Flournoy Elementary

Flournoy Elementary, a very small elementary school in Flournoy, California, run under Flournoy Union Elementary, educates 32 students, covering grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 93% leaner than typical.

Operationally, Flournoy Elementary answers to Flournoy Union Elementary, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Flournoy Elementary records that 66% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 31% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Tehama County's rate of about 72%.

With demographic context factored in, Flournoy Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.9%; this one delivers 39.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Tehama County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,784 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Tehama County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,948 students), of which Flournoy Elementary is one.

Rancho Tehama Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.3 miles from this campus. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Flournoy Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 19.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Flournoy Elementary has ticked up 23%, going from 26 students in 2018 to 32 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 15% to 31%. Class-load math has tightened: from 32.5:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.