Little Shasta Elementary

Located at 8409 Lower Little Shasta Rd., in Montague, California, Little Shasta Elementary is a rural-scale elementary campus that serves 18 students (grades K through 8), run under Little Shasta Elementary. That puts it 96% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Little Shasta Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic. Compared to Siskiyou County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Siskiyou County's rate of about 65%.

Across the wider county, census data for Siskiyou County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,095 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Siskiyou County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,059 students), Little Shasta Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Big Springs Elementary, around 6.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Little Shasta Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Little Shasta Elementary's enrollment has rose 13% since 2018, when it stood at 16 (now 18). Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 31% to 78%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

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