Bellevue Senior Elementary

Set in Atwater, California, Bellevue Senior Elementary is a very small junior high, overseen by Atwater Elementary. It instructs 178 students across grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 73% smaller than the state mean of about 659.

Atwater Elementary comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 4,925 students; Bellevue Senior Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bellevue Senior Elementary reports that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Merced County (around 81%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Bellevue Senior Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.6%; this one delivers 30.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Merced County put median household earnings sit near $65,510, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Bellevue Senior Elementary is one of 117 public schools in Merced County (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students).

The closest other public school is Bellevue Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bellevue Senior Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bellevue Senior Elementary's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 185 (now 178). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 82% to 90% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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