Shade Canyon

Among the schools in Kelseyville, California, is Shade Canyon, a very small elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 8 and has 64 students enrolled. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 86% lower.

Shade Canyon is administered by Shade Canyon District.

Of every 100 students at Shade Canyon, about 63 are White. The rest of enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 11% Native American, and 5% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.

Teacher count: 4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.0:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 42%. The rate at public schools in Lake County averages 73%, higher than here.

In Lake County, median household income comes to about $60,621, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 43, with about 10,167 students.

Ed Donaldson Education Center is the nearest public school to Shade Canyon, about 0.1 miles away. Shade Canyon is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area. Shade Canyon operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.

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