Farmington Elementary

Farmington Elementary is one of the very small elementary campuss in Farmington, California, one of the schools within Escalon Unified, with 95 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 80% below the state mean of about 465.

Across the 7 schools in Escalon Unified (2,676 students total), Farmington Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Farmington Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 26% White, 4% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Farmington Elementary has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 75% of students at Farmington Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Joaquin County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Farmington Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for San Joaquin County indicate median household earnings sit near $92,179, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Farmington Elementary is one of 251 public schools in San Joaquin County (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students).

The closest other public school is Pride Continuation, roughly 7.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Farmington Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 33.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Farmington Elementary's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 107 (now 95). The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 83% to 68% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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