George T. Egling Middle

As an intimate middle school in Colusa, California, George T. Egling Middle hosts 553 students from grades 4 through 8, run under Colusa Unified.

Colusa Unified comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,470 students; George T. Egling Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, George T. Egling Middle logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder is composed of 18% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the resource side, On paper, George T. Egling Middle has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, George T. Egling Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 28.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Colusa County put median household income runs about $75,672, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Colusa County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,732 students), of which George T. Egling Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Colusa Alternative Home, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, George T. Egling Middle comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 27.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at George T. Egling Middle has remained close to its prior level, going from 563 students in 2018 to 553 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 70% to 75%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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