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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YUBA CITY UNIFIED·NCES 064347007037
Park Avenue Elementary
100 Morton St., Yuba City, CA 95991 · (530) 822-5265 · Sutter County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
513 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Park Avenue Elementary→Gray Avenue Middle
Based on grade levels within Yuba City Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
21.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.2pp since 2014
Math
16.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.9% | 13.3% | 23.7% | 55.0% |
| Math | 3.4% | 13.4% | 28.5% | 54.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.2% | 16.8% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 13.4% | 17.8% |
| 2021-22 | 13.6% | 14.2% |
| 2018-19 | 32.1% | 25.5% |
| 2017-18 | 35.1% | 24.5% |
| 2016-17 | 29.4% | 23.9% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 15.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Park Avenue Elementary
Park Avenue Elementary's state test result (18.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Avenue Elementary this school | 541 | 94.8% | 18.7% |
| Coldwater Canyon Elementary North Hollywood | 570 | 95.3% | 31.0% |
| Landau Elementary Cathedral City | 579 | 94.1% | 34.2% |
| Jefferson Elementary Reedley | 477 | 95.6% | 42.6% |
| Walter White Elementary Ceres | 526 | 91.1% | 13.1% |
| Della S. Lindley Elementary Thousand Palms | 552 | 92.6% | 27.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Park Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sutter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #4,684 of 5,151 | #19 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #4,584 of 5,172 ▼ 199 | #18 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #4,774 of 5,172 ▲ 96 | #19 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #1,645 of 5,116 | #9 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #1,975 of 5,915 | #8 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #3,828 of 5,352 | #14 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.5% | #3,818 of 5,354 | #15 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.8% | #473 of 5,625 | #2 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #3,551 of 3,837 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
541
-16 (-3%) vs 2017
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 22.3:1
% White
8%
was 10%
% Hispanic
82%
was 83%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
3%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 541 | 22.5 | 24.1:1 | 95% (513) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 23 | 24.5:1 | 93% (523) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 22 | 24.5:1 | 96% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 25 | 22.3:1 | 99% (552) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 24 | 23.5:1 | 95% (539) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | N/A | N/A | 92% (545) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 100% (621) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 25 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (557 to 541); teachers down 10% (25 to 22.5).
About Park Avenue Elementary
Federal records list Park Avenue Elementary as an elementary school in Yuba City, California. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 541 students.
Besides Park Avenue Elementary, Yuba City Unified runs 16 other schools. The district enrolls 11,388 students.
Roughly 82% of students at Park Avenue Elementary are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 8% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 33% of Sutter County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 33%.
The school's 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Income data for the school show 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Sutter County, the average is 60%.
Park Avenue Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 18.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 24.0%.
The school is in Sutter County, where the median household earns about $79,704 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Sutter County's 46 public schools enroll about 23,784 students and include Park Avenue Elementary.
Yuba City High is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Park Avenue Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Park Avenue Elementary ranks 3rd of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 18.7% against a local average of 23.7%.
NCES describes the area around Park Avenue Elementary as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 3% decline took enrollment from 557 in 2017-18 to 541 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 22.3:1 in 2017-18 to 24.1:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Park Avenue Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
Sutter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,857
Census ACS
Median income
$79,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
23,784 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yuba City Unified
- River Valley HighHigh · 1,695 students
- Yuba City HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Andros KarperosElementary · 1,181 students
- Riverbend ElementaryElementary · 914 students
- Butte Vista ElementaryElementary · 853 students
- Gray Avenue MiddleMiddle · 655 students
Other schools in Yuba City
- River Valley HighHigh · 1,695 students
- Yuba City HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Andros KarperosElementary · 1,181 students
- Riverbend ElementaryElementary · 914 students
- Butte Vista ElementaryElementary · 853 students
- Gray Avenue MiddleMiddle · 655 students
Other Park Avenue Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Park Avenue Elementary. Park Avenue Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 12.
- Park Avenue ElementaryCudahy, CA · 274 students
- Park Avenue ElementaryWebster, MA · 738 students
- PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTUTTGART, AR · 641 students
- Park Avenue Elementary SchoolMount Gilead, OH · 475 students
- Park Avenue Elementary SchoolFreehold, NJ · 463 students
Nearby schools
- Yuba City High0.3 mi · 1,678
- Yuba City Charter0.5 mi · 256
- Yuba City Independence Academy0.5 mi · 102
- Bridge Street Elementary0.7 mi · 480
- Gray Avenue Middle0.9 mi · 655
- AeroSTEM Academy1.0 mi · 116
Frequently asked questions
About Park Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Park Avenue Elementary?
Park Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 541 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Park Avenue Elementary serve?
Park Avenue Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Park Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Park Avenue Elementary is approximately 24.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Park Avenue Elementary?
At Park Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 82% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Park Avenue Elementary public or private?
Park Avenue Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yuba City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.