Loyalton Elementary

As a cozy elementary school in Loyalton, California, Loyalton Elementary hosts 199 students from grades K through 6, overseen by Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified. That puts it 57% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 414 students; Loyalton Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Loyalton Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder comes out to 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Loyalton Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 58.5%; Loyalton Elementary posts 33.1%, -25.4 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sierra County put the typical household earns roughly $63,355 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Loyalton Elementary is one of 7 public schools in Sierra County (combined enrollment of about 414 students).

Nearest neighbor: Loyalton High, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Loyalton Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 33.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 199 students in 2018 compared to 199 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 77% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 today.

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