Leggett Valley Elementary

Set in Leggett, California, Leggett Valley Elementary is a tiny elementary campus, part of Leggett Valley Unified. It works with 51 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Leggett Valley Elementary sits 89% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Leggett Valley Unified (111 students total), Leggett Valley Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Leggett Valley Elementary shows that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 18% Hispanic, 8% Native American, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Mendocino County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Leggett Valley Elementary has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Mendocino County's rate of about 75%.

After controlling for student poverty, Leggett Valley Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.9%; this one delivers 22.0%.

In the area at large, Mendocino County reports that median household income runs about $68,092, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Mendocino County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students), Leggett Valley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Leggett Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 59 students in 2018 compared to 51 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 76% to 67% over that span.

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