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Enrollment
768
Elementary
DISTRICT 690 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAMMERSVILLE JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060141012109
Bethany Elementary
570 Escuela Dr., Mountain House, CA 95391 · (209) 836-7250 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
124 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 23% smaller than its 8th grade class (99).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bethany Elementary→Mountain House High
Based on grade levels within Lammersville Joint Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
70.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.0pp since 2014
Math
68.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.5% | 29.6% | 19.2% | 10.7% |
| Math | 44.0% | 24.5% | 21.0% | 10.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 66.1% |
| 2022-23 | 71.3% | 66.8% |
| 2021-22 | 70.8% | 65.8% |
| 2018-19 | 76.0% | 72.5% |
| 2017-18 | 74.6% | 71.4% |
| 2016-17 | 73.2% | 70.1% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 61.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 55.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bethany Elementary
Bethany Elementary's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany Elementary this school | 768 | 16.1% | 69.0% |
| Wicklund Elementary Mountain House | 689 | 17.6% | 62.5% |
| John L. Golden Elementary Etiwanda | 916 | 18.4% | 81.7% |
| Murray Elementary Dublin | 656 | 17.8% | 72.6% |
| Marengo Elementary South Pasadena | 783 | 12.6% | 88.4% |
| Dublin Elementary Dublin | 802 | 13.1% | 77.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bethany Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #700 of 5,151 | #7 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #667 of 5,172 ▲ 99 | #8 of 138 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #749 of 5,172 ▼ 89 | #8 of 138 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #3,038 of 5,116 | #74 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #469 of 5,915 | #30 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,419 of 5,352 | #77 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #727 of 5,354 | #20 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.1% | #5,275 of 5,625 | #149 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #2,300 of 3,837 | #38 of 95 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
768
-68 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 25.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 768 | 32.6 | 23.6:1 | 16% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 787 | 32.1 | 24.5:1 | 14% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 882 | 35 | 25.2:1 | 15% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 836 | 33 | 25.3:1 | 17% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 882 | 34.2 | 25.8:1 | 18% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 848 | 34 | 24.9:1 | 16% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bethany Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (882 to 768); teachers down 5% (34.2 to 32.6).
About Bethany Elementary
Bethany Elementary is a large elementary school in Lammersville Joint Unified, located in Mountain House, California. It enrolls 768 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 8. That is 65% bigger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Lammersville Joint Unified has 9 schools; together they serve 7,945 students.
The largest group at Bethany Elementary is Asian students, at 48%. Other students are 20% Hispanic, 17% White, 10% multiracial, and 4% Black. That is higher than the 19% Asian share among all San Joaquin County residents. The diversity index for Bethany Elementary is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Bethany Elementary totals 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Federal data show 16% of students (124) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in San Joaquin County average 66%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Bethany Elementary would be expected to post about 70.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 69.0%.
In San Joaquin County, median household income comes to about $92,179, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 251, with about 153,026 students.
About 0.5 miles separate Bethany Elementary from the closest public school, Wicklund Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 74.1% on proficiency, and Bethany Elementary is below that at 69.0%.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 25.3 in 2020-21 to 23.6 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Bethany Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
San Joaquin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
797,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
251
153,026 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lammersville Joint Unified
- Mountain House HighHigh · 2,428 students
- Hansen ElementaryElementary · 930 students
- Julius Cordes ElementaryElementary · 877 students
- Sebastian Questa ElementaryElementary · 822 students
- Wicklund ElementaryElementary · 689 students
- Altamont ElementaryElementary · 616 students
Other schools in Mountain House
- Mountain House HighHigh · 2,428 students
- Hansen ElementaryElementary · 930 students
- Julius Cordes ElementaryElementary · 877 students
- Sebastian Questa ElementaryElementary · 822 students
- Wicklund ElementaryElementary · 689 students
- Altamont ElementaryElementary · 616 students
Other Bethany Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bethany Elementary. Bethany Elementary is the largest of the 5.
- Bethany ElementaryReidsville, NC · 459 students
- Bethany Elementary SchoolBeaverton, OR · 413 students
- Bethany ElementaryClover, SC · 388 students
- Bethany Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 266 students
Nearby schools
- Wicklund Elementary0.5 mi · 689
- Mountain House High0.6 mi · 2,428
- Altamont Elementary0.7 mi · 616
- Hansen Elementary0.9 mi · 930
- Julius Cordes Elementary1.0 mi · 877
- Sebastian Questa Elementary1.1 mi · 822
Frequently asked questions
About Bethany ElementaryHow many students attend Bethany Elementary?
Bethany Elementary enrolls approximately 768 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Bethany Elementary serve?
Bethany Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bethany Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bethany Elementary is approximately 23.6:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bethany Elementary?
At Bethany Elementary, the student body is approximately 17% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% Black, 48% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Bethany Elementary public or private?
Bethany Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lammersville Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.