Enrollment
8
California · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Orick, CA
Orick Elementary
Federal NCES profile for Orick Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 49/100.
2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 062883004469
👥 S:T ratio 68
🌟 Gifted program 30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Orick Elementary earns 49/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 97% of California schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in California.
- 49
- Resource Index · Higher
- 8:1
- small classes for California
- 100.0%
- free-lunch eligible
- 8
- students enrolled
Orick Elementary has class sizes smaller than 97% of California schools. Computed live against every California school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Orick Elementary · California
NCES ID 062883004469 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
1.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
8:1
vs 21.5:1 California avg
-63% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
100.0%
vs 55.5% California avg
+80% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Orick Elementary compares with California and U.S. medians
What stands out at Orick Elementary
Orick Elementary is a high-poverty, small elementary school in Orick, California, enrolling 8 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 8:1, Orick Elementary is leaner than roughly 97% of California schools and 63% under the state's 21.5:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Economic need is high: 100.0% of students qualify for free meals, 80% above the California average, a Title I-weighted population that federal funding formulas prioritise.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of California schools, with 8 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 91% of the 9,998 California schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Its student body is led by White (50%) and Hispanic or Latino (38%) (diversity index 59/100).
The surrounding Orick Elementary spends $38,278 per pupil, 132% above the California average, a better-resourced district than most.
Orick Elementary operates only this one school, so Orick Elementary has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 8 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 Orick Elementary compares
Orick 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 | 8:1 | ▼ 63% | 21.5:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 100.0% | ▲ 80% | 55.5% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 8 | top 99% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
8:1
Leaner classes than 95% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
8
Bigger than 1% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
100.0%
free-lunch eligible
- 80% 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
8:1
students per teacher
- 63% below state mean
Top 3% in California - lower ratio than 97% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$38,278
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
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 12.5 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
White 50.0%
Hispanic or Latino 37.5%
Two or More 12.5%
Largest group: White at 50.0% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 59.4/100
Simpson diversity index - at 59.4, Orick Elementary is more mixed than the California school average of 46.0.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Orick Elementary, which includes Orick Elementary.
$38,278
Per student
+132%
vs California
Avg $16,509
+131%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 23.4%
State 68.0%
Federal 8.6%
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 (~8 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~8:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Orick Elementary
How many students attend Orick Elementary?
Orick Elementary has 8 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Orick, CA.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Orick Elementary?
The student-teacher ratio at Orick Elementary is 8:1, which is 63% lower than the California average of 21.5:1 and 49% lower 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 Orick Elementary?
100.0% of students at Orick Elementary are eligible for free lunch, compared to the California average of 55.5%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Orick Elementary?
The largest demographic group at Orick Elementary is White at 50.0% of enrollment, in Orick, CA. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 59.4/100.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Orick Elementary?
Orick Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 49/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.
Is Orick Elementary a good school?
Orick Elementary earns 49/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 97% of California schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in California. 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 Orick Elementary?
None reported; Orick Elementary operates only Orick Elementary as a public school district in NCES's records.
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