P. A. Walsh STEAM Academy

Located at 353 West Main Ave., in Morgan Hill, California, P. A. Walsh STEAM Academy is a cozy elementary school that caters to 359 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Morgan Hill Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 23% leaner than typical.

Morgan Hill Unified comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 7,810 students; P. A. Walsh STEAM Academy is among them.

On the student-mix side, P. A. Walsh STEAM Academy shows that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 11% White, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting P. A. Walsh STEAM Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), P. A. Walsh STEAM Academy falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 38.2%; this one comes in at 19.4%, -18.7 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Santa Clara County reports that median household income runs about $164,281, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which P. A. Walsh STEAM Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lewis H. Britton Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts P. A. Walsh STEAM Academy at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. P. A. Walsh STEAM Academy's enrollment has shrank 24% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 359). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

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