📍 475 Old Gilroy St., Gilroy, Santa Clara County, 95020
Eliot Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gilroy, Santa Clara County. The school has 504 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Maricela Rivera. It is part of the Gilroy Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.0:1.
Eliot Elementary enrolls 504 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 21 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 6.9% Two or more races and 2.4% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 434 | 86% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 6.9% |
| Asian | 12 | 2.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 11 | 2.2% |
| White | 10 | 2% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
418 of the school's 504 students (83%) 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.
Eliot Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Eliot Elementary is one of 15 schools in Gilroy Unified, based in Gilroy, California. The district serves 10,181 students district-wide and employs 453 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 504 students, Eliot Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 679 students per school.