Mary Farmar Elementary

Mary Farmar Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus in Benicia, California, operated by Benicia Unified. The school enrolls 477 students in grades K through 5.

Benicia Unified runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,343 students. Mary Farmar Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Mary Farmar Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 7% Asian, 4% Black. Compared to Solano County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Solano County's rate of about 60%.

With demographic context factored in, Mary Farmar Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.6%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Solano County indicate median household earnings sit near $100,401, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Solano County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students), Mary Farmar Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Benicia High, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mary Farmar Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mary Farmar Elementary has ticked up 6%, going from 452 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 30.1:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 in 2025.

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