Total enrollment
6,064
+59 (+1%) vs SY 2020-21
11 schools in Patterson Joint Unified
California · 6,064 students · 3 cities
Patterson Joint Unified's public-school footprint covers 11 schools with combined enrollment of about 6,064 students, averaging 551 per school.
4-year change in Patterson Joint Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
11
+1 (+10%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Patterson Joint Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #387 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 6,064 | #226 of 587 | #1,559 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 11 | #215 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #234 of 587 | #8,551 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 77.7% | #178 of 587 | #1,372 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #399 of 530 | #4,107 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Patterson Joint Unified
State test results across the district's 7 scored schools run from Patterson High at 41.6% proficient to Grayson Elementary at 14.6%, a gap of 26.9 points. That is the 246th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 10 district schools that reported both years went from 6,103 to 5,917 students (down 3%) and from 271 to 280 full-time teachers (up 3%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson High | Patterson | High | 09-12 | 1,830 |
| Creekside Middle | Patterson | Middle | 07-08 | 907 |
| Apricot Valley Elementary | Patterson | Elementary | KG-06 | 788 |
| Walnut Grove Elementary | Patterson | Elementary | KG-06 | 744 |
| Las Palmas Elementary | Patterson | Elementary | KG-06 | 642 |
| Northmead Elementary | Patterson | Elementary | KG-06 | 528 |
| Grayson Elementary | Westley | Elementary | KG-06 | 266 |
| West Valley Learning Center | Patterson | Elementary | KG-KG | 147 |
| Open Valley Independent Study | Patterson | Combined | KG-12 | 100 |
| Del Puerto High | Patterson | High | 09-12 | 92 |
| Rising Sun | Vernalis | High | 12-12 | 20 |
About Patterson Joint Unified
As a sparse district in California, Patterson Joint Unified enrolls 6,064 students across 11 schools.
On the school-mix side, Patterson Joint Unified covers 6 elementary, 1 middle, 3 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Five-year track record. Combined enrollment now sits at 6,064 students, held roughly steady from the 6,005 reported in SY 2020-21. The school count climbed from 10 to 11 across the same 4-year window.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Patterson Joint Unified discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.