Enrollment
109
California · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Bolinas, CA
Bolinas-Stinson Elementary
Federal NCES profile for Bolinas-Stinson Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 31/100.
2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 060552000501
👥 S:T ratio 38
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 56
📋 Attendance 0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Bolinas-Stinson Elementary earns 31/100 on the Resource Investment Index, even as it posts class sizes smaller than 88% of California schools.
- 31
- Resource Index · Lower
- 15.6:1
- small classes for California
- 36.6%
- free-lunch eligible
- 109
- students enrolled
Bolinas-Stinson Elementary has class sizes smaller than 88% of California schools. Computed live against every California school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Bolinas-Stinson Union · California
NCES ID 060552000501 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
7.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
15.6:1
vs 21.5:1 California avg
-27% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
36.6%
vs 55.5% California avg
-34% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Bolinas-Stinson Elementary compares with California and U.S. medians
What stands out at Bolinas-Stinson Elementary
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Bolinas-Stinson Elementary sits near the smaller end of the California enrollment distribution while also reporting a lower student-teacher ratio than most state schools. That pairing is consistent with a compact, teacher-dense setting, though small scale can limit the number of specialized courses or support roles a campus can sustain. The program and staffing sections below show whether the lean ratio extends beyond classroom teachers into broader student services.
Need and resources require a component-level read
Bolinas-Stinson Elementary falls within the wide middle of the California distribution on both free-meal eligibility and the Resource Investment Index. Neither measure supplies an honest headline by itself. The useful distinctions are in the components: classroom staffing, counselor availability, attendance, gifted-program access, and district spending. Those fields can pull in opposite directions even when the overall percentile looks ordinary.
Attendance is the dominant support signal
Bolinas-Stinson Elementary's 42.2% 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.
Bolinas-Stinson Elementary is a small elementary school in Bolinas, California, enrolling 109 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 15.6:1, Bolinas-Stinson Elementary is leaner than roughly 88% of California schools and 27% under the state's 21.5:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 36.6% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 109 puts it in the smaller third of California schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 9,998 scored California schools.
Against 183 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #124.
Its student body is led by White (67%) and Hispanic or Latino (26%) (diversity index 48/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 218 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 42.2% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
The surrounding Bolinas-Stinson Union spends $54,511 per pupil, 230% above the California average, a better-resourced district than most.
Bolinas-Stinson Union operates only this one school, so Bolinas-Stinson Elementary has no district-mates to compare against locally.
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 Bolinas-Stinson Elementary compares
Bolinas-Stinson Elementary on the metrics families compare, against California and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs California | California avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 15.6:1 | ▼ 27% | 21.5:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 36.6% | ▼ 34% | 55.5% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 109 | top 89% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
15.6:1
Leaner classes than 41% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
109
Bigger than 11% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
36.6%
free-lunch eligible
- 34% below the California average of 55.5%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
15.6:1
students per teacher
- 27% below state mean
Top 12% in California - lower ratio than 88% of state schools
Close to the 15:1 benchmark most often cited for individualized attention.
Engagement
42.2%
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
$54,511
per pupil, district-wide
- above California avg of $16,509
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.5 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
5
in-school suspensions + 4 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 4.6 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 8.3 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 67.0%
Hispanic or Latino 25.7%
Two or More 7.3%
Largest group: White at 67.0% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 48.0/100
Simpson diversity index - at 48.0, Bolinas-Stinson Elementary is more mixed than the California school average of 46.0.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Bolinas-Stinson Union, which includes Bolinas-Stinson Elementary.
$54,511
Per student
+230%
vs California
Avg $16,509
+229%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 80.1%
State 12.6%
Federal 7.3%
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.
Similar enrollment (~109 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Bolinas-Stinson Elementary
How many students attend Bolinas-Stinson Elementary?
Bolinas-Stinson Elementary has 109 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Bolinas, CA.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bolinas-Stinson Elementary?
The student-teacher ratio at Bolinas-Stinson Elementary is 15.6:1, which is 27% lower than the California average of 21.5:1 and 1% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Bolinas-Stinson Elementary?
36.6% of students at Bolinas-Stinson Elementary are eligible for free lunch, compared to the California average of 55.5%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Bolinas-Stinson Elementary?
The largest demographic group at Bolinas-Stinson Elementary is White at 67.0% of enrollment, in Bolinas, CA.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Bolinas-Stinson Elementary?
Bolinas-Stinson Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 31/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Bolinas-Stinson Union?
None reported; Bolinas-Stinson Union operates only Bolinas-Stinson Elementary as a public school district in NCES's records.
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