Salida Elementary

Salida Elementary is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in Salida, California, part of Salida Union Elementary, with 273 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Salida Elementary sits 41% smaller than that benchmark.

Salida Union Elementary comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,038 students; Salida Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Salida Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 80%. Other groups include 10% White, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 50%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Salida Elementary has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Stanislaus County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Salida Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.3%, the actual is 24.9%, a residual of +0.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, Stanislaus County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,468, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), Salida Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Dena Boer Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Salida Elementary comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Salida Elementary's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 330 (now 273). Over the same period, the Asian share grew from 1% to 5%.

On the community side, the feed for Salida Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.