Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EUREKA CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 060005201479
Grant Elementary
3901 G St., Eureka, CA 95503 · (707) 441-2552 · Humboldt County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
191 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 179% larger than its 5th grade class (28).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
35.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.3pp since 2014
Math
34.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +20.4pp 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 34 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.9% | 21.3% | 22.9% | 41.8% |
| Math | 9.0% | 25.4% | 29.5% | 36.1% |
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 | 35.3% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 21.7% |
| 2022-23 | 33.7% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.8% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 19.1% |
| 2018-19 | 36.3% | 22.3% |
| 2017-18 | 26.3% | 21.7% |
| 2016-17 | 28.1% | 18.9% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Grant Elementary
Grant Elementary's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Elementary this school | 278 | 68.7% | 29.3% |
| Lafayette Elementary Eureka | 324 | 72.2% | 29.1% |
| Hawthorne Elementary San Diego | 248 | 61.7% | 54.2% |
| Mariposa Avenue Elementary Citrus Heights | 326 | 72.7% | 21.3% |
| Pasadena Avenue Elementary Sacramento | 343 | 71.7% | 21.9% |
| Woodside Elementary Concord | 289 | 60.6% | 37.8% |
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 Grant Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Humboldt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #3,607 of 5,151 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #2,795 of 5,172 ▲ 1,196 | #14 of 23 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #3,413 of 5,172 ▲ 713 | #14 of 23 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.4pp | #1,828 of 5,116 | #10 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #4,934 of 5,915 | #12 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #3,119 of 5,352 | #16 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #249 of 5,354 | #3 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.7% | #3,035 of 5,625 | #10 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #3,096 of 3,837 | #12 of 17 |
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
278
+33 (+13%) vs 2020
+11% since 2000-01, when it was 251
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 278 | 12 | 23.2:1 | 69% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 11.3 | 24.1:1 | 69% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 11.2 | 22.1:1 | 81% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 10 | 24.5:1 | 82% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 14 | 21.3:1 | 81% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 13 | 23.7:1 | 76% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 349 | N/A | N/A | 77% (269) |
| 2000-01 | 251 | 12 | 20.9:1 | 35% (89) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grant Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (298 to 278); teachers down 14% (14 to 12).
About Grant Elementary
Grant Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school that serves part of Eureka, California. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 278 students. The school's enrollment is 40% smaller than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
The district for Grant Elementary is Eureka City Schools, with 8 schools and 3,462 students.
Grant Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 37%. The school is also 30% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 13% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. The White share of the county population is higher, at 72%. The chance that two students picked at random at Grant Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
Grant Elementary employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 23.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 69%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Humboldt County is 60%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Grant Elementary is 10.0 points below its prediction. Actual: 29.3%. Predicted: 39.3%.
Within Humboldt County, median household income is about $61,160, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 92 public schools in Humboldt County, with a combined enrollment of about 17,319.
The closest public school to Grant Elementary is Zoe Barnum High, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 29.3% average proficiency ranks 4th among 5 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Grant Elementary in a town far from an urbanized area (Town: Remote).
The student count in 2024-25 was 278, 13% above the 245 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 24.5:1 to 23.2:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Humboldt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
134,541
Census ACS
Median income
$61,160
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
17,319 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eureka City Schools
- Eureka Senior HighHigh · 1,162 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 426 students
- Catherine L. Zane MiddleMiddle · 417 students
- Winship MiddleMiddle · 413 students
- Alice Birney ElementaryElementary · 375 students
- Lafayette ElementaryElementary · 324 students
Other schools in Eureka
- Eureka Senior HighHigh · 1,162 students
- Alder Grove Charter School 2Combined · 481 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 426 students
- Catherine L. Zane MiddleMiddle · 417 students
- Winship MiddleMiddle · 413 students
- Alice Birney ElementaryElementary · 375 students
Other Grant Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 13 states are named Grant Elementary. Grant Elementary is the 29th largest of the 35.
- Grant ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 951 students
- Grant ElementaryRedding, CA · 600 students
- Grant ElementarySanta Monica, CA · 562 students
- Grant ElementaryRichmond, CA · 551 students
- Grant ElementaryAntioch, CA · 478 students
Nearby schools
- Zoe Barnum High0.9 mi · 67
- Pacific View Charter 2.01.0 mi · 152
- Alice Birney Elementary1.0 mi · 375
- Cutten Elementary1.0 mi · 288
- Washington Elementary1.1 mi · 426
- Northern United - Humboldt Charter1.2 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Grant ElementaryHow large is Grant Elementary?
Grant Elementary enrolls approximately 278 students in grades KG-05.
Is Grant Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grant Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grant Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grant Elementary is approximately 23.2:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grant Elementary?
At Grant Elementary, the student body is approximately 37% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Grant Elementary?
Grant Elementary is overseen by Eureka City Schools in Humboldt County.
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