Ophir Elementary

Ophir Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Oroville, California, part of Oroville City Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 452 students spanning grades K through 5.

Oroville City Elementary comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,950 students; Ophir Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ophir Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Ophir Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Ophir Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ophir Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.8%; this one delivers 30.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Butte County shows median household income runs about $67,928, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Butte County's 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,730 students), Ophir Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Ishi Hills Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ophir Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 25.3%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 13%: 400 students in 2018 compared to 452 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 61% to 53% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

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