Wanda Hirsch Elementary

Wanda Hirsch Elementary operates as a tight-knit elementary-level community in Tracy, California, overseen by Tracy Joint Unified. Current enrollment sits at 359 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Wanda Hirsch Elementary is one of 19 schools operated by Tracy Joint Unified, a district that caters to 13,770 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Wanda Hirsch Elementary lists that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% Asian, 18% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Wanda Hirsch Elementary reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wanda Hirsch Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.0%; this one delivers 37.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for San Joaquin County put median household income runs about $92,179, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across San Joaquin County's 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), Wanda Hirsch Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Monticello Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wanda Hirsch Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.6%.

Wanda Hirsch Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 33%: 532 students in 2018 compared to 359 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 29% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Wanda Hirsch Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.