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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Big Springs Elementary, Montague, CA

CEP schoolBig Springs Elementary is a public elementary school in Montague, part of Big Springs Union Elementary. It enrolled 151 students in 2024-25, with 30.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
151
Teachers (FTE)
5.0
Students per teacher
30.2
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 30.2. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school30.2
District30.2
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
7405 Highway A-12, Montague, CA 96064
Phone
(530)459-3189
District
Big Springs Union Elementary
County
Siskiyou County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Remote
NCES school ID
060498000481
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
91
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
9160.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
86Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Montague

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.