Pine Hill Elementary

Pine Hill Elementary, a cozy elementary-level community in Eureka, California, operated by South Bay Union Elementary, serves 189 students, covering grades K through 3. That puts it 59% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within South Bay Union Elementary, which oversees 3 schools and 374 students, Pine Hill Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Pine Hill Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 36% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 4% Native American, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the resource side, On paper, Pine Hill Elementary has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Humboldt County's rate of about 60%.

After controlling for student poverty, Pine Hill Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.1%, the actual is 33.7%, a residual of -0.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Humboldt County indicate median household income runs about $61,160, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Humboldt County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,319 students), of which Pine Hill Elementary is one.

Alice Birney Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pine Hill Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Pine Hill Elementary's enrollment has shrank 23% since 2018, when it stood at 247 (now 189). The White share of enrollment decreased from 62% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

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