Honcut

Set in Oroville, California, Honcut is a micro-enrollment primary school, operated by Palermo Union Elementary. It hosts 14 students across grades K through 3. That puts it 97% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Palermo Union Elementary comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,343 students; Honcut is among them.

In terms of who attends, Honcut lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% White, 7% multiracial, 7% Native American. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Honcut has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Honcut tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Butte County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Butte County shows median household income runs about $67,928, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Butte County's 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,730 students), Honcut is one campus in the mix.

Loma Rica Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 27%: 11 students in 2018 compared to 14 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Honcut typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.