Henry Miller Elementary

Henry Miller Elementary is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in Los Banos, California, one of the schools within Los Banos Unified, caters to 676 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 45% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Los Banos Unified runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 11,020 students. Henry Miller Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Henry Miller Elementary shows that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 6% White. By comparison, Merced County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Henry Miller Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at Henry Miller Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Merced County (around 81%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Henry Miller Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Merced County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,510, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Henry Miller Elementary is one of 117 public schools in Merced County (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students).

Crossroads Alternative Education Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Henry Miller Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Henry Miller Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.2%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Henry Miller Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 929 (now 676). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 29.0:1 in 2018 to 26.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.