Enrollment
173
California · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Grass Valley, CA
Clear Creek Elementary
Federal NCES profile for Clear Creek Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 20/100.
2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 060888000898
👥 S:T ratio 14
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 0
📋 Attendance 35
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Clear Creek Elementary earns 20/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the California median.
- #7 of 12
- elementary schools in Grass Valley · Resource Index
- 20
- Resource Index · Lower
- 21.6:1
- students per teacher
- 35.9%
- free-lunch eligible
Clear Creek Elementary has class sizes near the California median. Computed live against every California school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Clear Creek Elementary ranks #7 of 12 elementary schools in Grass Valley, CA.
School address
District: Clear Creek Elementary · California
NCES ID 060888000898 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
8.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
21.6:1
vs 21.5:1 California avg
+0% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
35.9%
vs 55.5% California avg
-35% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Clear Creek Elementary compares with California and U.S. medians
What stands out at Clear Creek Elementary
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Clear Creek Elementary is neither an extreme outlier in enrollment nor in student-teacher ratio among California schools. Its profile therefore turns on the other dimensions rather than on scale alone: economic need, counselor coverage, program access, attendance, and district finance. This middle placement is useful because it prevents the campus from being mislabeled as unusually large, small, crowded, or teacher-dense when the federal comparison does not support that claim.
Lower measured need does not translate into broad resources
Clear Creek Elementary's free-meal eligibility sits below much of the California distribution, yet its Resource Investment Index also lands in the lower tier. That breaks the common assumption that a lower-need intake automatically produces stronger reported capacity. The component scores below are therefore more useful than a socioeconomic shortcut: staffing, counselors, gifted access, and attendance determine where the composite is being lost.
Attendance is the dominant support signal
Clear Creek Elementary's 26.0% 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.
Clear Creek Elementary is a small elementary school in Grass Valley, California, enrolling 173 students.
At 21.6:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the California median, within a few percentage points of the 21.5:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 35.9% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 173 puts it in the smaller third of California schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 9,998 scored California schools.
Among 286 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need California schools statewide, it ranks #252, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is led by White (65%) and Two or More (19%) (diversity index 52/100).
Counselor access is stretched at roughly 865 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 26.0% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
The surrounding Clear Creek Elementary spends $13,481 per pupil, 28% below the California average, a leaner-resourced district than most.
Among Grass Valley's elementary schools, it stands alongside Grass Valley Charter (546 students): Clear Creek Elementary is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs leaner classes (21.6:1 vs 24.8:1).
Clear Creek Elementary operates only this one school, so Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek Elementary compares
Clear Creek 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 | 21.6:1 | ▲ 0% | 21.5:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 35.9% | ▼ 35% | 55.5% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 173 | top 85% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
21.6:1
Leaner classes than 11% of US schools, heavier class loads than most.
173
Bigger than 17% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
35.9%
free-lunch eligible
- 35% 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
21.6:1
students per teacher
- 0% above state mean
Top 49% in California - lower ratio than 51% of state schools
Above 20:1, running heavier than the typical U.S. public school; staffing is comparatively stretched.
Engagement
26.0%
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
$13,481
per pupil, district-wide
- below California avg of $18,665
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.2 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 65.3%
Two or More 19.1%
Hispanic or Latino 13.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.2%
African American 0.6%
Largest group: White at 65.3% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 51.8/100
Simpson diversity index - at 51.8, Clear Creek Elementary is more mixed than the California school average of 46.0.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Clear Creek Elementary, which includes Clear Creek Elementary.
$13,481
Per student
-28%
vs California
Avg $18,665
-24%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 42.6%
State 42.7%
Federal 14.7%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2022-23 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar elementary schools in Grass Valley
6 comparable elementary schools (grades K-5) serving the same city.
Grass Valley Charter
Standard public school
546 students 24.8:1 students per teacher
Union Hill Elementary
Standard public school
542 students 20.8:1 students per teacher
Cottage Hill Elementary
Standard public school
485 students 24.3:1 students per teacher
Lyman Gilmore Middle
Standard public school
464 students 17.2:1 students per teacher
Margaret G. Scotten Elementary
Standard public school
357 students 19.8:1 students per teacher
Alta Sierra Elementary
Standard public school
338 students 22.5:1 students per teacher
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 (~173 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~21.6:1)
Next steps
Verify locally before acting on Clear Creek Elementary's federal record.
- Compare Clear Creek Elementary against another school. Compare schools
- Clear Creek Elementary's spending and staffing shape this school. District profile
- Confirm current enrollment and boundaries with the school. Choosing guide
Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.
Frequently asked questions about Clear Creek Elementary
How many students attend Clear Creek Elementary?
Clear Creek Elementary has 173 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Grass Valley, CA.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clear Creek Elementary?
The student-teacher ratio at Clear Creek Elementary is 21.6:1, which is 0% higher than the California average of 21.5:1 and 38% higher than the national average of 15.7:1.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Clear Creek Elementary?
35.9% of students at Clear Creek Elementary are eligible for free lunch, compared to the California average of 55.5%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Clear Creek Elementary?
The largest demographic group at Clear Creek Elementary is White at 65.3% of enrollment, in Grass Valley, CA. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 51.8/100.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Clear Creek Elementary?
Clear Creek Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 20/100 (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).
How does Clear Creek Elementary rank among elementary schools in Grass Valley?
By Resource Investment Index, Clear Creek Elementary ranks #7 of 12 elementary schools in Grass Valley, CA. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all elementary schools in Grass Valley on the city page.
What other schools are in Clear Creek Elementary?
None reported; Clear Creek Elementary operates only Clear Creek Elementary as a public school district in NCES's records.
Related tools
Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.