Paradise Ridge Elementary

Paradise Ridge Elementary is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Paradise, California, operated by Paradise Unified, teacheing 496 students in grades K through 6.

Paradise Unified comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,733 students; Paradise Ridge Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Paradise Ridge Elementary reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Paradise Ridge Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Paradise Ridge Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Butte County shows median household earnings sit near $67,928, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Butte County's 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,730 students), Paradise Ridge Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Children's Community Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Paradise Ridge Elementary.

Paradise Ridge Elementary operates from a countryside location.

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