NCES CCD 2024-25 17 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Los Banos, CA

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17 public K-12 schools in Los Banos from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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17
Schools
11,180
Students
20.3/100
Avg Resource Index
24.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Los Banos has more public-school enrollment than 83% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Los Banos's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

10 of Los Banos's 17 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 31-point gap between San Luis High (Continuation) and Los Banos Elementary shows the range hidden by Los Banos's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 17%
School count
Top 19%
Resource Index average
1st percentile
Teacher staffing
2nd percentile

Pacheco High accounts for 15.4% of all Los Banos public-school enrollment

That concentration means Los Banos-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Los Banos school enrollment varies 21× across entities

Los Banos school enrollment ranges from 82 students (lowest) to 1,725 students (highest), a spread of 1,643 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Los Banos reports 62.4% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Los Banos student-teacher ratio is 24.6:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. San Luis High (Continuation) 38
2. Crossroads Alternative Education Center 35
3. Creekside Junior High 30
4. Valley Los Banos Community 29
5. Los Banos Junior High 26
6. Los Banos High 25
7. Pacheco High 22
8. Westside Union Elementary 18
9. Henry Miller Elementary 17
10. Mercey Springs Elementary 17
11. Volta Elementary 17
12. Lorena Falasco Elementary 16
13. Charleston Elementary 15
14. R. M. Miano Elementary 13
15. Grasslands Elementary 10
16. Transitional Kindergarten Center 10
17. Los Banos Elementary 7

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Los Banos

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Charleston Elementary 44.7/100
  2. 2 Westside Union Elementary 29.3/100
  3. 3 Transitional Kindergarten Center 28.3/100
  4. 4 Los Banos High 27.0/100
  5. 5 Creekside Junior High 26.4/100

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Which Los Banos school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

San Luis High (Continuation) has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Los Banos schools in this federal-data comparison at 38/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Los Banos, CA? ▼

Los Banos has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 11,180 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 24.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.