Modesto City Elementary

The Modesto City Elementary district in California serves 26 schools, including 22 elementary schools and 4 middle schools. The district exhibits a wide range of academic performance, with several standout high-performing schools as well as lower-performing ones.

The top-performing schools in the district include Sonoma Elementary, which ranks in the top 30% of California elementary schools and has over 50% proficiency in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. Lakewood Elementary and John Fremont Elementary also stand out as high-performing, with exceptional test scores and low chronic absenteeism rates. In contrast, some schools like Orville Wright Elementary have single-digit proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics.

The district as a whole faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism rates, with many schools reporting over 25% of students chronically absent. There also appears to be a correlation between a school's socioeconomic status, as measured by free/reduced lunch rates, and its academic performance, with the highest-performing schools tending to have lower percentages of economically disadvantaged students. Addressing these attendance and equity issues could be crucial steps towards ensuring all students in the Modesto City Elementary district have access to a high-quality education.