Grasslands Elementary

Set in Los Banos, California, Grasslands Elementary is a heavily attended K-5 school, operated by Los Banos Unified. It works with 884 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 90% above the state mean of about 465.

Grasslands Elementary is one of 16 schools operated by Los Banos Unified, a district that caters to 11,020 students overall.

On demographics, Grasslands Elementary logs that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 8% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Merced County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Grasslands Elementary logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 30.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Grasslands Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 85% of students at Grasslands Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Grasslands Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Merced County shows median household income runs about $65,510, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Merced County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students), of which Grasslands Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Los Banos Junior High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Grasslands Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 27.6%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

On the community side, the feed for Grasslands Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.