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What tradition at Los Banos Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
622
Elementary
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS BANOS UNIFIED·NCES 062274003480
Los Banos Elementary
1260 Seventh St., Los Banos, CA 93635 · (209) 826-4981 · Merced County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL622 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
489 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 119 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 65% larger than its 6th grade class (72).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
30.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.5pp since 2014
Math
23.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.2% | 20.4% | 22.5% | 47.0% |
| Math | 5.2% | 18.0% | 24.6% | 52.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.5% | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 27.9% | 19.6% |
| 2022-23 | 24.3% | 16.3% |
| 2021-22 | 23.5% | 14.9% |
| 2018-19 | 31.1% | 19.0% |
| 2017-18 | 29.2% | 18.5% |
| 2016-17 | 21.9% | 17.0% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 12.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Los Banos Elementary
Los Banos Elementary's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Banos Elementary this school | 622 | 78.6% | 24.9% |
| Wakefield Elementary Turlock | 601 | 78.9% | 19.3% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary Hanford | 624 | 78.7% | 54.3% |
| Revere (Paul) Elementary Anaheim | 622 | 79.7% | 28.6% |
| Elmwood Elementary Stockton | 656 | 79.9% | 19.6% |
| Richard R. Oliphant Elementary Indio | 568 | 76.4% | 39.6% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Los Banos Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Merced County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #4,085 of 5,151 | #44 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #3,978 of 5,172 ▲ 234 | #40 of 54 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #3,935 of 5,172 ▲ 78 | #42 of 54 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #977 of 5,116 | #16 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 622 | #1,208 of 5,915 | #15 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #4,361 of 5,352 | #40 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.5% | #4,301 of 5,354 | #38 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.6% | #2,310 of 5,625 | #38 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #705 of 3,837 | #4 of 35 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
622
+205 (+49%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 23.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 622 | 25 | 24.9:1 | 79% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 22 | 24.6:1 | 74% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 18 | 24.5:1 | 83% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 18 | 23.2:1 | 72% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 861 | 32 | 26.9:1 | 82% (708) |
| 2015-16 | 917 | 33 | 27.8:1 | 87% (802) |
| 2010-11 | 916 | N/A | N/A | 48% (443) |
| 2000-01 | 949 | 48 | 19.8:1 | 65% (616) |
| 1990-91 | 532 | 23 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Banos Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (861 to 622); teachers down 22% (32 to 25).
About Los Banos Elementary
Los Banos Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school located in Los Banos, California. In all, 622 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6. It has 34% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Los Banos Unified includes 16 schools. Together they enroll 11,020 students.
Roughly 88% of students at Los Banos Elementary are Hispanic. Other students are 8% White. By comparison, Merced County residents are about 63% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 22%.
The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.9:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 79% of the student body. The average for public schools in Merced County is similar, at 81%.
On the allk12 Grade, Los Banos Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 22% of California public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Los Banos Elementary would score about 33.5%. It scores 24.9%, 8.6 points below that figure.
In Merced County, median household income comes to about $65,510, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Merced County counts 117 public schools with about 59,456 students.
Of the public schools around it, Los Banos Elementary is closest to Westside Union Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Los Banos Elementary is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Los Banos Elementary in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The 2020-21 count was 417 students and the 2024-25 count was 622. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. The ratio was 23.2:1 in 2020-21 and 24.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Merced County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
290,201
Census ACS
Median income
$65,510
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
59,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Los Banos Unified
- Pacheco HighHigh · 1,725 students
- Los Banos HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Los Banos Junior HighMiddle · 938 students
- Grasslands ElementaryElementary · 884 students
- Creekside Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- R. M. Miano ElementaryElementary · 778 students
Other schools in Los Banos
- Pacheco HighHigh · 1,725 students
- Los Banos HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Los Banos Junior HighMiddle · 938 students
- Grasslands ElementaryElementary · 884 students
- Creekside Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- R. M. Miano ElementaryElementary · 778 students
Nearby schools
- Westside Union Elementary0.1 mi · 573
- Los Banos High0.6 mi · 1,543
- San Luis High (Continuation)0.7 mi · 82
- R. M. Miano Elementary0.7 mi · 778
- Henry Miller Elementary0.7 mi · 676
- Transitional Kindergarten Center0.8 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Los Banos ElementaryHow many students attend Los Banos Elementary?
Los Banos Elementary enrolls approximately 622 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Los Banos Elementary serve?
Los Banos Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Los Banos Elementary?
Approximately 24.9:1 students per teacher at Los Banos Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Los Banos Elementary?
Student demographics at Los Banos Elementary are roughly 8% White, 88% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Los Banos Elementary in?
Los Banos Elementary is part of Los Banos Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.