Newcastle Elementary

Newcastle Elementary operates as an one-room-style elementary school in Newcastle, California, run under Newcastle Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 164 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 65% below the state mean of about 465.

Within Newcastle Elementary, which oversees 2 schools and 497 students, Newcastle Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Newcastle Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Newcastle Elementary records 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Newcastle Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Placer County's rate of about 33%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Newcastle Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.5%, the actual is 68.0%, a residual of -3.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Placer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $115,998 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Placer County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), of which Newcastle Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Newcastle Charter, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Newcastle Elementary. On composite proficiency, Newcastle Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.3%.

Newcastle Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Newcastle Elementary has rose 4%, going from 157 students in 2018 to 164 in 2025. The White share of enrollment rose from 75% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.