San Andreas Elementary

San Andreas Elementary is a close-knit elementary-level community in San Andreas, California, one of the schools within Calaveras Unified. The school instructs 334 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 28% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Calaveras Unified, which oversees 9 schools and 2,841 students, San Andreas Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, San Andreas Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, San Andreas Elementary has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Calaveras County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, San Andreas Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 37.9%; actual is 20.2%, a gap of -17.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Calaveras County) records that the typical household earns roughly $78,647 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Andreas Elementary is one of 23 public schools in Calaveras County (combined enrollment of about 5,261 students).

The closest other public school is Gold Strike High, roughly 0.4 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), San Andreas Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 24.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. San Andreas Elementary's enrollment has edged up 27% since 2018, when it stood at 264 (now 334). Class-load math has rose: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 25.6:1 in 2025.

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