Samuel Vaughn Elementary

Samuel Vaughn Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school in Ceres, California, overseen by Ceres Unified. The school hosts 570 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Samuel Vaughn Elementary sits 23% above that benchmark.

Ceres Unified comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 13,665 students; Samuel Vaughn Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Samuel Vaughn Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 13% Asian, 11% White. By comparison, Stanislaus County as a whole is about 50% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Samuel Vaughn Elementary records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 79% of students at Samuel Vaughn Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Samuel Vaughn Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Stanislaus County indicate median household earnings sit near $81,468, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Stanislaus County runs 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), of which Samuel Vaughn Elementary is one.

Cesar Chavez Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Samuel Vaughn Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Samuel Vaughn Elementary's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 637 (now 570). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 today.

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