Seeley Elementary

Seeley Elementary is an elementary campus of intimate scale in Seeley, California, operated by Seeley Union Elementary, instructing 325 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Seeley Elementary sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

Seeley Elementary is a school of Seeley Union Elementary, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Seeley Elementary logs that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 4% White, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Imperial County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Seeley Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Imperial County put median household earnings sit near $57,681, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Seeley Elementary is one of 76 public schools in Imperial County (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students).

The closest other public school is Sunflower Elementary, roughly 6.3 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Seeley Elementary comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 366 students in 2018 compared to 325 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 28.0:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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