West Valley Learning Center

Located at 610 North Hartley St., in Patterson, California, West Valley Learning Center is a micro-enrollment elementary school that works with 147 students (grade K), operated by Patterson Joint Unified. That puts it 68% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Patterson Joint Unified, which oversees 11 schools and 6,064 students, West Valley Learning Center is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, West Valley Learning Center shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder reads as 10% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Stanislaus County as a whole is about 50% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Stanislaus County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), West Valley Learning Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Walnut Grove Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

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