La Rosa Elementary

La Rosa Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Ceres, California, run under Ceres Unified, works with 516 students, covering grades K through 6.

Ceres Unified comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 13,665 students; La Rosa Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, La Rosa Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 16% Asian, 12% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, La Rosa Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting La Rosa Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Stanislaus County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, La Rosa Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 29.5%; actual is 45.2%, +15.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Stanislaus County shows median household income runs about $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), La Rosa Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Cesar Chavez Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around La Rosa Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts La Rosa Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 31.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 19%: 635 students in 2018 compared to 516 in 2025.

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