Kermit King Elementary

Set in Paso Robles, California, Kermit King Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school, overseen by Paso Robles Joint Unified. It educates 507 students across grades K through 6.

Kermit King Elementary is one of 12 schools operated by Paso Robles Joint Unified, a district that teaches 6,902 students overall.

Demographically, Kermit King Elementary reports that 55% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, San Luis Obispo County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Kermit King Elementary reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Kermit King Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kermit King Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.3%, the actual is 55.4%, a residual of +9.2 points.

Across the wider county, San Luis Obispo County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,446, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Luis Obispo County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,339 students), Kermit King Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Paso Robles Independent Study Center, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kermit King Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 10%: 463 students in 2018 compared to 507 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 68% to 55%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 28.1:1 in 2018 to 26.9:1 today.

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