Georgetown Elementary

Georgetown Elementary operates as a close-knit elementary campus in Georgetown, California, overseen by Black Oak Mine Unified. Current enrollment sits at 229 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 51% below typical.

Black Oak Mine Unified runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,235 students. Georgetown Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Georgetown Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. Compared to El Dorado County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at Georgetown Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, El Dorado County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Georgetown Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.5%; Georgetown Elementary posts 21.7%, -26.8 points below that line.

Across the wider county, El Dorado County reports that the typical household earns roughly $108,845 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across El Dorado County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students), Georgetown Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Divide High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Georgetown Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Georgetown Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Georgetown Elementary's enrollment has rose 3% since 2018, when it stood at 222 (now 229). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 83% to 74%.

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