Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 264 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THERMALITO UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063918006545
Poplar Avenue Elementary
2075 Poplar Ave., Oroville, CA 95965 · (530) 538-2910 · Butte County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% 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.
- C+Beats 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
21.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
271 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 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
65%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
Poplar 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
29.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.9pp since 2014
Math
28.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.7% | 20.1% | 26.0% | 44.2% |
| Math | 11.7% | 16.9% | 31.2% | 40.3% |
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 | 29.9% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 27.5% | 19.3% |
| 2022-23 | 30.9% | 29.3% |
| 2021-22 | 28.2% | 24.2% |
| 2020-21 | 31.3% | 17.2% |
| 2018-19 | 28.9% | 23.4% |
| 2017-18 | 36.3% | 29.6% |
| 2016-17 | 22.1% | 27.1% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
26.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Poplar Avenue Elementary
Poplar Avenue Elementary's state test result (26.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Avenue Elementary this school | 321 | 84.4% | 26.6% |
| Cottage Elementary Sacramento | 502 | 76.3% | 12.1% |
| Plumas Avenue Elementary Oroville | 322 | 87.0% | 31.3% |
| Merton E. Hill Elementary Garden Grove | 278 | 86.0% | 64.6% |
| Dayton Elementary San Leandro | 340 | 71.2% | 42.4% |
| Castelar Street Elementary Los Angeles | 626 | 85.5% | 50.4% |
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 Poplar Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Butte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #3,900 of 5,151 | #19 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #3,364 of 5,172 ▲ 889 | #14 of 26 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #4,000 of 5,172 ▲ 68 | #18 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,306 of 5,116 | #10 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #4,572 of 5,915 | #23 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,759 of 5,352 | #20 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #1,209 of 5,354 | #11 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.4% | #1,721 of 5,625 | #6 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.0% | #418 of 1,139 | #5 of 15 |
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
321
-9 (-3%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 321 | 15 | 21.4:1 | 84% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 12.3 | 26.4:1 | 80% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 298 | 11 | 27.1:1 | 80% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | 14 | 23.6:1 | 83% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 11.5 | 24.7:1 | 86% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 10 | 25.9:1 | 90% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 193 | N/A | N/A | 81% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 91% (457) |
| 1990-91 | 465 | 19 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Poplar Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (284 to 321); teachers up 31% (11.5 to 15).
About Poplar Avenue Elementary
Poplar Avenue Elementary is a public elementary school run by Thermalito Union Elementary in Oroville, California. It had 321 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 31% below average.
Poplar Avenue Elementary is a school in Thermalito Union Elementary. The district has 6 schools and 1,515 students.
Asian students account for 50% of enrollment at Poplar Avenue Elementary, more than any other group. Other students are 27% White, 13% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Butte County residents are about 6% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Poplar Avenue Elementary scores 65%.
Its ratio of 21.4:1 is based on 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 84%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Butte County is 63%.
Poplar Avenue Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of California public elementary schools.
Poplar Avenue Elementary scores 26.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 30.1%.
Butte County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $67,928, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 96 public schools in the county, enrolling about 29,730, Poplar Avenue Elementary among them.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Poplar Avenue Elementary from the closest public school, Siskiyou Avenue Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Poplar Avenue Elementary ranks 3rd of 5 on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
A 3% decrease took enrollment from 330 in 2020-21 to 321 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.6:1 to 21.4:1.
The allk12 page for Poplar Avenue Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Plumas Avenue ElementaryElementary · 322 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
- Siskiyou Avenue Elementary0.0 mi · 46
- Sierra Avenue Elementary1.2 mi · 365
- Butte County Special Education1.9 mi · 49
- Nelson Avenue Middle1.9 mi · 456
- Heritage Community Day1.9 mi · 5
- Plumas Avenue Elementary2.0 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Poplar Avenue ElementaryHow large is Poplar Avenue Elementary?
Poplar Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 321 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Poplar Avenue Elementary serve?
Poplar Avenue Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Poplar Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Poplar Avenue Elementary is approximately 21.4:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Poplar Avenue Elementary?
At Poplar Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 50% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Poplar Avenue Elementary public or private?
Poplar 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.