Paradise eLearning Academy

Paradise eLearning Academy, a micro-enrollment combined-grade school in Paradise, California, run under Paradise Unified, hosts 44 students, covering grades K through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 602 students each, so Paradise eLearning Academy sits 93% below that benchmark.

Within Paradise Unified, which oversees 7 schools and 1,733 students, Paradise eLearning Academy is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Paradise eLearning Academy lists that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Native American.

Looking at school resources, Paradise eLearning Academy reports 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, 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%. Paradise eLearning Academy is one of 96 public schools in Butte County (combined enrollment of about 29,730 students).

The closest other public school is Paradise Senior High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 23%: 57 students in 2018 compared to 44 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 43.9:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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