Hamilton Elementary

Set in Hamilton City, California, Hamilton Elementary is a compact K-5 school, one of the schools within Hamilton Unified. It educates 393 students across grades K through 8.

Hamilton Elementary is one of 3 schools operated by Hamilton Unified, a district that serves 708 students overall.

On demographics, Hamilton Elementary logs that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 3% White, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 45%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Glenn County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hamilton Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Glenn County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,139, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Hamilton Elementary is one of 25 public schools in Glenn County (combined enrollment of about 6,252 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ella Barkley High, around 0.4 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hamilton Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 46.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hamilton Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 401 students in 2018 to 393 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Hamilton Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.