Mary Peacock Elementary

Located at 1720 Arlington, in Crescent City, California, Mary Peacock Elementary is an intimate primary school that serves 251 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Del Norte County Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Mary Peacock Elementary sits 46% below that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in Del Norte County Unified (3,378 students total), Mary Peacock Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Mary Peacock Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest looks like 28% Hispanic, 6% Native American, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Mary Peacock Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mary Peacock Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.2%; Mary Peacock Elementary posts 24.8%, -17.5 points below that line.

In the area at large, Del Norte County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,058 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Del Norte County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,003 students), Mary Peacock Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Del Norte High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mary Peacock Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 21.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Mary Peacock Elementary's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 295 (now 251). Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

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