Lee Vining Elementary

Lee Vining Elementary is one of the very small elementary campuss in Lee Vining, California, overseen by Eastern Sierra Unified, with 101 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Lee Vining Elementary sits 78% leaner than that benchmark.

Eastern Sierra Unified runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 348 students. Lee Vining Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Lee Vining Elementary shows that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 46% Hispanic, 4% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lee Vining Elementary has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lee Vining Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 47% of students at Lee Vining Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lee Vining Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Mono County) reports that median household earnings sit near $99,415, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Mono County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,446 students), Lee Vining Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lee Vining High, roughly 0.4 miles away. On composite proficiency, Lee Vining Elementary comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 100 students in 2018 compared to 101 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 51% to 46% over that span.

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