Calaveras Elementary

Calaveras Elementary is one of the reasonably sized elementary campuss in Hollister, California, one of the schools within Hollister, with 556 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

Hollister runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,908 students. Calaveras Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Calaveras Elementary records that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 4% Asian, 2% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 62% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Calaveras Elementary lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Benito County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Calaveras Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.3%; this one delivers 21.1%.

Zooming out to the county, San Benito County reports that the typical household earns roughly $114,394 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Calaveras Elementary is one of 28 public schools in San Benito County (combined enrollment of about 11,633 students).

Nearest neighbor: Accelerated Achievement Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Calaveras Elementary. On composite proficiency, Calaveras Elementary comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Calaveras Elementary has expanded 20%, going from 464 students in 2018 to 556 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 97% to 91% over that span.

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