Round Valley Elementary

Located at Foothill and Airport Sts., in Covelo, California, Round Valley Elementary is a small elementary-level community that enrolls 313 students (grades K through 8), part of Round Valley Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Round Valley Elementary sits 33% smaller than that benchmark.

Round Valley Elementary is one of 3 schools operated by Round Valley Unified, a district that enrolls 447 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Round Valley Elementary shows that the largest single group is Native American at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 35% Hispanic, 8% White, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Round Valley Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.5:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Mendocino County's rate of about 75%.

With demographic context factored in, Round Valley Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 26.4%; Round Valley Elementary posts 10.6%, -15.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Mendocino County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,092 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Mendocino County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students), of which Round Valley Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Round Valley High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Round Valley Elementary at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 19.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Round Valley Elementary has rose 3%, going from 305 students in 2018 to 313 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 28% to 35% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 28.6:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.

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