Tres Pinos Union Elementary School District consists of one K - 8 elementary school. The school/district office is located seven miles southeast of Hollister on state Highway 25. The District covers 200 square miles consisting mostly of large cattle ranches. As the direct result of this rural environment, the District places great importance on local heritage and emphasizes the values associated with a western way of life.

The school facility has six classrooms, an office/library buildng and a multi-use room. Currently, Tres Pinos School has an enrollment of 133 sstudents. The ethnic make-up of our student population is Caucasian (73%), Hispanic (25%) and other (2%). Of the total student population, 35% of the students attend Tres Pinos School on an interdistrict transfer.

As a direct result of our rural setting, our school operates multigrade classrooms (nearly all classrooms are configured with two grade levels). In order to ensure a low teacher/student ratio, we participate in the state's Class Size Reduction program. Furthermore, the District's governing board has mandated that class size in non-class size reduction classrooms is not to exceed 25 students whenever possible.

Presently assigned to Tres Pinos School are six teachers, three instructional aides, a reading intervention para-educator, a physical education para-educator, and one adminsitrator. All teachers are fully credentialed and highly qualified under No Child Left Behind standards. To better meet the needs of our English Language learners, five teachers hold CLAD certificates or its equivalent.