Northside Elementary

Northside Elementary is a primary school of cozy scale in Cool, California, run under Black Oak Mine Unified, works with 283 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 39% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 6 schools in Black Oak Mine Unified (1,235 students total), Northside Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northside Elementary lists that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 17% multiracial, 16% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Northside Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.4%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (El Dorado County) logs that median household earnings sit near $108,845, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, El Dorado County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students), of which Northside Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Skyridge Elementary, roughly 2.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northside Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northside Elementary at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

Northside Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northside Elementary has decreased 4%, going from 296 students in 2018 to 283 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 81% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

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