Stanford Avenue Elementary

Set in Oroville, California, Stanford Avenue Elementary is a moderately sized elementary school, overseen by Oroville City Elementary. It hosts 403 students across grades K through 5.

Oroville City Elementary comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,950 students; Stanford Avenue Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Stanford Avenue Elementary lists that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% multiracial, 17% Hispanic, 3% Native American, 2% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Butte County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, Stanford Avenue Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.0%, the actual is 16.8%, a residual of -14.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Butte County put median household earnings sit near $67,928, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Butte County's 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,730 students), Stanford Avenue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Oroville High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Stanford Avenue Elementary comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.3%.

Stanford Avenue Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 437 students in 2018 compared to 403 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 in 2025.

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