Evelyn Costa Elementary

Set in Mountain House, California, Evelyn Costa Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school, run under Lammersville Joint Unified. It serves 612 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Evelyn Costa Elementary sits 32% larger than that benchmark.

Lammersville Joint Unified runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 7,945 students. Evelyn Costa Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Evelyn Costa Elementary reports that nearly all students (85%) are Asian; the rest reads as 5% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 19% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 6% of students at Evelyn Costa Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Joaquin County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Evelyn Costa Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.6%.

In the broader community, San Joaquin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $92,179 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Evelyn Costa Elementary is one of 251 public schools in San Joaquin County (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students).

Nearest neighbor: Julius Cordes Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Evelyn Costa Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 68.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

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