Enrollment
274
Elementary
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALERMO UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 062954011570
Golden Hills Elementary
2400 Via Canela, Oroville, CA 95966 · (530) 532-6000 · Butte County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL274 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
26.6:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
232 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 143 | 52% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 48% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Golden Hills Elementary→Palermo Middle
Based on grade levels within Palermo Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
34.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.9pp since 2014
Math
26.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.5% | 23.4% | 24.5% | 40.5% |
| Math | 7.4% | 19.3% | 36.1% | 37.2% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 26.4% | 21.2% |
| 2022-23 | 33.6% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.9% | 16.8% |
| 2018-19 | 32.1% | 26.7% |
| 2017-18 | 41.4% | 24.3% |
| 2016-17 | 34.0% | 17.4% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 19.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Golden Hills Elementary
Golden Hills Elementary's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Hills Elementary this school | 274 | 84.7% | 27.3% |
| Lucerne Elementary Lucerne | 282 | 84.4% | 24.8% |
| Frazier Park Elementary Frazier Park | 234 | 84.6% | 32.2% |
| Pine Grove Elementary Crescent City | 265 | 83.4% | 17.6% |
| Linell K. Walker Elementary Fortuna | 256 | 84.0% | 22.8% |
| Redway Elementary Redway | 272 | 77.9% | 19.8% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Golden Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Butte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #3,826 of 5,151 | #17 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #3,569 of 5,172 ▲ 481 | #17 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #3,442 of 5,172 ▲ 725 | #13 of 26 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,252 of 5,116 | #5 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 274 | #4,969 of 5,915 | #27 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.6:1 | #5,031 of 5,352 | #33 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #1,190 of 5,354 | #10 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #1,699 of 5,625 | #5 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #3,047 of 3,837 | #9 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
274
+23 (+9%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 304
Student : Teacher
26.6:1
was 25.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 274 | 10.3 | 26.6:1 | 85% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 10.1 | 24.6:1 | 81% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 10.5 | 23.4:1 | 80% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 251 | 10 | 25.1:1 | 76% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 295 | 9.8 | 30.3:1 | 83% (244) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 9 | 31.7:1 | 81% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 304 | N/A | N/A | 82% (250) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Golden Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (295 to 274); teachers up 6% (9.8 to 10.3).
About Golden Hills Elementary
Golden Hills Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in Oroville, California. The school's enrollment of 274 students covers grades 4 through 5. Enrollment is 41% lower than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Across its 5 schools, Palermo Union Elementary enrolls 1,343 students. Golden Hills Elementary is one of those schools.
Enrollment at Golden Hills Elementary is mixed, with White students the largest group at 43%. After that, the student body is 38% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 4% Native American. Census figures show Butte County is about 70% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Golden Hills Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
With 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Golden Hills Elementary was 26.6:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. Golden Hills Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 85%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Butte County is 63%.
allk12 grades Golden Hills Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Golden Hills Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 27.3% actual against 29.9% predicted.
Across Butte County, median household income is about $67,928, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Golden Hills Elementary is among the 96 public schools in Butte County.
The closest other public school is Helen M. Wilcox Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Golden Hills Elementary ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 27.3% versus a 25.2% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The number of students climbed from 251 to 274 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 25.1:1 to 26.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Butte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,929
Census ACS
Median income
$67,928
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
29,730 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palermo Union Elementary
- Helen M. Wilcox ElementaryElementary · 592 students
- Palermo MiddleMiddle · 458 students
- HoncutElementary · 14 students
- Palermo Community DayElementary · 5 students
- Palermo Special Education PreschoolElementary
Other schools in Oroville
- Las Plumas HighHigh · 1,265 students
- Oroville HighHigh · 872 students
- Helen M. Wilcox ElementaryElementary · 592 students
- STREAM CharterElementary · 515 students
- Nelson Avenue MiddleMiddle · 456 students
- Ophir ElementaryElementary · 452 students
Other Golden Hills Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Golden Hills Elementary. Golden Hills Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Golden Hills ElementaryTehachapi, CA · 663 students
- GOLDEN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBELLEVUE, NE · 253 students
Nearby schools
- Helen M. Wilcox Elementary0.2 mi · 592
- Las Plumas High0.5 mi · 1,265
- Oakdale Heights Elementary0.8 mi · 252
- Wyandotte Academy2.0 mi · 249
- The Studios @ Central2.1 mi · 300
- Ishi Hills Middle2.3 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Golden Hills ElementaryHow many students attend Golden Hills Elementary?
Golden Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 274 students in grades 04-05.
What grades does Golden Hills Elementary serve?
Golden Hills Elementary serves grades 04-05.
How many teachers does Golden Hills Elementary have?
Golden Hills Elementary employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Golden Hills Elementary?
Student demographics at Golden Hills Elementary are roughly 43% White, 38% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Golden Hills Elementary public or private?
Golden Hills Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Palermo Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.