Mendota Community Day

Mendota Community Day operates as a tiny 9-12 campus in Mendota, California, part of Mendota Unified. Current enrollment sits at 10 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 99% leaner than typical.

Within Mendota Unified, which oversees 7 schools and 3,977 students, Mendota Community Day is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Mendota Community Day shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Mendota Community Day tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, census data for Fresno County shows median household earnings sit near $74,201, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Mendota Community Day is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

Mendota Continuation High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Mendota Community Day operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Mendota Community Day's enrollment has grew 67% since 2018, when it stood at 6 (now 10). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 7.5:1 in 2018 to 5.8:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.