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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

C. Roy Carmichael Elementary, Portola, CA

CEP schoolC. Roy Carmichael Elementary is a public elementary school in Portola, part of Plumas Unified. It enrolled 344 students in 2024-25, with 20.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
344
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Students per teacher
20.2
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 3.3 higher than the district figure of 16.9. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school20.2
District16.9
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
895 West St., Portola, CA 96122
Phone
(530)832-0211
District
Plumas Unified
County
Plumas County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Remote
NCES school ID
063117010272
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
201
Reduced-price lunch
42
Free or reduced-price lunch
24370.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
165Students 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

Other elementary schools in Plumas Unified

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.