📍 715 W. H St., Los Banos, Merced County, 93635
Valley Los Banos Community is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Los Banos, Merced County. The school has 138 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melanie Martinez. It is part of the Merced County Office of Education school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 8.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
Valley Los Banos Community enrolls 138 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 62% male and 38% female. A teaching staff of 8.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 135 | 98% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
122 of the school's 138 students (88%) 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.
Valley Los Banos Community is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Valley Los Banos Community is one of 8 schools in Merced County Office of Education, based in Merced, California. The district serves 1,894 students district-wide and employs 123 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 138 students, Valley Los Banos Community is smaller than the district average of about 237 students per school.
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