Gazelle Elementary

Gazelle Elementary operates as a tiny elementary school in Gazelle, California, part of Gazelle Union Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 34 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 93% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Gazelle Elementary is a school of Gazelle Union Elementary, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Gazelle Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 15% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Siskiyou County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gazelle Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 38.2%; Gazelle Elementary posts 18.2%, -20.0 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Siskiyou County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,095, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gazelle Elementary is one of 52 public schools in Siskiyou County (combined enrollment of about 6,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Butteville Elementary, around 6.5 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gazelle Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 31.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Gazelle Elementary's enrollment has edged up 31% since 2018, when it stood at 26 (now 34). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 19% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

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