Pine Elementary

Located at 3295 Holt Rd., in Holtville, California, Pine Elementary is a cozy elementary-level community that works with 210 students (grades K through 8), run under Holtville Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Pine Elementary sits 55% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Holtville Unified, which oversees 6 schools and 1,574 students, Pine Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Pine Elementary records that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 34% White. By comparison, Imperial County as a whole is about 86% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully less Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Pine Elementary records 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Imperial County (around 77%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pine Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 40.4%; actual is 59.5%, +19.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Imperial County) shows that median household earnings sit near $57,681, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pine Elementary is one of 76 public schools in Imperial County (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students).

The closest other public school is Freedom Academy of Imperial Valley, roughly 5.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pine Elementary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 34.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pine Elementary has edged up 25%, going from 168 students in 2018 to 210 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share grew from 22% to 34%.

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