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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Smith River Elementary, Smith River, CA

CEP schoolSmith River Elementary is a public elementary school in Smith River, part of Del Norte County Unified. It enrolled 258 students in 2024-25, with 25.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
258
Teachers (FTE)
10.0
Students per teacher
25.8
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is 5.9 higher than the district figure of 19.9. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school25.8
District19.9
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
134 First St., Smith River, CA 95567
County
Del Norte County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
061077001199
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
141
Reduced-price lunch
34
Free or reduced-price lunch
17567.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
95Students 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 Del Norte County 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.