El Toro Health Science Academy

Set in Morgan Hill, California, El Toro Health Science Academy is a medium-sized primary school, operated by Morgan Hill Unified. It educates 456 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 13 schools in Morgan Hill Unified (7,810 students total), El Toro Health Science Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, El Toro Health Science Academy records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 26% White, 14% multiracial, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, El Toro Health Science Academy has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 35% 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), El Toro Health Science Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which El Toro Health Science Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Lewis H. Britton Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around El Toro Health Science Academy. On composite proficiency, El Toro Health Science Academy comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. El Toro Health Science Academy's enrollment has ticked up 18% since 2018, when it stood at 388 (now 456). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

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