Northmead Elementary

Northmead Elementary is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Patterson, California, run under Patterson Joint Unified, teacheing 528 students in grades K through 6.

Within Patterson Joint Unified, which oversees 11 schools and 6,064 students, Northmead Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Northmead Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder reads as 9% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Stanislaus County as a whole is about 50% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Northmead Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.7%; this one delivers 37.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Stanislaus County put median household income runs about $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Northmead Elementary is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

The closest other public school is Del Puerto High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Northmead Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.8%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northmead Elementary has contracted 10%, going from 587 students in 2018 to 528 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 72% to 79% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

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