Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 264 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THERMALITO UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063918010743
Plumas Avenue Elementary
440 Plumas Ave., Oroville, CA 95965 · (530) 538-2930 · Butte County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
24.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
280 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Plumas Avenue Elementary→Nelson Avenue Middle
Based on grade levels within Thermalito Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.1pp since 2014
Math
28.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.8% | 27.3% | 30.4% | 30.4% |
| Math | 8.7% | 19.9% | 31.1% | 40.4% |
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 | 39.1% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 29.4% | 27.7% |
| 2022-23 | 31.9% | 26.3% |
| 2021-22 | 34.5% | 24.8% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 16.1% |
| 2018-19 | 50.8% | 30.1% |
| 2017-18 | 50.4% | 30.4% |
| 2016-17 | 40.6% | 29.3% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Plumas Avenue Elementary
Plumas Avenue Elementary's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plumas Avenue Elementary this school | 322 | 87.0% | 31.3% |
| Sierra Avenue Elementary Oroville | 365 | 90.4% | 21.5% |
| Wyandotte Academy Oroville | 249 | 82.3% | 32.4% |
| Alice Birney Elementary Eureka | 375 | 77.6% | 15.5% |
| Oakdale Heights Elementary Oroville | 252 | 79.0% | 19.6% |
| Poplar Avenue Elementary Oroville | 321 | 84.4% | 26.6% |
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 Plumas Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Butte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,356 of 5,151 | #14 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #3,365 of 5,172 ▼ 40 | #15 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #3,018 of 5,172 ▲ 827 | #12 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #1,929 of 5,116 | #8 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #4,565 of 5,915 | #22 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #4,300 of 5,352 | #32 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #330 of 5,354 | #5 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #1,477 of 5,625 | #3 of 39 |
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
322
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
+34% since 2010-11, when it was 241
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 322 | 13 | 24.8:1 | 87% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 13 | 25.8:1 | 88% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 13.3 | 24.6:1 | 85% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 14 | 22.6:1 | 89% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 322 | 13 | 24.8:1 | 84% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 291 | 12 | 24.3:1 | 88% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 241 | N/A | N/A | 78% (188) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plumas Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (322 to 322); teachers unchanged (13 to 13).
About Plumas Avenue Elementary
Plumas Avenue Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Oroville, California. It serves 322 students in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 31% smaller than that.
Thermalito Union Elementary has 1,515 students spread across 6 schools.
At Plumas Avenue Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 37%. Next come 31% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 70% White. Plumas Avenue Elementary's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 13 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 24.8:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligible students account for 87% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Butte County is 63%.
allk12 grades Plumas Avenue Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Plumas Avenue Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 28.6%. Plumas Avenue Elementary scores 31.3%, 2.7 points above that line.
Among Butte County residents, the median household income is $67,928, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Plumas Avenue Elementary is one of 96 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Oroville High Community Day, at about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Plumas Avenue Elementary places 1st of 4 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Plumas Avenue Elementary had 316 students in 2020-21 and 322 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 22.6:1 to 24.8:1.
Discussions about Plumas Avenue Elementary may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Butte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,929
Census ACS
Median income
$67,928
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
29,730 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Thermalito Union Elementary
- Nelson Avenue MiddleMiddle · 456 students
- Sierra Avenue ElementaryElementary · 365 students
- Poplar Avenue ElementaryElementary · 321 students
- Siskiyou Avenue ElementaryElementary · 46 students
- Heritage Community DayMiddle · 5 students
Other schools in Oroville
- Las Plumas HighHigh · 1,265 students
- Oroville HighHigh · 872 students
- Helen M. Wilcox ElementaryElementary · 592 students
- STREAM CharterElementary · 515 students
- Nelson Avenue MiddleMiddle · 456 students
- Ophir ElementaryElementary · 452 students
Nearby schools
- Oroville High Community Day0.4 mi · 5
- Hearthstone0.4 mi · 185
- Prospect High (Continuation)0.4 mi · 88
- Heritage Community Day0.4 mi · 5
- Nelson Avenue Middle0.4 mi · 456
- Butte County Special Education0.5 mi · 49
Frequently asked questions
About Plumas Avenue ElementaryHow large is Plumas Avenue Elementary?
Plumas Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 322 students in grades KG-05.
Is Plumas Avenue Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Plumas Avenue Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Plumas Avenue Elementary?
Approximately 24.8:1 students per teacher at Plumas Avenue Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Plumas Avenue Elementary?
Student demographics at Plumas Avenue Elementary are roughly 37% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 31% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Plumas Avenue Elementary public or private?
Plumas Avenue Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Thermalito Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.