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Wakefield Elementary

Public Grades K-6
4918th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 15% of California elementary schools
Summary

Wakefield Elementary serves 601 students in grades K–6 in Turlock, within Turlock Unified. Its latest all-grade results show that proficiency is below district and California levels in English language arts (ELA), math, and science. The central takeaway is that Wakefield’s results remain low across all three subjects, not just in one area.

Compared with nearby schools, math is Wakefield’s relative bright spot, while ELA and science are weaker. In 2025–2026, proficiency was 25% in ELA, 22% in math, and 13% in science; district results were 42%, 29%, and 26%, and state results were 49%, 38%, and 36%, respectively. Among 10 nearby schools, Wakefield ranked third-lowest in ELA and second-lowest in science, but around the middle in math. Its results were about 12 points below nearby-school averages in ELA, 7 points below in math, and 10 points below in science. Sixth-grade math was especially low at 6%, compared with 28% in the district and 37% statewide; the reported sixth-grade ELA result was 0%, an unusual figure parents may want to verify in the source.

Wakefield has made progress, though it still has substantial gaps to close. From 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, ELA proficiency rose from 13% to 25% and math from 10% to 22%; their gaps with the state narrowed from 33 to 24 points and from 25 to 16 points. Science rose from 9% to 13%, but its gap with the state widened from 21 to 23 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking improved from the 3rd percentile in 2022–2023 to the 15th percentile and 1 star in 2025–2026. Its subgroup ranking for English Language Learner Students was notably stronger: the group ranked at the 34th statewide percentile in 2023–2024, versus the school’s overall 8th percentile. In 2024–2025, Wakefield’s student-teacher ratio was 20.7, and 79% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible—the second-highest rate among the 10 nearby schools.

601
Students ?
20.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,305
Per pupil spending ?
78.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 400 South Ave.
       Turlock, CA  95380-5646

(209) 226-6300

District: Turlock Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
88.7%
White:
5.7%
Asian:
2.5%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 7th percentile in 2016 → 15th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2016
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (22% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)
!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 24 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school22%
District avg34%
California avg42%
4,918th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 15%▲ up 9 pts since 2016
From bottom 7% (2016) to bottom 15% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
8th of 9Elementary Schools in the Turlock Unified
716th of 968Turlock Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202618.64918 of 580415.3%★☆☆☆☆
202516.35166 of 585711.8%★☆☆☆☆
202414.25374 of 58698.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.15693 of 58592.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.45337 of 58839.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.81385 of 14172.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.35548 of 57894.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.15380 of 56625.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201712.55326 of 56926.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201612.85241 of 56146.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201515.95006 of 561110.8%★☆☆☆☆
20138.75348 of 55303.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20128.35257 of 53902.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201117.84809 of 537710.6%★☆☆☆☆
201017.44750 of 531410.6%★☆☆☆☆
200912.14901 of 51935.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200814.44688 of 51138.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200714.04715 of 51137.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
201919.02401 of 25857.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.41795 of 212815.6%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202436.42080 of 316234.2%★★☆☆☆
202334.32216 of 324531.7%★★☆☆☆
202233.02357 of 331128.8%★☆☆☆☆
202126.1553 of 6028.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201928.32612 of 327520.2%★☆☆☆☆
201834.82067 of 324636.3%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202618.84767 of 556914.4%★☆☆☆☆
202516.64969 of 559711.2%★☆☆☆☆
202413.35267 of 56126.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.45475 of 56092.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.25179 of 56358.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.51243 of 12671.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.65280 of 54923.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.15121 of 54135.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202624.94092 of 508519.5%★☆☆☆☆
202523.34221 of 510717.3%★☆☆☆☆
202420.64421 of 510713.4%★☆☆☆☆
202313.84855 of 50874.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.14490 of 508411.7%★☆☆☆☆
201916.24605 of 49637.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.14457 of 48307.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202621.64572 of 541215.5%★☆☆☆☆
202522.24570 of 546016.3%★☆☆☆☆
202417.25001 of 55179.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.45181 of 53633.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.04782 of 52649.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.21085 of 11102.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.94893 of 51735.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.04749 of 50846.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202621.04618 of 559017.4%★☆☆☆☆
202518.04883 of 562813.2%★☆☆☆☆
202417.44957 of 564312.2%★☆☆☆☆
202311.35418 of 56383.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.95039 of 566311.0%★☆☆☆☆
202110.91238 of 12722.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.65288 of 55104.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.95159 of 54315.0%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
English Language Learner (2024)34th percentile+26 vs school
Hispanic (2026)20th percentile+4 vs school
Male (2026)17th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)16th percentile~ school
Female (2026)14th percentile~ school
Disabled (2019)7th percentile+3 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy25%-24 vs state
Mathematics22%-16 vs state
Science13%-23 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 601 students attended Wakefield Elementary.

Wakefield Elementary ranks in the bottom 15.3% of California elementary schools.

Students at Wakefield Elementary are 89% Hispanic, 6% White, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more races.

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Latest California data All new data »
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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