Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHEATLAND·NCES 064233006927
Lone Tree Elementary
123 Beale Hwy., Beale AFB, CA 95903 · (530) 788-0248 · Yuba County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
21.8:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
148 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 78 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 63% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
58.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.1pp since 2014
Math
46.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.8% | 27.4% | 25.6% | 16.2% |
| Math | 16.2% | 29.9% | 30.8% | 23.1% |
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 | 58.1% | 46.1% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 39.8% |
| 2022-23 | 62.3% | 50.8% |
| 2021-22 | 66.2% | 55.2% |
| 2020-21 | 53.7% | 43.1% |
| 2018-19 | 51.5% | 33.3% |
| 2017-18 | 52.1% | 38.0% |
| 2016-17 | 46.4% | 39.9% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
50.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Lone Tree Elementary
Lone Tree Elementary's state test result (50.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Tree Elementary this school | 305 | 48.5% | 50.6% |
| Condor Elementary Twentynine Palms | 397 | 45.6% | 39.0% |
| California Creative Learning Academy Los Angeles | 330 | 48.8% | N/A |
| Riverside Drive Charter Sherman Oaks | 392 | 46.2% | 57.7% |
| Canfield Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 285 | 49.5% | 73.6% |
| Jones Elementary San Diego | 257 | 52.5% | 44.1% |
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 Lone Tree Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Yuba County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #1,679 of 5,151 | #2 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #1,843 of 5,172 ▲ 364 | #2 of 15 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #1,459 of 5,172 ▼ 130 | #3 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.6pp | #189 of 5,116 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #4,724 of 5,915 | #13 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #2,038 of 5,352 | #4 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #386 of 5,354 | #2 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.5% | #3,976 of 5,625 | #13 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #1,257 of 3,837 | #1 of 6 |
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
305
-19 (-6%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 305 | 14 | 21.8:1 | 49% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 16 | 20.1:1 | 52% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 17 | 20.7:1 | 36% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 15 | 21.6:1 | 29% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 16 | 24.3:1 | 40% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 17 | 22.6:1 | 48% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | N/A | N/A | 36% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 542 | 32 | 16.9:1 | 44% (240) |
| 1990-91 | 668 | 32 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lone Tree Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (389 to 305); teachers down 12% (16 to 14).
About Lone Tree Elementary
Lone Tree Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Beale AFB, California. School enrollment was 305 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 34% smaller than that.
Lone Tree Elementary is in Wheatland, a district with 1,359 students across 4 schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Lone Tree Elementary. The largest is White students, at 37%. Next come 29% Hispanic, 22% multiracial, 9% Black, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 54% White among all Yuba County residents. Lone Tree Elementary's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Lone Tree Elementary total 14 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.8:1. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. The school counts 148 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 49%. Compared with the 68% average for public schools in Yuba County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Lone Tree Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 51.1% at Lone Tree Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Yuba County, the median household income is $76,373, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 41 public schools in Yuba County, enrolling about 16,045 students in all.
The closest public school to Lone Tree Elementary is Wheatland Charter Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within ten miles. On proficiency, Lone Tree Elementary is ahead of the 45.7% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
For locale, NCES codes Lone Tree Elementary as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment declined 6% from its 2020-21 level of 324.
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Yuba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
84,507
Census ACS
Median income
$76,373
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
16,045 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wheatland
- Bear RiverMiddle · 585 students
- Wheatland ElementaryElementary · 380 students
- Wheatland Charter AcademyElementary · 89 students
Other Lone Tree Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lone Tree Elementary. Lone Tree Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Lone Tree ElementaryAntioch, CA · 518 students
- Lone Tree ElementaryLONE TREE, CO · 392 students
- Lone Tree Elementary SchoolLone Tree, IA · 196 students
Nearby schools
- Wheatland Charter Academy0.0 mi · 89
- Wheatland Elementary8.1 mi · 380
- Edward P. Duplex8.4 mi · 55
- Wheatland Union High8.4 mi · 1,063
- Wheatland Community Day High8.4 mi · 8
- Bear River8.4 mi · 585
Frequently asked questions
About Lone Tree ElementaryHow many students attend Lone Tree Elementary?
Lone Tree Elementary enrolls approximately 305 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lone Tree Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lone Tree Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Lone Tree Elementary have?
Lone Tree Elementary employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Lone Tree Elementary?
Student demographics at Lone Tree Elementary are roughly 37% White, 29% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 22% Two or more.
What district is Lone Tree Elementary in?
Lone Tree Elementary is part of Wheatland.
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