Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Shanel Valley Academy, Hopland, CA

Charter schoolCEP schoolShanel Valley Academy is a public elementary school in Hopland, part of Shanel Valley Academy District. It enrolled 124 students in 2024-25, with 17.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 124
Teachers (FTE): 7.0
Students per teacher: 17.7
Grades: K to 6

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.7. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.7

District17.7

California21.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1 Ralph Bettcher Dr., Hopland, CA 95449
Phone: (707)234-9626
District: Shanel Valley Academy District
County: Mendocino County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: Yes
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Distant
NCES school ID: 060256914583

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 77
Reduced-price lunch: 9
Free or reduced-price lunch: 8669.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 60Students 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.

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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.