Myron D. Witter Elementary

Set in Brawley, California, Myron D. Witter Elementary is a well-populated elementary campus, one of the schools within Brawley Elementary. It instructs 741 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 59% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 6 schools in Brawley Elementary (3,883 students total), Myron D. Witter Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Myron D. Witter Elementary logs that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 7% White.

On the resource side, Myron D. Witter Elementary lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Myron D. Witter Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Imperial County) reports that median household income runs about $57,681, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Myron D. Witter Elementary is one of 76 public schools in Imperial County (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students).

The closest other public school is Barbara Worth Junior High, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Myron D. Witter Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.1%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 827 students in 2018 compared to 741 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 in 2025.

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