San Juan

San Juan, a small K-5 school in San Juan Bautista, California, overseen by Aromas - San Juan Unified, enrolls 298 students, covering grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Aromas - San Juan Unified runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 964 students. San Juan is one of those campuses.

On demographics, San Juan reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 19% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, San Juan has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, San Juan sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.3%; actual is 23.3%, a gap of -23.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for San Benito County put median household earnings sit near $114,394, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Benito County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,633 students), San Juan is one campus in the mix.

Anzar High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts San Juan at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. San Juan's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 335 (now 298). The White share of enrollment edged down from 40% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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