Ducor Union Elementary

Ducor Union Elementary is an one-room-style elementary school in Ducor, California, overseen by Ducor Union Elementary. The school instructs 136 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 71% below the state mean of about 465.

Ducor Union Elementary sits inside Ducor Union Elementary, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Ducor Union Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% White. By comparison, Tulare County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 77% of students at Ducor Union Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ducor Union Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.5%; Ducor Union Elementary posts 13.9%, -19.6 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Tulare County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,300 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Tulare County runs 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), of which Ducor Union Elementary is one.

Carl Smith Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.5 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ducor Union Elementary at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ducor Union Elementary has decreased 20%, going from 170 students in 2018 to 136 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 98% to 93%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Ducor Union Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.