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B+

Knights Ferry Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8Regional · 2 towns

Serves Orange Blossom and Knights Ferry.

Orange Blossom’s School Grade B+ better than 68% of California school districts

Students
106
Schools
1
Spent per student
$18,193
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
15%
The gist

What stands out about Knights Ferry Elementary School District

  • Its letter, B+: results better than 65% of California districts
  • Reading proficiency 5 pts above the state
  • Spends 14% less per student than the CA average
  • 15 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 26.4% since 2020–21
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B+: better than 65% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math above the state, 2021–22
B+
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
B+Orange Blossom 1,062Knights Ferry 64

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Orange Blossom. Grade by grade →

K–65 schoolsOakdale Joint Unified School District
7–82 middle schoolsOakdale Joint Unified School District
9–12Oakdale HighOakdale Joint Unified School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency30–34%
State average 33.1% · 86 students tested
Reading / language arts50–54%
State average 46.7% · 74 students tested

92% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 94% at Oakdale Joint Unified, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$18,193 per student · 14% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 66%Support & administration 34%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 14%State 84%Federal 2%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
144’20
136’21
118’22
119’23
106’24

Down 26.4% since 2020–21.

Students
White 69%Hispanic 16%Two or more races 14%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Knights Ferry Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Knights Ferry
B
106 students15:1

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.