Mercey Springs Elementary

Mercey Springs Elementary is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Los Banos, California, operated by Los Banos Unified, works with 608 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Mercey Springs Elementary sits 31% bigger than that benchmark.

Mercey Springs Elementary is one of 16 schools operated by Los Banos Unified, a district that serves 11,020 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Mercey Springs Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Other groups include 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Mercey Springs Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 27.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Merced County's rate of about 81%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mercey Springs Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.3%; this one delivers 20.6%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Merced County put median household income runs about $65,510, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Merced County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students), Mercey Springs Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Los Banos High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mercey Springs Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mercey Springs Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 28.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Mercey Springs Elementary's enrollment has declined 22% since 2018, when it stood at 783 (now 608). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 84% to 91%.

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