Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 234 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEL NORTE COUNTY UNIFIED·NCES 061077001197
Pine Grove Elementary
900 Pine Grove Rd., Crescent City, CA 95531 · (707) 464-0350 · Del Norte County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
221 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Pine Grove Elementary→Crescent Elk Middle
Based on grade levels within Del Norte County Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
22.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
12.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.9% | 18.8% | 21.9% | 55.5% |
| Math | 1.6% | 10.9% | 23.4% | 64.1% |
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 | 22.7% | 12.5% |
| 2023-24 | 20.3% | 13.7% |
| 2022-23 | 21.3% | 18.8% |
| 2021-22 | 19.4% | 14.9% |
| 2018-19 | 32.1% | 27.6% |
| 2017-18 | 32.3% | 36.1% |
| 2016-17 | 37.5% | 27.2% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
17.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Pine Grove Elementary
Pine Grove Elementary's state test result (17.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove Elementary this school | 265 | 83.4% | 17.6% |
| Joe Hamilton Elementary Crescent City | 298 | 81.5% | 19.2% |
| Golden Hills Elementary Oroville | 274 | 84.7% | 27.3% |
| Bess Maxwell Elementary Crescent City | 217 | 86.2% | 13.5% |
| North Fork Elementary North Fork | 227 | 79.7% | 31.6% |
| Shasta Meadows Elementary Redding | 320 | 80.3% | 37.1% |
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 Pine Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Del Norte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #4,778 of 5,151 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #4,921 of 5,172 ▼ 140 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #4,677 of 5,172 ▲ 28 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #3,179 of 5,116 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #5,036 of 5,915 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #2,173 of 5,352 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #826 of 5,354 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #1,841 of 5,625 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #2,223 of 3,837 | N/A |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
265
-13 (-5%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 27.8:1
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 | 265 | 12.1 | 22.0:1 | 83% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 11.2 | 23.2:1 | 80% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 280 | 12.2 | 22.9:1 | 79% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 10 | 27.8:1 | 77% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 13 | 23.5:1 | 81% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 296 | 12 | 24.7:1 | 73% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 222 | N/A | N/A | 66% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 361 | 19 | 19.0:1 | 48% (172) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 22 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (306 to 265); teachers down 7% (13 to 12.1).
About Pine Grove Elementary
Pine Grove Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school with an address in Crescent City, California. It reports enrollment of 265 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 43% below that mark.
Del Norte County Unified runs Pine Grove Elementary along with 10 other schools, enrolling 3,378 students in total.
The student body at Pine Grove Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 47%. The remaining shares are 27% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Native American, and 5% Asian. Del Norte County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Pine Grove Elementary are from different groups.
There are 12.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pine Grove Elementary, giving a ratio of 22.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. By family income, 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 69% average for public schools in Del Norte County is 14 points lower.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Pine Grove Elementary is -13.1 points: 17.6% actual, 30.7% predicted.
The school's county is Del Norte County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $67,058 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Pine Grove Elementary shares Del Norte County with 15 other public schools.
About 1.0 miles separate Pine Grove Elementary from the closest public school, Mary Peacock Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Pine Grove Elementary places 5th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place Pine Grove Elementary in the Town: Remote locale, which means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
A 5% decline took enrollment from 278 in 2020-21 to 265 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 27.8:1 to 22.0:1.
This page is set up for the Pine Grove Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Del Norte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,107
Census ACS
Median income
$67,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,003 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Del Norte County Unified
- Del Norte HighHigh · 918 students
- Crescent Elk MiddleMiddle · 507 students
- Redwood ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Joe Hamilton ElementaryElementary · 298 students
- Smith River ElementaryElementary · 258 students
- Mary Peacock ElementaryElementary · 251 students
Other schools in Crescent City
- Del Norte HighHigh · 918 students
- Crescent Elk MiddleMiddle · 507 students
- Redwood ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Castle RockCombined · 315 students
- Joe Hamilton ElementaryElementary · 298 students
- Uncharted Shores AcademyCombined · 283 students
Other Pine Grove Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Pine Grove Elementary. Pine Grove Elementary is the 11th largest of the 11.
- Pine Grove ElementarySanta Maria, CA · 569 students
- PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBROOKSVILLE, FL · 943 students
- Pine Grove Elementary SchoolValdosta, GA · 756 students
- Pine Grove Elementary SchoolPine Grove, PA · 563 students
- Pine Grove ElementaryColumbia, SC · 501 students
Nearby schools
- Mary Peacock Elementary1.0 mi · 251
- Del Norte High1.3 mi · 918
- Del Norte Community1.4 mi · 27
- Castle Rock1.5 mi · 315
- Bess Maxwell Elementary1.5 mi · 217
- Crescent Elk Middle2.1 mi · 507
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Grove ElementaryHow many students attend Pine Grove Elementary?
Pine Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 265 students in grades KG-05.
Is Pine Grove Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pine Grove Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Pine Grove Elementary have?
Pine Grove Elementary employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Pine Grove Elementary?
Student demographics at Pine Grove Elementary are roughly 47% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Pine Grove Elementary public or private?
Pine Grove Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Del Norte County Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.