San Joaquin Elementary

San Joaquin Elementary operates as an average-sized primary school in San Joaquin, California, operated by Golden Plains Unified. Current enrollment sits at 518 students spanning grades K through 8.

Golden Plains Unified comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,351 students; San Joaquin Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, San Joaquin Elementary shows that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 96% of students at San Joaquin Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, San Joaquin Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.2%; this one delivers 20.6%.

Around the school, census data for Fresno County shows median household earnings sit near $74,201, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), San Joaquin Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Tranquillity Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around San Joaquin Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), San Joaquin Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 24.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. San Joaquin Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 28% since 2018, when it stood at 717 (now 518). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the San Joaquin Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.