Orr Creek

Orr Creek serves students in Ukiah, California, as a very small school serving multiple grade levels. The school offers kindergarten through 12 and enrolls 17 students. On average, combined schools in California enroll around 602, and this school is 97% below that mark.

Orr Creek is run by Mendocino County Office of Education, whose 3 schools enroll 41 students.

The largest group at Orr Creek is White students, at 59%. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic and 18% multiracial.

Orr Creek reports a ratio of 8.0 students per teacher, from 2.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across combined schools in California, the average ratio is 18.6:1. Lunch program data show 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

In Mendocino County, home to about 90,244 people, median household income comes to about $68,092, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 66 public schools in the county, enrolling about 12,738, Orr Creek among them.

The closest school to Orr Creek is Ukiah Independent Study Academy, located about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Orr Creek.

The school is in a town far from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Remote).

Orr Creek reported 8 students in 2017-18 and 17 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. The ratio was 4.0:1 in 2017-18 and 8.0:1 in 2024-25.

Orr Creek has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.