Parkfield Elementary

Located at 70585 Parkfield Coalinga Rd., in San Miguel, California, Parkfield Elementary is a minimally staffed elementary-level community that caters to 11 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Shandon Joint Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Parkfield Elementary sits 98% below that benchmark.

Parkfield Elementary is one of 3 schools operated by Shandon Joint Unified, a district that works with 261 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Parkfield Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Beyond that, the school logs 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 62% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Parkfield Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Monterey County's rate of about 76%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Monterey County put median household earnings sit near $97,230, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Monterey County runs 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), of which Parkfield Elementary is one.

Pleasant Valley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 16.5 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Parkfield Elementary's enrollment has rose 22% since 2018, when it stood at 9 (now 11). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 78% to 91% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Parkfield Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.