Bret Harte Elementary

Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 1 · Corcoran, California

Bret Harte Elementary in Corcoran, California enrolled 546 students in 2024-25 with 25.5 full-time teachers, 21.4 students per teacher against the California elementary-school median of 22.4. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25).

Enrollment rose 3% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 5%

531 students in 2022-23, 526 students in 2023-24, 546 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 24.3 to 25.5.

Students enrolled at Bret Harte Elementary by school year2022-23: 531, 2023-24: 526, 2024-25: 54602004006002022-235312023-245262024-25546
Students enrolled at Bret Harte Elementary by school year2022-23: 531, 2023-24: 526, 2024-25: 54602004006002022-235312023-245262024-25546
Students enrolled at Bret Harte Elementary by school year2022-23: 531, 2023-24: 526, 2024-25: 54602004006002022-235312023-245262024-25546
Students enrolled at Bret Harte Elementary by school year2022-23: 531, 2023-24: 526, 2024-25: 54602004006002022-235312023-245262024-25546
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2353124.321.9
2023-2452625.021.0
2024-2554625.521.4

21.4 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 63 of every 100 California elementary schools

Among the 5,878 California elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 22.4; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, California elementary schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 93.0; Bret Harte Elementary 21.4; state median 22.4.2 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherBret Harte Elementary 21.4state median 22.4U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, California elementary schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 93.0; Bret Harte Elementary 21.4; state median 22.4.2 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherBret Harte Elementary 21.4state median 22.4U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, California elementary schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 93.0; Bret Harte Elementary 21.4; state median 22.4.2 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherBret Harte Elementary 21.4state median 22.4U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, California elementary schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 93.0; Bret Harte Elementary 21.4; state median 22.4.2 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherBret Harte Elementary 21.4state median 22.4U.S. 14.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

One counselor per 1,183 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Bret Harte Elementary enrolled 497 students and had 0.4 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 1 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)0.4, one per 1,183 of the 497 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions1
  • Chronically absent41.2% (2022-23)

Who attends

90.7% of students were Hispanic, 5.9% White, 2.6% Black in 2024-25.

  1. Hispanic90.7%
  2. White5.9%
  3. Black2.6%
  4. Two or more races0.4%
  5. American Indian0.4%
  6. Asian0.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

Elementary schools in Corcoran

3 public elementary schools in Corcoran report 2024-25 enrollment; Bret Harte Elementary is the largest.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Bret Harte Elementary54621.484.8%
John C. Fremont Elementary46722.284.6%
Mark Twain Elementary45421.678.9%

All public schools in Corcoran →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Bret Harte Elementary

  1. Mark Twain ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 0.5 miles away: 454 students, 21.6 per teacher (2024-25).0.5 mi
  2. John C. Fremont ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 0.6 miles away: 467 students, 22.2 per teacher (2024-25).0.6 mi
  3. Compare Bret Harte Elementary with Mark Twain ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Corcoran Joint Unified spends per student$17,549 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$17,549
  5. The largest public schools in CaliforniaBret Harte Elementary is the number 1,903 by size of 5,904 California elementary schools open in 2024-25.#1,903 of 5,904
  6. California schools by students per teacher21.4 students per teacher here against the California median of 22.4 for elementary schools.21.4:1
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Bret Harte Elementary

  1. How many students attend Bret Harte Elementary?
    546 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 531 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Corcoran, CA.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Bret Harte Elementary?
    21.4 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for elementary schools is 22.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Bret Harte Elementary a Title I school?
    Bret Harte Elementary has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.
  4. What district is Bret Harte Elementary in?
    Corcoran Joint Unified, NCES district ID 0609690. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 060969008814 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22