Creekside Junior High

Set in Los Banos, California, Creekside Junior High is an average-sized junior high, overseen by Los Banos Unified. It enrolls 812 students across grades 7 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Creekside Junior High sits 23% above that benchmark.

Across the 16 schools in Los Banos Unified (11,020 students total), Creekside Junior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Creekside Junior High shows that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 11% White. By comparison, Merced County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Creekside Junior High lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Creekside Junior High tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Creekside Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.1%; this one delivers 19.9%.

In the broader community, Merced County reports that median household income runs about $65,510, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Creekside Junior High is one of 117 public schools in Merced County (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students).

Crossroads Alternative Education Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Creekside Junior High at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 27.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 809 students in 2018 compared to 812 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 77% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

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