Plum Valley Elementary
Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 5 · Paynes Creek, California
Plum Valley Elementary in Paynes Creek, California enrolled 20 students in 2024-25 with 2.0 full-time teachers, 10.0 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).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 5% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 101%
19 students in 2022-23, 21 students in 2023-24, 20 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 1.0 to 2.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 19 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 2023-24 | 21 | 2.0 | 10.5 |
| 2024-25 | 20 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
10.0 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 99 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 Plum Valley Elementary enrolled 25 students and reported no counselor; it reported 2 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions2
- Chronically absent47.4% (2022-23)
Who attends
85.0% of students were White, 10.0% American Indian, 5.0% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White85.0%
- American Indian10.0%
- Hispanic5.0%
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.
What to look at next about Plum Valley Elementary
- Black Butte ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 13 miles away: 156 students, 16.8 per teacher (2024-25).13 mi
- Bend ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 16 miles away: 102 students, 16.8 per teacher (2024-25).16 mi
- Compare Plum Valley Elementary with Black Butte ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Antelope Elementary spends per student$14,649 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,649
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaPlum Valley Elementary is the number 5,837 by size of 5,904 California elementary schools open in 2024-25.#5,837 of 5,904
- California schools by students per teacher10.0 students per teacher here against the California median of 22.4 for elementary schools.10.0:1
- 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 Plum Valley Elementary
How many students attend Plum Valley Elementary?
20 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 19 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Paynes Creek, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Plum Valley Elementary?
10.0 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 Plum Valley Elementary a Title I school?
Plum Valley 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.What district is Plum Valley Elementary in?
Antelope Elementary, NCES district ID 0602760. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 060276004817 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
- 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.