Los Molinos Elementary

As a small K-5 school in Los Molinos, California, Los Molinos Elementary educates 266 students from grades K through 8, overseen by Los Molinos Unified. That puts it 43% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Los Molinos Unified runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 549 students. Los Molinos Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Los Molinos Elementary logs that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 34% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 80% of students at Los Molinos Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Los Molinos Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Tehama County put the typical household earns roughly $63,784 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Tehama County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,948 students), of which Los Molinos Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Los Molinos High, roughly 0.4 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Los Molinos Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Los Molinos Elementary has shrank 15%, going from 313 students in 2018 to 266 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 49% to 59%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 today.

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