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Enrollment
858
Elementary
DISTRICT 646 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLLISTER·NCES 061734012075
Hollister Dual Language Academy
873 Santa Ana Rd. Ste. 200, Hollister, CA 95023 · (831) 634-4930 · San Benito County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL858 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
532 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 92 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (148) is 61% larger than its 8th grade class (92).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
36.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -15.0pp since 2014
Math
29.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 15 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.6% | 27.3% | 30.1% | 34.0% |
| Math | 10.4% | 19.1% | 33.0% | 37.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 29.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.3% | 29.5% |
| 2022-23 | 37.3% | 32.7% |
| 2021-22 | 37.6% | 29.9% |
| 2018-19 | 59.2% | 49.4% |
| 2017-18 | 62.0% | 47.9% |
| 2016-17 | 66.7% | 42.3% |
| 2015-16 | 66.0% | 49.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 40.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hollister Dual Language Academy
Hollister Dual Language Academy's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollister Dual Language Academy this school | 858 | 62.0% | 32.5% |
| Imperial Cross Elementary Imperial | 760 | 61.3% | 46.8% |
| Ben Hulse Elementary Imperial | 838 | 66.7% | 48.5% |
| Osborn Two-Way Immersion Academy Turlock | 831 | 56.8% | 26.1% |
| Edison (Thomas) Elementary Anaheim | 705 | 61.3% | 25.7% |
| Ponderosa Elementary Anaheim | 785 | 67.4% | 14.7% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hollister Dual Language Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Benito County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #3,222 of 5,151 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #3,281 of 5,172 ▼ 132 | #5 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,333 of 5,172 ▼ 135 | #6 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #1,458 of 5,116 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 858 | #241 of 5,915 | #1 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.7:1 | #3,515 of 5,352 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #4,903 of 5,354 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.0% | #3,379 of 5,625 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.3% | #247 of 1,139 | #1 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
858
+57 (+7%) vs 2020
+250% since 2010-11, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
was 25.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 858 | 36.2 | 23.7:1 | 62% (532) |
| 2023-24 | 850 | 38.8 | 21.9:1 | 56% (477) |
| 2022-23 | 847 | 39.5 | 21.4:1 | 51% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 801 | 32 | 25.0:1 | 67% (540) |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 30 | 23.8:1 | 58% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 19 | 27.7:1 | 55% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 245 | N/A | N/A | 56% (137) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hollister Dual Language Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (713 to 858); teachers up 21% (30 to 36.2).
About Hollister Dual Language Academy
Hollister Dual Language Academy is a large elementary school in Hollister, California, administered by Hollister. It has an enrollment of 858 students in kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 85% above that mark.
Hollister is made up of 10 schools with 5,908 students in all.
Hispanic students account for 94% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 5% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 62%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
There are 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 23.7:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.4 students per teacher. On the income side, 62% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in San Benito County is similar, at 60%.
On the allk12 Grade, Hollister Dual Language Academy lands at C-, ahead of 20% of California public elementary schools.
Hollister Dual Language Academy posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.5%, compared with a predicted 43.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of San Benito County, median household income comes to about $114,394, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. San Benito County's 28 public schools enroll about 11,633 students and include Hollister Dual Language Academy.
Of the public schools around it, Hollister Dual Language Academy is closest to Maze Middle, about 0.2 miles away. Hollister Dual Language Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Hollister Dual Language Academy ranks 3rd of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 32.5% against a local average of 30.2%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
Enrollment figures show a gain of 57 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 25.0:1 in 2020-21, and 23.7:1 in 2024-25.
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San Benito County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,290
Census ACS
Median income
$114,394
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
11,633 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hollister
- Ladd Lane ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Rancho SantanaElementary · 678 students
- Rancho San JustoMiddle · 653 students
- Cerra Vista ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Sunnyslope ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Maze MiddleMiddle · 580 students
Other schools in Hollister
- Hollister HighHigh · 3,316 students
- Ladd Lane ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Spring Grove ElementaryElementary · 762 students
- Rancho SantanaElementary · 678 students
- Rancho San JustoMiddle · 653 students
- Cerra Vista ElementaryElementary · 602 students
Nearby schools
- Maze Middle0.2 mi · 580
- San Andreas Continuation High0.7 mi · 74
- San Benito County Opportunity0.7 mi · 32
- Pinnacles Community0.7 mi · 15
- Sunnyslope Elementary1.1 mi · 602
- Rancho San Justo1.1 mi · 653
Frequently asked questions
About Hollister Dual Language AcademyHow many students attend Hollister Dual Language Academy?
Hollister Dual Language Academy enrolls approximately 858 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Hollister Dual Language Academy serve?
Hollister Dual Language Academy serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Hollister Dual Language Academy have?
Hollister Dual Language Academy employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Hollister Dual Language Academy?
Student demographics at Hollister Dual Language Academy are roughly 5% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Hollister Dual Language Academy public or private?
Hollister Dual Language Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hollister.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.