Sisk Elementary

As an intimate elementary campus in Salida, California, Sisk Elementary teaches 286 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Salida Union Elementary. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Sisk Elementary sits 38% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Salida Union Elementary (2,038 students total), Sisk Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Sisk Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder looks like 17% White, 12% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Stanislaus County as a whole is about 50% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Sisk Elementary has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.0:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sisk Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.9%, the actual is 34.4%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Stanislaus County indicate median household income runs about $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), Sisk Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Great Valley Academy - Salida is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sisk Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Sisk Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 347 (now 286). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 57% to 64%. Class-load math has fell: from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 in 2025.

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