Hot Springs Elementary

Hot Springs Elementary is one of the micro-enrollment elementary-level communitys in California Hot Springs, California, run under Hot Springs Elementary, with 10 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 98% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Hot Springs Elementary is a school of Hot Springs Elementary, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Hot Springs Elementary shows that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 20% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Hot Springs Elementary has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Hot Springs Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Tulare County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Tulare County shows median household income runs about $71,300, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Tulare County's 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), Hot Springs Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Linns Valley-Poso Flat Elementary, roughly 9.8 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 44%: 18 students in 2018 compared to 10 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 50% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 5.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.