Janesville Elementary

Janesville Elementary is an intimate K-5 school in Janesville, California, overseen by Janesville Union Elementary. The school hosts 313 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 33% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Janesville Union Elementary is the operating authority for Janesville Elementary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Janesville Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the resource side, Janesville Elementary reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Janesville Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.4%; this one comes in at 31.8%, -17.7 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Lassen County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,403 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Lassen County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,757 students), Janesville Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lassen County Special Education, roughly 5.6 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Janesville Elementary comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Janesville Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 352 (now 313). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 11% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Janesville Elementary community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.