Enrollment
23
California · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Woody, CA
Blake Elementary
Federal NCES profile for Blake Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 15/100.
2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 060525000497
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Blake Elementary earns 15/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in California.
- 15
- Resource Index · Lower
- 68.8%
- free-lunch eligible
- 23
- students enrolled
School address
District: Blake Elementary · California
NCES ID 060525000497 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Free-lunch eligible
68.8%
vs 55.5% California avg
+24% vs state
What stands out at Blake Elementary
The composite reveals a resource-side weakness
Blake Elementary's free-meal eligibility sits closer to the broad California middle than to an extreme, but its Resource Investment Index falls near the lower end of scored schools. That makes the composite itself the notable signal rather than student need. Inspecting the underlying factors matters here: a low score can result from thin counselor coverage, limited gifted access, attendance pressure, or heavier classroom staffing, and those are different operational problems.
Attendance is the dominant support signal
Blake Elementary's 56.5% chronic-absence rate is more consequential than a generic staffing label: at least one quarter of students missed 10% or more of school days in the 2021-22 collection. That level can affect instruction, counseling demand, and continuity even when other reported resources look ordinary. The dataset records the scale of absence but not its causes, so it should prompt a current-year question rather than a conclusion about school management.
Blake Elementary is a higher-need, small elementary school in Woody, California, enrolling 23 students.
Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 68.8% of students eligible for free meals.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 96% of California schools, with 23 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index trails 91% of the 9,998 California schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.
Among 124 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need California schools statewide, it ranks #112, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is led by White (61%) and Hispanic or Latino (35%) (diversity index 51/100).
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 56.5% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
The surrounding Blake Elementary spends $12,611 per pupil, 24% below the California average, a leaner-resourced district than most.
Blake Elementary operates only this one school, so Blake Elementary has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 23 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of California's single-school districts.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Blake Elementary compares
Blake Elementary on the metrics families compare, against California and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs California | California avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free-lunch eligible | 68.8% | ▲ 24% | 55.5% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 23 | top 96% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
23
Bigger than 3% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
68.8%
free-lunch eligible
- 24% above the California average of 55.5%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Engagement
56.5%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$12,611
per pupil, district-wide
- below California avg of $16,509
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 60.9%
Hispanic or Latino 34.8%
Two or More 4.3%
Largest group: White at 60.9% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 50.6/100
Simpson diversity index - at 50.6, Blake Elementary is more mixed than the California school average of 46.0.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Blake Elementary, which includes Blake Elementary.
$12,611
Per student
-24%
vs California
Avg $16,509
-24%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 31.1%
State 61.8%
Federal 7.1%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar elementary schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of California, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Blake Elementary
How many students attend Blake Elementary?
Blake Elementary has 23 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Woody, CA.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Blake Elementary?
68.8% of students at Blake Elementary are eligible for free lunch, compared to the California average of 55.5%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Blake Elementary?
The largest demographic group at Blake Elementary is White at 60.9% of enrollment, in Woody, CA. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 50.6/100.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Blake Elementary?
Blake Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 15/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.
What other schools are in Blake Elementary?
None reported; Blake Elementary operates only Blake Elementary as a public school district in NCES's records.
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