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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 3

Helen M. Wilcox Elementary, Oroville, CA

CEP schoolHelen M. Wilcox Elementary is a public elementary school in Oroville, part of Palermo Union Elementary. It enrolled 592 students in 2024-25, with 20.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
592
Teachers (FTE)
29.0
Students per teacher
20.4
Grades
K to 3

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 20.7. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school20.4
District20.7
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
5737 Autrey Ln., Oroville, CA 95966
Phone
(530)533-7626
District
Palermo Union Elementary
County
Butte County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
062954004556
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
452
Reduced-price lunch
55
Free or reduced-price lunch
50785.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
375Students 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 Palermo Union Elementary

Elementary schools elsewhere in Oroville

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.