Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 136 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEED UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 064198006873
Weed Elementary
575 White Ave., Weed, CA 96094 · (530) 938-2715 · Siskiyou County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
211 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 79% larger than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
19.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.2pp since 2014
Math
20.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.7% | 14.1% | 28.3% | 52.0% |
| Math | 5.6% | 15.2% | 30.9% | 48.3% |
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 | 19.8% | 20.8% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 17.8% | 15.1% |
| 2021-22 | 22.4% | 18.4% |
| 2018-19 | 31.7% | 24.2% |
| 2017-18 | 29.3% | 21.1% |
| 2016-17 | 26.9% | 23.6% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
19.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Weed Elementary
Weed Elementary's state test result (19.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weed Elementary this school | 268 | 78.7% | 19.0% |
| Arcata Elementary Arcata | 240 | 78.8% | 30.2% |
| Shasta Meadows Elementary Redding | 320 | 80.3% | 37.1% |
| Rother Elementary Redding | 280 | 83.2% | 26.2% |
| Joe Hamilton Elementary Crescent City | 298 | 81.5% | 19.2% |
| Pine Grove Elementary Crescent City | 265 | 83.4% | 17.6% |
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 Weed Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Siskiyou County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #4,655 of 5,151 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #4,226 of 5,172 ▲ 276 | #9 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #4,855 of 5,172 ▼ 119 | #10 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #1,766 of 5,116 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #5,018 of 5,915 | #2 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #215 of 5,352 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #558 of 5,354 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.7% | #2,296 of 5,625 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #3,165 of 3,837 | N/A |
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
268
-30 (-10%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 268 | 15.2 | 17.6:1 | 79% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 16 | 18.0:1 | 86% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 18 | 17.9:1 | 78% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 15 | 19.9:1 | 81% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 286 | 16.6 | 17.2:1 | 88% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 241 | 13 | 18.5:1 | 90% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 304 | N/A | N/A | 88% (266) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 77% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 580 | 28 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weed Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (286 to 268); teachers down 8% (16.6 to 15.2).
About Weed Elementary
At 575 White Ave. in Weed, California, Weed Elementary operates as a small elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 268 students. It has 42% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Weed Elementary is one school in a 2-school district, Weed Union Elementary, which enrolls 272 students.
The largest group at Weed Elementary is White students, at 46%. After that, the student body is 22% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 4% Black. Census figures show Siskiyou County is about 78% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
There are about 17.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Weed Elementary, which has 15.2. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 4.7 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Weed Elementary is about 79%. That is higher than the 65% average for public schools in Siskiyou County.
Weed Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (19.0%) and its predicted rate (33.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Looking at the county, Siskiyou County, median household income comes to about $59,095, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 52, with about 6,059 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Weed Elementary from the closest public school, Weed High. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Weed Elementary ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
From 298 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 268 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 17.6:1, from 19.9:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Siskiyou County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,466
Census ACS
Median income
$59,095
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
6,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weed Union Elementary
- Wyeka Vista Community Day SchoolElementary · 4 students
Other schools in Weed
- Weed HighHigh · 187 students
- Butteville ElementaryElementary · 162 students
- Wyeka Vista Community Day SchoolElementary · 4 students
Nearby schools
- Weed High0.4 mi · 187
- Wyeka Vista Community Day School0.7 mi · 4
- Butteville Elementary3.3 mi · 162
- Mount Shasta High8.3 mi · 241
- Sisson8.4 mi · 274
- Mt. Shasta Elementary8.5 mi · 195
Frequently asked questions
About Weed ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Weed Elementary?
Weed Elementary enrolls approximately 268 students in grades KG-08.
Is Weed Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Weed Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Weed Elementary have?
Weed Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
How diverse is Weed Elementary?
Weed Elementary reports a student body of 46% White, 22% Hispanic, 4% Black, 9% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Weed Elementary in?
Weed Elementary is part of Weed Union Elementary.
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