Fletcher Walker Elementary

Fletcher Walker Elementary is one of the one-room-style elementary campuss in Westwood, California, run under Westwood Unified, with 128 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Fletcher Walker Elementary sits 72% leaner than that benchmark.

Westwood Unified runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 182 students. Fletcher Walker Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Fletcher Walker Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 7% Native American, 3% multiracial. Compared to Lassen County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lassen County (around 56%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Fletcher Walker Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.9%, the actual is 28.2%, a residual of -5.7 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lassen County indicate median household income runs about $67,403, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Lassen County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,757 students), of which Fletcher Walker Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Westwood High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fletcher Walker Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 32.0%.

Fletcher Walker Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fletcher Walker Elementary has edged up 47%, going from 87 students in 2018 to 128 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 7% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 29.0:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 today.

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