North Country Elementary

Set in Antelope, California, North Country Elementary is a moderately sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Center Joint Unified. It works with 563 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 21% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 8 schools in Center Joint Unified (4,593 students total), North Country Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Country Elementary logs that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 31% White, 12% Asian, 9% multiracial, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, North Country Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.1%; this one delivers 30.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) records that median household income runs about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Country Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

The closest other public school is Creative Connections Arts Academy, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, North Country Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 621 students in 2018 compared to 563 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 31% across the same window.

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