📍 3500 Rose Ave., Ceres, Stanislaus County, 95307
Lucas Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ceres, Stanislaus County. The school has 653 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Angelica Mariscal. It is part of the Ceres Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.1:1.
Lucas Elementary enrolls 653 students across grades K–6. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 625 | 96% |
| White | 17 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
499 of the school's 653 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lucas Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Lucas Elementary is one of 24 schools in Ceres Unified, based in Ceres, California. The district serves 13,692 students district-wide and employs 604 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 653 students, Lucas Elementary is close to the district average of about 571 students per school.