Teel School in Empire

Set in Empire, California, Teel School in Empire is a micro-enrollment secondary school, one of the schools within Stanislaus County Office of Education. It works with 125 students across grades 5 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Teel School in Empire sits 85% leaner than that benchmark.

Stanislaus County Office of Education comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 781 students; Teel School in Empire is among them.

Looking at the student body, Teel School in Empire logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder reads as 24% White, 2% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Stanislaus County as a whole is about 50% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Stanislaus County (around 71%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Around the school, Stanislaus County reports that median household income runs about $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Stanislaus County runs 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), of which Teel School in Empire is one.

The closest other public school is Empire Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Teel School in Empire.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Teel School in Empire has edged up 15%, going from 109 students in 2018 to 125 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 6% to 2% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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