Enrollment
298
Elementary
DISTRICT 234 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEL NORTE COUNTY UNIFIED·NCES 061077001194
Joe Hamilton Elementary
1050 E St., Crescent City, CA 95531 · (707) 464-0330 · Del Norte County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL298 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
243 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Joe Hamilton Elementary→Crescent Elk Middle
Based on grade levels within Del Norte County Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
18.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.7pp since 2014
Math
14.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.3% | 12.0% | 15.5% | 66.2% |
| Math | 4.2% | 9.8% | 23.8% | 62.2% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.3% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.7% | 20.4% |
| 2022-23 | 19.0% | 19.6% |
| 2021-22 | 26.4% | 21.1% |
| 2018-19 | 30.4% | 16.4% |
| 2017-18 | 36.5% | 25.9% |
| 2016-17 | 35.7% | 25.0% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 15.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Joe Hamilton Elementary
Joe Hamilton Elementary's state test result (19.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Hamilton Elementary this school | 298 | 81.5% | 19.2% |
| Pine Grove Elementary Crescent City | 265 | 83.4% | 17.6% |
| Shasta Meadows Elementary Redding | 320 | 80.3% | 37.1% |
| Meadow View Susanville | 318 | 78.6% | 31.4% |
| Anderson Heights Elementary Anderson | 261 | 76.2% | 25.7% |
| Weed Elementary Weed | 268 | 78.7% | 19.0% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Joe Hamilton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Del Norte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #4,632 of 5,151 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #4,832 of 5,172 ▼ 705 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #4,934 of 5,172 ▼ 698 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.6pp | #244 of 5,116 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 298 | #4,778 of 5,915 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #1,199 of 5,352 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #542 of 5,354 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.5% | #2,027 of 5,625 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #2,200 of 3,837 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
298
-26 (-8%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 23.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 298 | 14.6 | 20.5:1 | 82% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 292 | 14.3 | 20.4:1 | 84% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 15.5 | 19.8:1 | 82% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 14 | 23.1:1 | 84% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 15 | 23.0:1 | 85% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 14 | 23.9:1 | 84% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 310 | N/A | N/A | 87% (269) |
| 2000-01 | 474 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 85% (402) |
| 1990-91 | 622 | 24 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joe Hamilton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (345 to 298); teachers down 3% (15 to 14.6).
About Joe Hamilton Elementary
The public elementary school Joe Hamilton Elementary is located in Crescent City, California. It teaches 298 students in kindergarten through 5. It has 36% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Joe Hamilton Elementary is run by Del Norte County Unified, whose 11 schools enroll 3,378 students.
No group is above 50% at Joe Hamilton Elementary; the largest is White, at 45%. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 14% Native American, 12% multiracial, and 6% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 64%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 20.5 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. The school reported 82% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 69% average among public schools in Del Norte County.
Joe Hamilton Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 4% of California public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Joe Hamilton Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 19.2% actual against 31.8% predicted.
The school's county is Del Norte County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $67,058 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Joe Hamilton Elementary shares Del Norte County with 15 other public schools.
Crescent Elk Middle is about 0.1 miles from Joe Hamilton Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Joe Hamilton Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Joe Hamilton Elementary is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 8%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 23.1:1 to 20.5:1 over the same years.
Joe Hamilton Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Del Norte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,107
Census ACS
Median income
$67,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,003 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Del Norte County Unified
- Del Norte HighHigh · 918 students
- Crescent Elk MiddleMiddle · 507 students
- Redwood ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Pine Grove ElementaryElementary · 265 students
- Smith River ElementaryElementary · 258 students
- Mary Peacock ElementaryElementary · 251 students
Other schools in Crescent City
- Del Norte HighHigh · 918 students
- Crescent Elk MiddleMiddle · 507 students
- Redwood ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Castle RockCombined · 315 students
- Uncharted Shores AcademyCombined · 283 students
- Pine Grove ElementaryElementary · 265 students
Nearby schools
- Crescent Elk Middle0.1 mi · 507
- Uncharted Shores Academy0.4 mi · 283
- Bess Maxwell Elementary0.8 mi · 217
- Del Norte Community0.8 mi · 27
- Castle Rock0.9 mi · 315
- Del Norte High1.0 mi · 918
Frequently asked questions
About Joe Hamilton ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Joe Hamilton Elementary?
Joe Hamilton Elementary enrolls approximately 298 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Joe Hamilton Elementary serve?
Joe Hamilton Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Joe Hamilton Elementary have?
Joe Hamilton Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Joe Hamilton Elementary?
Student demographics at Joe Hamilton Elementary are roughly 45% White, 22% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Joe Hamilton Elementary public or private?
Joe Hamilton Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Del Norte County Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.