Selma Herndon Elementary

Selma Herndon Elementary, a mid-sized primary school in Livingston, California, overseen by Livingston Union, instructs 611 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 31% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 4 schools in Livingston Union (2,550 students total), Selma Herndon Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Selma Herndon Elementary lists that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 22% Asian, 4% White. By comparison, Merced County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.6:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 77% of students at Selma Herndon Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Selma Herndon Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 30.7%, a residual of -2.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Merced County shows median household income runs about $65,510, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Selma Herndon Elementary is one of 117 public schools in Merced County (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students).

Nearest neighbor: Campus Park Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Selma Herndon Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 27.9%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Selma Herndon Elementary's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 632 (now 611). Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 83% to 74%.

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