📍 2243 Welty Rd., Vernalis, Stanislaus County, 95385
Rising Sun is a Special Education serving high age pupils, located in Vernalis, Stanislaus County. The school has 21 pupils enrolled. The Principal is John Saylor. It is part of the Patterson Joint Unified school district. It serves grades 12 in a rural setting. The school employs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
Rising Sun enrolls 21 students across grades 12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 29% White and 9.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 52% |
| White | 6 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 9.5% |
| Asian | 1 | 4.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 4.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
16 of the school's 21 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.
Rising Sun is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Rising Sun is one of 10 schools in Patterson Joint Unified, based in Patterson, California. The district serves 6,070 students district-wide and employs 284 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 21 students, Rising Sun is smaller than the district average of about 607 students per school.