Don Pedro Elementary

As a mid-sized elementary-level community in Ceres, California, Don Pedro Elementary works with 439 students from grades K through 6, part of Ceres Unified.

Within Ceres Unified, which oversees 23 schools and 13,665 students, Don Pedro Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Don Pedro Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). Beyond that, the school reports 10% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Stanislaus County's rate of about 71%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Don Pedro Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.7%; this one delivers 18.1%.

In the surrounding community, Stanislaus County reports that median household income runs about $81,468, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Stanislaus County runs 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), of which Don Pedro Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Central Valley High, around 0.4 miles off. 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), Don Pedro Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 25.5%.

Don Pedro Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Don Pedro Elementary's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 538 (now 439).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Don Pedro Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.