Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 173 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS MOLINOS UNIFIED·NCES 062286003496
Los Molinos Elementary
7700 Stanford, Los Molinos, CA 96055 · (530) 384-7903 · Tehama County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
22.2:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
214 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 21 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 148% larger than its 8th grade class (21).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Los Molinos Elementary→Los Molinos High
Based on grade levels within Los Molinos Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
29.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -10.8pp since 2014
Math
23.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.8% | 24.4% | 24.4% | 46.4% |
| Math | 6.0% | 17.5% | 28.3% | 48.2% |
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 | 29.2% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 22.9% |
| 2022-23 | 33.8% | 23.9% |
| 2021-22 | 33.6% | 19.5% |
| 2020-21 | 33.3% | 28.1% |
| 2018-19 | 45.5% | 42.5% |
| 2017-18 | 38.0% | 29.9% |
| 2016-17 | 40.2% | 27.0% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Los Molinos Elementary
Los Molinos Elementary's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Molinos Elementary this school | 266 | 80.5% | 25.3% |
| Parkview Elementary Taft | 328 | 79.0% | 36.1% |
| Washington Elementary Winton | 295 | 79.7% | 38.2% |
| Linell K. Walker Elementary Fortuna | 256 | 84.0% | 22.8% |
| McKinley Elementary Gridley | 341 | 80.9% | N/A |
| Dana Gray Elementary Fort Bragg | 342 | 79.2% | 23.2% |
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 Los Molinos Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tehama County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #4,048 of 5,151 | #12 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #3,940 of 5,172 ▼ 90 | #11 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #4,060 of 5,172 ▼ 174 | #11 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.2pp | #1,730 of 5,116 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #5,030 of 5,915 | #11 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,313 of 5,352 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #2,514 of 5,354 | #6 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.5% | #2,147 of 5,625 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #2,027 of 3,837 | #3 of 8 |
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
266
-10 (-4%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 266 | 12 | 22.2:1 | 80% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 246 | 13 | 18.9:1 | 83% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 14 | 16.9:1 | 82% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 15 | 18.4:1 | 81% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 16.4 | 19.1:1 | 86% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 330 | 16 | 20.6:1 | 80% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 289 | N/A | N/A | 87% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 20 | 17.9:1 | 78% (280) |
| 1990-91 | 373 | 14 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Molinos Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (313 to 266); teachers down 27% (16.4 to 12).
About Los Molinos Elementary
Among the schools in Los Molinos, California, is Los Molinos Elementary, a small elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 266 students. It has 43% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Los Molinos Unified has a total of 3 schools and 549 students, Los Molinos Elementary among them.
More than half of enrollment at Los Molinos Elementary is Hispanic: 59%. Other groups make up 34% White and 4% multiracial. Tehama County as a whole is about 29% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Los Molinos Elementary scores 53%.
Based on 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, Los Molinos Elementary has a ratio of 22.2:1. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Income data for the school show 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Los Molinos Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Los Molinos Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.3%; the prediction is 32.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Tehama County show that the median household earns about $63,784 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Tehama County has 41 public schools with about 10,948 students, including Los Molinos Elementary.
Los Molinos Elementary's nearest public school is Los Molinos High (about 0.4 miles). In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Los Molinos Elementary. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Los Molinos Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
The school shrank from 276 students in 2020-21 to 266 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.2:1.
On allk12, people connected to Los Molinos Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Tehama County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,167
Census ACS
Median income
$63,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
10,948 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Los Molinos Unified
- Los Molinos HighHigh · 203 students
- Vina ElementaryElementary · 80 students
Other schools in Los Molinos
- Lassen View ElementaryElementary · 355 students
- Los Molinos HighHigh · 203 students
Other Los Molinos Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Los Molinos Elementary. Los Molinos Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Los Molinos ElementaryHacienda Heights, CA · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Los Molinos High0.4 mi · 203
- Richfield Elementary4.1 mi · 253
- Gerber Elementary5.7 mi · 400
- Lassen View Elementary6.1 mi · 355
- Vina Elementary6.3 mi · 80
- Corning Union High7.2 mi · 974
Frequently asked questions
About Los Molinos ElementaryHow many students attend Los Molinos Elementary?
Los Molinos Elementary enrolls approximately 266 students in grades KG-08.
Is Los Molinos Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Los Molinos Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Los Molinos Elementary have?
Los Molinos Elementary employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Los Molinos Elementary?
At Los Molinos Elementary, the student body is approximately 34% White, 59% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Los Molinos Elementary public or private?
Los Molinos Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Molinos Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.