Creekside Middle

Creekside Middle operates as a reasonably sized middle school in Patterson, California, operated by Patterson Joint Unified. Current enrollment sits at 907 students spanning grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 38% above typical.

Patterson Joint Unified comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 6,064 students; Creekside Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Creekside Middle records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 7% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Creekside Middle lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Creekside Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.4%; this one delivers 21.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Stanislaus County shows the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), Creekside Middle is one campus in the mix.

Apricot Valley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Creekside Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 30.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Creekside Middle's enrollment has shrank 22% since 2018, when it stood at 1,156 (now 907). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 71% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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