Lone Tree Elementary

Lone Tree Elementary is a K-5 school of close-knit scale in Beale AFB, California, overseen by Wheatland, enrolling 305 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 34% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Lone Tree Elementary is one of 4 schools operated by Wheatland, a district that serves 1,359 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Lone Tree Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 29% Hispanic, 22% multiracial, 9% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 54% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Yuba County's rate of about 68%.

With demographic context factored in, Lone Tree Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Yuba County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,373 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Yuba County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,045 students), of which Lone Tree Elementary is one.

Wheatland Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Lone Tree Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Lone Tree Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 305). Over the same period, the White share declined from 51% to 37%. Class-load math has fell: from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 in 2025.

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