Enrollment
96
Elementary
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARYSVILLE JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 062409003638
Yuba Feather Elementary
18008 Oregon Hill Rd., Challenge, CA 95925 · (530) 740-4040 · Yuba County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL96 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
83 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 22 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 11 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (17).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
31.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.4pp since 2014
Math
31.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.6% | 28.9% | 26.3% | 42.1% |
| Math | 7.9% | 23.7% | 34.2% | 34.2% |
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 | 31.6% | 31.6% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 22.2% |
| 2022-23 | 29.6% | 23.6% |
| 2021-22 | 33.3% | 16.7% |
| 2020-21 | 27.3% | 14.9% |
| 2018-19 | 38.5% | 36.9% |
| 2017-18 | 20.0% | 21.5% |
| 2016-17 | 23.3% | 22.0% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Yuba Feather Elementary
Yuba Feather Elementary's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuba Feather Elementary this school | 96 | 86.5% | 29.6% |
| Kernville Elementary Kernville | 105 | 78.1% | 34.4% |
| Lincoln Street Red Bluff | 82 | 86.6% | 13.5% |
| Lake County International Charter Middletown | 88 | 76.1% | N/A |
| Spring Valley Elementary Oroville | 67 | 82.1% | 24.1% |
| Grizzly Hill Nevada City | 105 | 84.8% | 12.9% |
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 Yuba Feather Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Yuba County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 96 | #5,645 of 5,915 | #17 of 21 |
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
96
-47 (-33%) vs 2020
-74% since 1990-91, when it was 365
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 96 | 5.4 | 17.9:1 | 86% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 116 | 6 | 19.3:1 | 84% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 124 | 6.5 | 19.1:1 | 83% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 143 | 7 | 20.4:1 | 76% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 132 | 5 | 26.4:1 | 78% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 115 | 5 | 23.0:1 | 79% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 149 | N/A | N/A | 91% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 181 | 9 | 20.1:1 | 70% (126) |
| 1990-91 | 365 | 16 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yuba Feather Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (132 to 96); teachers up 7% (5 to 5.4).
About Yuba Feather Elementary
Yuba Feather Elementary is a small elementary school in Marysville Joint Unified, located in Challenge, California. A total of 96 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 79% smaller than average.
Marysville Joint Unified (23 schools, 10,418 students) runs Yuba Feather Elementary.
At Yuba Feather Elementary, White students make up 65% of the student body. The remaining shares are 22% Hispanic and 13% multiracial. Yuba County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Yuba Feather Elementary counts 5.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.9 students for each one. That is lower than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 86%. For comparison, public schools in Yuba County average 68%.
Yuba Feather Elementary is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (29.6% versus 28.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
According to the American Community Survey, in Yuba County, the median household income is $76,373, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. There are 41 public schools in Yuba County, enrolling about 16,045 students in all.
The closest other public school is Dobbins Elementary, about 7.6 miles away. Yuba Feather Elementary has 3 other public schools within ten miles. Yuba Feather Elementary ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 29.6% against a local average of 34.2%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over 4 years, Yuba Feather Elementary's enrollment dropped 33%, to 96. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.4:1 to 17.9:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Yuba Feather Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Yuba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
84,507
Census ACS
Median income
$76,373
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
16,045 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marysville Joint Unified
- Lindhurst HighHigh · 1,254 students
- Marysville HighHigh · 1,034 students
- Yuba Gardens IntermediateMiddle · 761 students
- Arboga ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Kynoch ElementaryElementary · 678 students
- Linda ElementaryElementary · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Dobbins Elementary7.6 mi · 70
- Yuba Environmental Science Charter Academy8.3 mi · 184
- Camptonville Elementary9.5 mi · 48
- Bangor Union Elementary11.8 mi · 88
- Berry Creek Elementary12.8 mi · 41
- Grizzly Hill14.2 mi · 105
Frequently asked questions
About Yuba Feather ElementaryHow large is Yuba Feather Elementary?
Yuba Feather Elementary enrolls approximately 96 students in grades KG-06.
Is Yuba Feather Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Yuba Feather Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Yuba Feather Elementary have?
Yuba Feather Elementary employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Yuba Feather Elementary?
Student demographics at Yuba Feather Elementary are roughly 65% White, 22% Hispanic, 13% Two or more.
Is Yuba Feather Elementary public or private?
Yuba Feather Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marysville Joint Unified.
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