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.
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