Barrett Elementary

As an intimate elementary campus in Morgan Hill, California, Barrett Elementary instructs 374 students from grades K through 5, operated by Morgan Hill Unified.

Across the 13 schools in Morgan Hill Unified (7,810 students total), Barrett Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Barrett Elementary reports that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 13% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Barrett Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.7:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Barrett Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 40.1%; this one comes in at 24.9%, -15.1 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Santa Clara County shows median household earnings sit near $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Barrett Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Nordstrom Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Barrett Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Barrett Elementary has declined 17%, going from 453 students in 2018 to 374 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 24% to 13%.

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