Mattole Elementary
Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 8 · Petrolia, California
Mattole Elementary in Petrolia, California enrolled 27 students in 2024-25 with 1.0 full-time teachers, 27.0 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). On the state tests, 50% or more of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 34.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 29% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 67%
21 students in 2022-23, 26 students in 2023-24, 27 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 3.0 to 1.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 21 | 3.0 | 7.0 |
| 2023-24 | 26 | 2.3 | 11.6 |
| 2024-25 | 27 | 1.0 | 27.0 |
27.0 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 96 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.
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).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Mattole Elementary enrolled 24 students and reported no counselor; it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions0
- Chronically absent38.1% (2022-23)
Who attends
51.9% of students were White, 40.7% of two or more races, 7.4% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White51.9%
- Two or more races40.7%
- Hispanic7.4%
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.
State test results, 2022-23
In 2022-23, the students tested at Mattole Elementary scored proficient or above: 50% or more in math, against 34.3% in math across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23.
| Subject | This school | Its district | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 50% or more | not published | 34.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express; for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
What to look at next about Mattole Elementary
- Honeydew ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 10 miles away: 13 students, 81.3 per teacher (2024-25).10 mi
- Stanwood A. Murphy ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 15 miles away: 187 students, 17.5 per teacher (2024-25).15 mi
- Compare Mattole Elementary with Honeydew ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Mattole Unified spends per student$37,765 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$37,765
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaMattole Elementary is the number 5,806 by size of 5,904 California elementary schools open in 2024-25.#5,806 of 5,904
- California schools by students per teacher27.0 students per teacher here against the California median of 22.4 for elementary schools.27.0:1
- 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 Mattole Elementary
How many students attend Mattole Elementary?
27 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 21 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Petrolia, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Mattole Elementary?
27.0 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.Is Mattole Elementary a Title I school?
Mattole 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.How do students at Mattole Elementary do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at Mattole Elementary scored proficient or above: 50% or more in math, against 34.3% in math across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Mattole Elementary in?
Mattole Unified, NCES district ID 0600038. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 060003803640 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
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.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
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.