Romero Elementary

Romero Elementary is a close-knit K-5 school in Santa Nella, California, one of the schools within Gustine Unified. The school hosts 225 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 52% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Romero Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Gustine Unified, a district that serves 1,627 students overall.

On demographics, Romero Elementary lists that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 5% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Merced County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Romero Elementary has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at Romero Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Romero Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Merced County) records that the typical household earns roughly $65,510 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Merced County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students), of which Romero Elementary is one.

Volta Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Romero Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 26.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Romero Elementary's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 255 (now 225).

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