Elementary school (grades K-5) · Janesville, CA

Janesville Elementary

Federal NCES profile for Janesville Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 19/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 061878002275
0/100100/10019/100
👥 S:T ratio
34
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
0
📋 Attendance
14
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Janesville Elementary earns 19/100 on the Resource Investment Index, even as it posts class sizes smaller than 85% of California schools.

19
Resource Index · Lower
16.5:1
small classes for California
34.6%
free-lunch eligible
313
students enrolled

Janesville Elementary has class sizes smaller than 85% of California schools. Computed live against every California school reporting to NCES.

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

-4 students YoY

Janesville Elementary held near 311 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-4 headcount).

Teacher FTE lost 19.0 → 16.4 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

-4 students YoY 061878002275 · Janesville, CA Elementary · SMALL · TRAD

313 enr · 16.5:1 · 34.6% lunch · RII 19

Nearest enrollment peer: St Johns Middle School (313 students)

Janesville Elementary held near 311 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-4 headcount). Teacher FTE lost 19.0 → 16.4 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · California schools → · Find another →

How Janesville Elementary compares

Janesville Elementary held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs California and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs California California avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 16.5:1 ▼ 23% 21.5:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 34.6% ▼ 38% 55.5% 51.7%
Enrollment 313 top 72% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

16.5:1
Leaner classes than 34% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
313
Bigger than 34% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators methodology

Economic need
34.6%
free-lunch eligible - 38% 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
16.5:1
students per teacher - 23% below state mean
Top 15% in California - lower ratio than 85% of state schools
Between 16:1 and 20:1, squarely in the typical U.S. public-school staffing range.
Engagement
34.5%
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
$15,708
per pupil, district-wide - below California avg of $18,665
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.6 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
31
in-school suspensions + 25 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 9.9 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 17.9 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 75.7%
Hispanic or Latino 17.3%
Two or More 4.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 1.0%
Asian 0.3%

Largest group: White at 75.7% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 39.5/100

Simpson diversity index - at 39.5, Janesville Elementary is less mixed than the California school average of 46.0.

Programs

District finance for Janesville Union Elementary reports $15,708 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Nationwide elementary schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Janesville Elementary

How many students attend Janesville Elementary?

Janesville Elementary has 313 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Janesville, CA. CCD year-over-year: 315 (2022-23) → 311 (2023-24), nearly flat (-4).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Janesville Elementary?

The student-teacher ratio at Janesville Elementary is 16.5:1, which is 23% lower than the California average of 21.5:1 and 5% higher 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 Janesville Elementary?

34.6% of students at Janesville Elementary are eligible for free lunch, compared to the California average of 55.5%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Janesville Elementary?

The largest demographic group at Janesville Elementary is White at 75.7% of enrollment, in Janesville, CA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Janesville Elementary?

Janesville Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 19/100 (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 Janesville Union Elementary?

None reported; Janesville Union Elementary operates only Janesville Elementary as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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