Ladd Lane Elementary

Ladd Lane Elementary, a well-populated K-5 school in Hollister, California, run under Hollister, educates 767 students, covering grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 65% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Hollister runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,908 students. Ladd Lane Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Ladd Lane Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 23% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Ladd Lane Elementary logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Ladd Lane Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.6%; Ladd Lane Elementary posts 25.9%, -21.6 points below that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Benito County put the typical household earns roughly $114,394 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Ladd Lane Elementary is one of 28 public schools in San Benito County (combined enrollment of about 11,633 students).

The closest other public school is Sunnyslope Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ladd Lane Elementary. On composite proficiency, Ladd Lane Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 26.1%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 16%: 659 students in 2018 compared to 767 in 2025.

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