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Butte County Special Education · Oroville

Butte County Special Education: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

Butte County Special Education is an elementary school in Oroville. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. With 49 students total, this school likely falls below that threshold in most tested grades. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

Where the path goes

Butte County Special Education serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here, with no school-to-school transitions.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 8:1, district 17:18:1
Teaching staff13 teachers
Avg. experience16.4 years
Fully credentialed62%
First-year teachers8%
Intern / emergency permit5.9%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$50,681 – $121,149
Principal salary$125,630 – $125,630
Superintendent salary$243,965

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $86,248, CA average $14,815$86,248 · spent at this school
Federal share$6,930 per student

$6,930 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction11%
Instruction support14%
Student services5%
Administration10%
Buildings & maintenance2%
Other58%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2017 — the newest published
2017$54,753 per pupil
2016$53,205 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

White53.1%
District 66.0% · CA 19.9%
Hispanic26.5%
District 19.8% · CA 56.1%
Other14.3%
District 11.9% · CA 9.0%
Black4.1%
District 1.5% · CA 4.8%
Asian2.0%
District 0.9% · CA 10.2%
GenderFemale 24.5%Male 75.5%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 71.4% (8pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$53K · CA $85K
Median home value$309K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+15% · CA 35%
ZIP population21,181
Median age36 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

At 49 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Your other options

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.


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