Shannon Ranch Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Visalia, California, Shannon Ranch Elementary instructs 609 students from grades K through 6, part of Visalia Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 31% larger than typical.

Visalia Unified runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 28,725 students. Shannon Ranch Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shannon Ranch Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder reads as 21% White, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Shannon Ranch Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 49% of students at Shannon Ranch Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tulare County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Shannon Ranch Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.3%; actual is 68.3%, +18.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Tulare County) logs that median household income runs about $71,300, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Shannon Ranch Elementary is one of 196 public schools in Tulare County (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students).

Nearest neighbor: Riverway Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shannon Ranch Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 38.8%.

Shannon Ranch Elementary operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Shannon Ranch Elementary's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 692 (now 609). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 33% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 27.6:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 today.

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