Otter Creek Elementary

Otter Creek Elementary is a micro-enrollment elementary campus in Georgetown, California, operated by Black Oak Mine Unified. The school caters to 15 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Otter Creek Elementary sits 97% smaller than that benchmark.

Black Oak Mine Unified runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,235 students. Otter Creek Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Otter Creek Elementary logs that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% multiracial, 7% Native American, 7% Pacific Islander. That composition is broadly in line with El Dorado County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Otter Creek Elementary has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Otter Creek Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Dorado County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, El Dorado County reports that median household income runs about $108,845, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across El Dorado County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students), Otter Creek Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Foresthill Elementary, around 5.6 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 18 students in 2018 compared to 15 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 6% to 0% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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