Dena Boer Elementary

Set in Salida, California, Dena Boer Elementary is a mid-tier primary school, overseen by Salida Union Elementary. It caters to 444 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 5 schools in Salida Union Elementary (2,038 students total), Dena Boer Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Dena Boer Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 16% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Stanislaus County as a whole is about 50% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Dena Boer Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dena Boer Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.3%, the actual is 34.5%, a residual of +2.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Stanislaus County shows median household income runs about $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), Dena Boer Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Salida Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dena Boer Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dena Boer Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dena Boer Elementary has declined 17%, going from 535 students in 2018 to 444 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 24% to 16% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 today.

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