Banta Elementary

Banta Elementary, a cozy elementary school in Tracy, California, part of Banta Unified, enrolls 202 students, covering grades K through 8. That puts it 57% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Banta Elementary sits inside Banta Unified, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Banta Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 22% Asian, 14% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 43% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Banta Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at Banta Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Banta Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 42.0%; actual is 15.1%, a gap of -27.0 points.

In the area at large, San Joaquin County reports that median household income runs about $92,179, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, San Joaquin County runs 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), of which Banta Elementary is one.

Banta Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Banta Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Banta Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 26.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Banta Elementary community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.