Pine Grove Elementary STEM Magnet

Pine Grove Elementary STEM Magnet, a cozy K-5 school in Jackson, California, overseen by Amador County Unified, works with 259 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 44% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Pine Grove Elementary STEM Magnet is one of 12 schools operated by Amador County Unified, a district that enrolls 4,027 students overall.

Demographically, Pine Grove Elementary STEM Magnet lists that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pine Grove Elementary STEM Magnet sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 53.3%; actual is 26.8%, a gap of -26.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Amador County shows median household earnings sit near $88,044, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Pine Grove Elementary STEM Magnet is one of 15 public schools in Amador County (combined enrollment of about 4,050 students).

Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.7 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pine Grove Elementary STEM Magnet at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pine Grove Elementary STEM Magnet has declined 10%, going from 287 students in 2018 to 259 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.6:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 in 2025.

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