Enrollment
82
California · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Loleta, CA
Loleta Elementary
Federal NCES profile for Loleta Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 63/100.
2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 062232002671
👥 S:T ratio 34
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 92
📋 Attendance 94
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Loleta Elementary earns 63/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 86% of California schools.
- 63
- Resource Index · Higher
- 16.4:1
- small classes for California
- 85.4%
- free-lunch eligible
- 82
- students enrolled
Loleta Elementary has class sizes smaller than 86% of California schools. Computed live against every California school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Loleta Union Elementary · California
NCES ID 062232002671 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
5.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
16.4:1
vs 21.5:1 California avg
-24% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
85.4%
vs 55.5% California avg
+54% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Loleta Elementary compares with California and U.S. medians
What stands out at Loleta Elementary
Loleta Elementary is a high-poverty, small elementary school in Loleta, California, enrolling 82 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 16.4:1, Loleta Elementary is leaner than roughly 86% of California schools and 24% under the state's 21.5:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Economic need is high: 85.4% of students qualify for free meals, 54% above the California average, a Title I-weighted population that federal funding formulas prioritise.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 91% of California schools, with 82 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 98% of the 9,998 California schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Against 209 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #27.
Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (46%) and American Indian / Alaska Native (37%) (diversity index 63/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 41 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Attendance holds up well here: only 2.4% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.
The surrounding Loleta Union Elementary spends $24,741 per pupil, 50% above the California average, a better-resourced district than most.
Its district draws 37.2% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Loleta Union Elementary operates only this one school, so Loleta Elementary has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 82 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 Loleta Elementary compares
Loleta 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 | 16.4:1 | ▼ 24% | 21.5:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 85.4% | ▲ 54% | 55.5% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 82 | top 91% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
16.4:1
Leaner classes than 35% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
82
Bigger than 8% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
85.4%
free-lunch eligible
- 54% above the California average of 55.5%
Well above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold, among the highest-need profiles in the state; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
16.4:1
students per teacher
- 24% below state mean
Top 14% in California - lower ratio than 86% of state schools
Between 16:1 and 20:1, squarely in the typical U.S. public-school staffing range.
Engagement
2.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Below 5%, comfortably under the pre-pandemic national baseline for chronic absenteeism.
Funding equity
$24,741
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
Counselors2.0 FTE
Per 41 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 7 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 8.5 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Student demographics
Hispanic or Latino 46.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native 36.6%
White 14.6%
Two or More 2.4%
Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 46.3% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 63.0/100
Simpson diversity index - at 63.0, Loleta Elementary is more mixed than the California school average of 46.0.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Loleta Union Elementary, which includes Loleta Elementary.
$24,741
Per student
+50%
vs California
Avg $16,509
+49%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 19.9%
State 42.9%
Federal 37.2%
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 (~82 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~16.4:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Loleta Elementary
How many students attend Loleta Elementary?
Loleta Elementary has 82 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Loleta, CA.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Loleta Elementary?
The student-teacher ratio at Loleta Elementary is 16.4:1, which is 24% lower than the California average of 21.5:1 and 4% 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 Loleta Elementary?
85.4% of students at Loleta Elementary are eligible for free lunch, compared to the California average of 55.5%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Loleta Elementary?
The largest demographic group at Loleta Elementary is Hispanic or Latino at 46.3% of enrollment, in Loleta, CA. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 63.0/100.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Loleta Elementary?
Loleta Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 63/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Is Loleta Elementary a good school?
Loleta Elementary earns 63/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 86% of California schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Loleta Union Elementary?
None reported; Loleta Union Elementary operates only Loleta Elementary as a public school district in NCES's records.
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