Lucas Elementary

As a moderately sized primary school in Ceres, California, Lucas Elementary hosts 668 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Ceres Unified. That puts it 44% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 23 schools in Ceres Unified (13,665 students total), Lucas Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Lucas Elementary reports that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lucas Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Stanislaus County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Lucas Elementary is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

The closest other public school is Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lucas Elementary. On composite proficiency, Lucas Elementary comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 30.9%.

Lucas Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Lucas Elementary's enrollment has edged up 17% since 2018, when it stood at 569 (now 668). Hispanic enrollment moved from 91% to 96% across the same window.

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