Orick Elementary

As a tiny primary school in Orick, California, Orick Elementary serves 8 students from grades K through 8, one of the schools within Orick Elementary. That puts it 98% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Orick Elementary is the operating authority for Orick Elementary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Orick Elementary logs that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 38% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Orick Elementary reports 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 4.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average.

Around the school, census data for Humboldt County shows median household earnings sit near $61,160, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Humboldt County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,319 students), Orick Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Big Lagoon Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 9.7 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 58%: 19 students in 2018 compared to 8 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 95% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 4.0:1 in 2025.

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