Le Grand Elementary

Le Grand Elementary operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in Le Grand, California, overseen by Le Grand Union Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 344 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 26% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Le Grand Elementary is a school of Le Grand Union Elementary, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Le Grand Elementary records that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 9% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Le Grand Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Le Grand Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Le Grand Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.8%.

In the broader community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 16%. Le Grand Elementary is one of 117 public schools in Merced County (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students).

Nearest neighbor: Granada High, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Le Grand Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 382 students in 2018 compared to 344 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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