Juniper Elementary

Juniper Elementary operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in Atwater, California, run under Atwater Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 495 students spanning grades K through 6.

Juniper Elementary is one of 11 schools operated by Atwater Elementary, a district that educates 4,925 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Juniper Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder consists of 12% White, 7% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Juniper Elementary lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Juniper Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Juniper Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.8%; this one delivers 40.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Merced County) logs that median household income runs about $65,510, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Juniper Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Bellevue Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Juniper Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.