📍 800 W. Pine St., Bishop, Inyo County, 93514
Bishop Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bishop, Inyo County. The school has 859 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Robert Barker. It is part of the Bishop Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 45.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
Bishop Elementary enrolls 859 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 45.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 15% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 362 | 42% |
| White | 259 | 30% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 127 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 101 | 12% |
| Asian | 8 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
473 of the school's 859 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bishop Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Bishop Elementary is one of 6 schools in Bishop Unified, based in Bishop, California. The district serves 1,910 students district-wide and employs 105 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 859 students, Bishop Elementary is larger than the district average of about 318 students per school.