Mendota Junior High

Mendota Junior High is a mid-sized junior high in Mendota, California, overseen by Mendota Unified. The school teaches 612 students in grades 7 through 8.

Mendota Unified comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,977 students; Mendota Junior High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Mendota Junior High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, Mendota Junior High logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 97% of students at Mendota Junior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mendota Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.5%; this one delivers 29.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Fresno County put median household income runs about $74,201, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Mendota Junior High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mendota High, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mendota Junior High comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Mendota Junior High's enrollment has increased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 491 (now 612).

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