Aromas

Aromas operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Aromas, California, run under Aromas - San Juan Unified. Current enrollment sits at 399 students spanning grades K through 8.

Across the 3 schools in Aromas - San Juan Unified (964 students total), Aromas accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Aromas shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 25% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Monterey County as a whole is about 62% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Monterey County's rate of about 76%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Aromas tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Monterey County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $97,230 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Monterey County's 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), Aromas is one campus in the mix.

Echo Valley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Aromas comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 23.6%.

Aromas operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Aromas's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 409 (now 399). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

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