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Sinclear Elementary

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Sinclear Elementary ranks 3528 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

3528^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 40% of California elementary schools

Summary

Sinclear Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 581 students in the Ceres Unified district, operating in a high-need community where over 80% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school performs in the lower-middle range statewide but shows important strengths, particularly in mathematics where it outperforms the district average and most nearby schools like Carroll Fowler Elementary and Walter White Elementary. It is notably effective for specific student groups, with its Special Education and English Language Learner programs ranking above average. The school has also made excellent progress in improving student attendance, now boasting a chronic absenteeism rate better than both the district and state averages.

Some challenges include a significant and unusual performance gap where male students consistently outperform female students, and academic progress that tends to fade in the upper grades despite strong results in early elementary. While per-student spending is relatively high compared to some higher-performing schools like M. Robert Adkison Elementary, science proficiency remains an area for growth. Overall, Sinclear represents a mid-tier performer within its district that succeeds in several key areas despite the economic challenges faced by its community.

581

Students ?

23.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,327

Per pupil spending ?

82.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1211 Hackett Rd.
Ceres, CA 95307-7357

(209) 556-1680

District: Ceres Unified

Students who attend Sinclear Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Blaker-Kinser Junior High
High:	Central Valley High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

84.5%

Asian:

9.0%

White:

5.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 57th percentile in 2013 → 40th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (33% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 17 percentile points since 2013

!Science scores 14 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school33%

District avg30%

California avg41%

3,528^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 40%▼ down 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 48% (2015) to bottom 40% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 14Elementary Schools in the Ceres Unified

1045^th of 1,543Ceres 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.6	3528 of 5857	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.6	3958 of 5869	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.4	3940 of 5859	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.3	3514 of 5883	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.4	3105 of 5789	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.8	2529 of 5662	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2017	39.9	3116 of 5692	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2016	40.8	3029 of 5614	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2015	41.9	2908 of 5611	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2013	55.8	2364 of 5530	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2012	46.9	2813 of 5390	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2011	39.5	3281 of 5377	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2010	42.8	2996 of 5314	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2009	42.5	2911 of 5193	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	42.9	2789 of 5113	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2007	38.7	2994 of 5113	41.4%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	36.0	1480 of 2585	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.6	967 of 2128	54.6%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	47.3	1337 of 3162	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	35.1	2155 of 3245	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.0	1955 of 3311	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	51.0	1193 of 3275	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.1	848 of 3246	73.9%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.5	3960 of 5597	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.7	4094 of 5612	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.2	3739 of 5609	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.7	3277 of 5635	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.5	3377 of 5492	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.8	2899 of 5413	46.4%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	44.3	2700 of 5107	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.9	3126 of 5107	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.1	3208 of 5087	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.2	2892 of 5084	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.8	2054 of 4963	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.2	1563 of 4830	67.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.7	3117 of 5460	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.5	3650 of 5517	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.8	3571 of 5363	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.8	3194 of 5264	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	51.7	2286 of 5173	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	65.1	1439 of 5084	71.7%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.5	2955 of 5628	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.0	3569 of 5643	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.3	3828 of 5638	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.4	3507 of 5663	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.0	2673 of 5510	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.6	2090 of 5431	61.5%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	48.4	1116 of 2847	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	30.0	1838 of 2635	30.2%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2025)61st percentile+21 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)58th percentile+25 vs school

Male (2025)47th percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)47th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)43rd percentile+3 vs school

Disabled (2019)43rd percentile-4 vs school

Female (2025)29th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy38%-11 vs state

Mathematics31%-6 vs state

Science19%-14 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sinclear Elementary	Public	K-6	1211 Hackett Rd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1680	581	25	23.2	82.6%	31 (5.3%)	2 (0.3%)	491 (84.5%)	52 (9.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	35.6	3528^th of 5857 public elementary schools	39.8%		29.6	3958^th of 5869 public elementary schools	32.6%	430	18.5		18.5	57.1	31.7	28.4	38.6			38.3	60.0	24.1	18.5	25.3			30.9	98.0				$24,327	$21,050	$3,277
Don Pedro Elementary	Public	K-6	2300 Don Pedro Rd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1630	439	19	23.7	93.6%	42 (9.6%)	5 (1.1%)	374 (85.2%)	10 (2.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	12.7	5447^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.0%		15.1	5293^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	9.8%	154	11.3		11.3	13.9	14.8	32.3	26.2			21.7	18.2	9.8	11.3	13.1			13.2	96.3		96.3		$23,877	$20,356	$3,521
Walter White Elementary	Public	K-6	2904 Sixth St.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1710	526	24	21.9	91.1%	55 (10.5%)	8 (1.5%)	426 (81.0%)	27 (5.1%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	8.2	5723^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	2.3%		12.2	5546^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.5%	177	3.0		3.0	13.9	11.1	7.6	26.2			14.4	24.2	5.5	1.5	7.9			9.7					$23,931	$21,686	$2,245
Caswell Elementary	Public	K-6	1800 North Central Ave.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1620	653	26	25.6	86.7%	14 (2.1%)	8 (1.2%)	624 (95.6%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19.8	4845^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.3%		21.1	4764^th of 5869 public elementary schools	18.8%	81	6.6		6.6	20.9	22.8	38.2	32.4			28.1	25.8	25.6	14.3	21.1			22.0					$19,159	$17,278	$1,881
Joel J. Hidahl Elementary	Public	K-6	2351 East Redwood Rd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1650	393	16	24.5	86.0%	26 (6.6%)	7 (1.8%)	334 (85.0%)	17 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.0%)	24.2	4481^st of 5857 public elementary schools	23.5%		19.8	4888^th of 5869 public elementary schools	16.7%	407	14.1		14.1	26.0	26.2	39.1	28.1			30.2	24.0	33.9	18.8	24.1			25.2	96.7	96.7		96.7	$25,864	$22,294	$3,570
Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary	Public	K-8	4927 Central Ave.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1500	503	22	22.9	69.8%	112 (22.3%)	4 (0.8%)	368 (73.2%)	11 (2.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	41.3	3132^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	46.5%		32.2	3768^th of 5869 public elementary schools	35.8%	636	14.6	36.1	25.9	42.6	37.5	30.9	55.8	47.5	60.0	46.1	54.2	30.6	18.2	41.5	25.0	31.2	32.8					$23,260	$21,058	$2,202
Aspire Summit Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	2036 East Hatch Rd.	Modesto	95351	Stanislaus County	Aspire Summit Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 538-8082	355	16	21.8	72.7%	26 (7.3%)	14 (3.9%)	243 (68.5%)	26 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	45 (12.7%)	17.6	5042^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	13.9%		15.8	5228^th of 5869 public elementary schools	10.9%	186	23.6		23.6	11.8	11.9	38.2				20.6	19.6	11.5	21.8				17.4	97.3		97.3
Carroll Fowler Elementary	Public	K-6	2611 Garrison St.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1640	522	21	24.8	91.8%	82 (15.7%)	4 (0.8%)	406 (77.8%)	17 (3.3%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	7 (1.3%)	23.1	4588^th of 5857 public elementary schools	21.7%		19.8	4887^th of 5869 public elementary schools	16.7%	299	9.2		9.2	39.7	28.8	31.6	27.5			31.7	36.8	31.8	17.1	5.0			21.7					$21,477	$19,590	$1,887
M. Robert Adkison Elementary	Public	K-6	1824 Nadine Ave.	Modesto	95351	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1600	531	21	25.2	88.9%	28 (5.3%)	6 (1.1%)	442 (83.2%)	39 (7.3%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)	9 (1.7%)	43.7	2966^th of 5857 public elementary schools	49.4%		36.6	3399^th of 5869 public elementary schools	42.1%	433	19.1		19.1	30.0	50.0	35.6	59.0			42.6	37.1	52.3	20.2	48.4			37.8					$22,589	$19,732	$2,857
Lucas Elementary	Public	K-6	3500 Rose Ave.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1500	668	25	26.7	77.2%	14 (2.1%)	3 (0.4%)	644 (96.4%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	20.7	4762^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	18.7%		25	4363^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	25.7%	399	12.0		12.0	31.9	15.6	28.3	40.9			29.1	27.7	13.3	13.0	24.5			19.6					$17,440	$15,640	$1,800

Frequently Asked Questions about Sinclear Elementary

What schools do graduates of Sinclear Elementary attend?

Students who attend Sinclear Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Blaker-Kinser Junior High
High : Central Valley High

How many students attend Sinclear Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 581 students attended Sinclear Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Sinclear Elementary?

Students at Sinclear Elementary are 85% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% White.

Is Sinclear Elementary a good school?

Sinclear Elementary ranks 3528^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Sinclear Elementary in?

Ceres Unified

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