Fall River Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Fall River Elementary. Fall River Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Fall River Elementary SchoolLONGMONT, CO · 520 students
- Fall River ElementaryFall River, WI · 231 students
- Fall River Elementary SchoolBig Sandy, WV · 112 students
Nearby schools
- Fall River Junior-Senior High3.5 mi · 226
- Fall River Community Day3.7 mi · 11
- Soldier Mountain High (Continuation)3.7 mi · 13
- Mt. Burney Special Education Center13.8 mi · 2
- Burney Junior-Senior High13.9 mi · 231
- Burney Elementary14.1 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Fall River ElementaryHow large is Fall River Elementary?
Fall River Elementary enrolls approximately 275 students in grades KG-06.
Is Fall River Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fall River Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Fall River Elementary?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at Fall River Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fall River Elementary?
At Fall River Elementary, the student body is approximately 52% White, 36% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Is Fall River Elementary public or private?
Fall River Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fall River Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.