Sybil N. Crookham Elementary

Sybil N. Crookham Elementary is one of the intimate elementary-level communitys in Winton, California, one of the schools within Winton, with 362 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Sybil N. Crookham Elementary is one of 4 schools operated by Winton, a district that instructs 1,807 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Sybil N. Crookham Elementary reports that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 5% White, 4% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the resource side, Sybil N. Crookham Elementary logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sybil N. Crookham Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Merced County runs at roughly 81%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sybil N. Crookham Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 22.6%; actual is 39.1%, +16.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Merced County) shows that median household earnings sit near $65,510, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Merced County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students), Sybil N. Crookham Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Frank Sparkes Elementary 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. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sybil N. Crookham Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.1%.

Sybil N. Crookham Elementary operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sybil N. Crookham Elementary has declined 5%, going from 381 students in 2018 to 362 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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