East Sierra News

There were 1,493 students enrolled in Mono County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.4% less than the previous year, according to the California Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.7% identified as male, and 49.3% as female.

Data also showed that Hispanic or Latino students made up 55.6% of the student body, the largest percentage in the county, followed by white students at 39.2% (585 students), multiracial students at 1.9% (28 students) and American Indian or Alaska Native students at 1.4% (21 students).

Mammoth Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Mono County's 83 schools in the 2023-24 academic year, welcoming 532 students.

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.

School name	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	Total Enrollment in 2023-24	% Change
Mammoth Elementary School	529	532	0.6%
Mammoth High School	351	351	0%
Mammoth Middle School	229	227	-0.9%
Antelope Elementary School	121	122	0.8%
Lee Vining Elementary School	100	96	-4%
Bridgeport Elementary School	52	51	-1.9%
Coleville High School	64	51	-20.3%
Lee Vining High School	38	34	-10.5%
Edna Beaman Elementary School	19	14	-26.3%
Jan Work Community	12	13	8.3%
Sierra High (Continuation)	9	2	-77.8%