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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 3

Prairie Elementary, Anderson, CA

Prairie Elementary is a public elementary school in Anderson, part of Pacheco Union Elementary. It enrolled 332 students in 2024-25, with 20.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
332
Teachers (FTE)
16.0
Students per teacher
20.8
Grades
K to 3

This school's ratio is 1.6 higher than the district figure of 19.2. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school20.8
District19.2
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
20981 Dersch Rd., Anderson, CA 96007
Phone
(530)365-1801
District
Pacheco Union Elementary
County
Shasta County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
062928004523
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
156
Reduced-price lunch
36
Free or reduced-price lunch
19257.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
132Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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 Anderson

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.