📍 37403 Toronto St., Burney, Shasta County, 96013
Burney Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Burney, Shasta County. The school has 345 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tara Aderman. It is part of the Fall River Joint Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
Burney Elementary enrolls 345 students across grades K–6. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 16% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 203 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 67 | 19% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 55 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 4.9% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
223 of the school's 345 students (65%) 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.
Burney Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Burney Elementary is one of 11 schools in Fall River Joint Unified, based in Burney, California. The district serves 1,156 students district-wide and employs 64 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 345 students, Burney Elementary is larger than the district average of about 105 students per school.