Harry P B Carden

Harry P B Carden is one of the minimally staffed unified-grade schools in Marysville, California, one of the schools within Yuba County Office of Education, with 22 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 96% smaller than typical.

Yuba County Office of Education runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 466 students. Harry P B Carden is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Harry P B Carden lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 45% White, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Yuba County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Yuba County indicate median household income runs about $76,373, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Harry P B Carden is one of 41 public schools in Yuba County (combined enrollment of about 16,045 students).

Nearest neighbor: Yuba County Special Education, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harry P B Carden.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harry P B Carden has declined 31%, going from 32 students in 2018 to 22 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged up from 22% to 45% over that span.

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