Which Trinity County district had largest enrollment in 2023-24 school year?

Trinity Alps Unified School District had the highest enrollment among Trinity County school districts, welcoming 657 students during the 2023-24 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 50.5% of them were girls, 49.3% were boys, and 0.2% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

The most represented ethnicity among Trinity Alps Unified School District students was Hispanic or Latino, accounting for 8.8% of the student population.

Among the 10 districts in Trinity County, Mountain Valley Unified School District ranked second in enrollment numbers with 340 students, while Douglas City Elementary School District welcomed 165 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 school year.

Trinity Alps Unified School District roughly covers schools within Trinity County and has a main office in Weaverville.

In the previous school year, Trinity Alps Unified School District also had the highest number of students among Trinity County districts.

After peaking at 6.3 million in the early 2000s, public school enrollment in California has marked its seventh consecutive decline in the 2023-24 school year, with projections indicating it could fall to approximately 5.2 million by the 2033-34 school year. This trend is attributed to lower birth rates, slowed immigration, and families relocating out of state due to high housing costs. Rural and coastal districts have been particularly affected, facing tough decisions such as school closures and staffing reductions.

Although chronic absenteeism in California decreased in 2023, it remains double the pre-pandemic rate. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, chronic absenteeism in the state public schools reached 25% in 2023, up from 12% in 2019.