📍 1124 El Dorado St., Crescent City, Del Norte County, 95531
Bess Maxwell Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Crescent City, Del Norte County. The school has 233 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Rebecca Koutney. It is part of the Del Norte County Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
Bess Maxwell Elementary enrolls 233 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 19% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 112 | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 48 | 21% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 45 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 9% |
| Asian | 7 | 3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
190 of the school's 233 students (82%) 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.
Bess Maxwell 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.
Bess Maxwell Elementary is one of 11 schools in Del Norte County Unified, based in Crescent City, California. The district serves 3,378 students district-wide and employs 171 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 233 students, Bess Maxwell Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 307 students per school.
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