Spring Grove Elementary

Spring Grove Elementary operates as a heavily attended K-5 school in Hollister, California, one of the schools within North County Joint Union Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 762 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 64% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Operationally, Spring Grove Elementary answers to North County Joint Union Elementary, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Spring Grove Elementary records that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 36% White, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Spring Grove Elementary logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.3:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than San Benito County's rate of about 60%.

After controlling for student poverty, Spring Grove Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.0%; this one delivers 54.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Benito County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $114,394 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across San Benito County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,633 students), Spring Grove Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: San Benito County Juvenile Hall Court, around 3.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Spring Grove Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spring Grove Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spring Grove Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 747 students in 2018 to 762 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 today.

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