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Dent Elementary

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Dent Elementary ranks 3569 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

3569^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 39% of California elementary schools

Summary

Dent Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 671 students in the Escalon Unified school district, performing below state averages in core academic subjects.

Academically, Dent faces significant challenges, with only 40% of students proficient in English and 32% in math, which is lower than the California state averages. Its performance is notably weaker than many nearby schools, such as Van Allen Elementary in the same district and Colony Oak Elementary, particularly in science where proficiency is very low at 13%. A concerning trend shows that reading scores drop sharply from 3rd to 5th grade. The school has made good progress in improving student attendance, reducing chronic absenteeism to 11.7%, which is better than the state average.

When comparing resources, Dent spends $12,179 per student, which is less than several higher-performing neighboring schools. Interestingly, there is a wide performance gap within its own district, as Van Allen Elementary achieves much stronger results with a similar student population. This suggests that targeted improvements in teaching and curriculum could help Dent close this gap. Parents may want to explore how Dent plans to address these academic challenges while building on its success in getting students to school more regularly.

671

Students ?

20.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,179

Per pupil spending ?

50.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1998 Yosemite Ave.
Escalon, CA 95320-1845

(209) 838-7031

District: Escalon Unified

Students who attend Dent Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	El Portal Middle
High:	Escalon High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

49.5%

White:

42.8%

Two or more races:

4.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 35th percentile in 2015 → 39th in 2025

Worth a look

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

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Science scores 19 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school33%

District avg33%

California avg41%

3,569^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 39%▲ up 4 pts since 2015

From bottom 35% (2015) to bottom 39% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 4Elementary Schools in the Escalon Unified

939^th of 1,543Escalon 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	35.1	3569 of 5857	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.1	3169 of 5869	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.8	3137 of 5859	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.8	2972 of 5883	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	46.5	696 of 1417	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	45.9	2829 of 5789	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	39.8	3157 of 5662	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2017	36.8	3325 of 5692	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2016	36.4	3301 of 5614	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2015	30.8	3641 of 5611	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2013	37.7	3486 of 5530	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2012	38.1	3387 of 5390	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2011	57.4	2171 of 5377	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2010	48.5	2654 of 5314	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2009	45.5	2733 of 5193	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2008	40.2	2934 of 5113	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2007	43.8	2686 of 5113	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2006	48.8	2245 of 4818	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2005	43.8	2495 of 4822	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2004	51.3	2085 of 4809	56.6%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	32.4	1382 of 2227	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	55.7	822 of 2585	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	35.5	1201 of 2128	43.6%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	41.2	1728 of 3162	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.7	2479 of 3245	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.5	2416 of 3311	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	39.3	319 of 602	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.6	2824 of 3275	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.7	2615 of 3246	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.5	2982 of 5597	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.3	2778 of 5612	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.5	2780 of 5609	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	34.5	3364 of 5635	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	41.1	683 of 1267	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	49.7	2516 of 5492	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	40.3	3061 of 5413	43.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.0	2497 of 5107	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.1	2608 of 5107	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.0	2904 of 5087	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.5	3329 of 5084	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.4	3282 of 4963	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.8	3504 of 4830	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.5	4247 of 5460	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.3	3342 of 5517	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.0	3062 of 5363	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.0	3673 of 5264	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	38.0	679 of 1110	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.9	4034 of 5173	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.3	4035 of 5084	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.0	4019 of 5628	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.5	3386 of 5643	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.8	3349 of 5638	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	48.8	2515 of 5663	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	50.6	560 of 1272	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.2	2961 of 5510	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.4	3085 of 5431	43.2%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.2	1874 of 2847	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.9	1384 of 2635	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.2	1211 of 2420	50.0%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.4	2199 of 2598	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.5	2136 of 2651	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.7	2177 of 2661	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.0	2078 of 2726	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.8	1941 of 2834	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.7	2009 of 2737	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Hispanic (2025)51st percentile+12 vs school

Female (2025)47th percentile+8 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)45th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)38th percentile-12 vs school

Special Education (2025)34th percentile-5 vs school

Male (2025)29th percentile-10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile-17 vs school

White (2025)15th percentile-24 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy40%-9 vs state

Mathematics32%-5 vs state

Science13%-19 vs state

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

My child has been to 4 different elementary schools. I would definitely say this one is the best!! Close Quote

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Dent Elementary	Public	K-5	1998 Yosemite Ave.	Escalon	95320	San Joaquin County	Escalon Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 838-7031	671	33	20.3	50.2%	287 (42.8%)	5 (0.7%)	332 (49.5%)	13 (1.9%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.6%)	35.1	3569^th of 5857 public elementary schools	39.1%		40.1	3169^th of 5869 public elementary schools	46.0%	400																													13.3		13.3	52.7	35.5	33.3				40.0	50.5	27.1	20.0				31.9	96.4			97.3		$12,179	$1,172	$11,007
Van Allen Elementary	Public	K-5	21051 East Highway 120	Escalon	95320	San Joaquin County	Escalon Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 838-2931	325	15	21.6	48.6%	179 (55.1%)	2 (0.6%)	137 (42.2%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	60.8	2026^th of 5857 public elementary schools	65.4%		62.2	1973^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	66.4%	53																													53.3		53.3	30.3	42.0	65.0				45.5	53.0	32.0	58.3				48.9						$13,124	$1,106	$12,018
Valley Home Elementary	Public	K-8	13231 Pioneer Ave.	Valley Home	95361	Stanislaus County	Valley Home Joint Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 847-0117	191	9	21.2	34.0%	108 (56.5%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (38.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.2%)	33.2	3713^th of 5857 public elementary schools	36.6%		30.9	3867^th of 5869 public elementary schools	34.1%	154																													17.7	17.4	17.5	46.2	28.6	29.4	19.2	35.0	34.8	32.5	38.5	28.6	29.4	34.6	30.0	26.1	31.8						$11,069	$917	$10,152
Riverbank Language Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2400 Stanislaus St.	Riverbank	95367	Stanislaus County	Riverbank Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 869-8093	557	22	25.0	72.7%	24 (4.3%)	3 (0.5%)	516 (92.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.2%)	59.8	2078^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.5%		60.3	2055^th of 5869 public elementary schools	65.0%	23		14.5	4.9	7.8	11.4	2.5	8.5		25.8	34.4	17.7	27.3	10.0	24.0		29.0	4.9	13.7	31.8	7.5	17.4		12.9	0.0	5.9	6.8	2.5	5.8	23.0	20.0	21.8	47.8	37.1	49.2	70.6	63.6	45.0	51.4	58.2	53.2	44.3	41.2	38.6	12.8	43.8						$17,669	$1,566	$16,103
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Colony Oak Elementary	Public	K-8	22241 South Murphy Rd.	Ripon	95366	San Joaquin County	Ripon Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 599-7145	447	19	23.2	22.4%	256 (57.3%)	0 (0.0%)	134 (30.0%)	22 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (7.6%)	68.7	1657^th of 5857 public elementary schools	71.7%		70.1	1593^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	72.9%	64																													47.1	46.9	47.0	56.3	43.6	66.7	50.0	76.9	67.4	59.9	58.3	49.1	45.1	48.1	51.9	57.1	51.5						$14,010	$1,002	$13,008
Great Valley Academy - Salida	Public, Charter	K-8	5901 Sisk Rd.	Modesto	95356	Stanislaus County	Great Valley Academy - Salida District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 545-7500	927	38	24.7	31.3%	256 (27.6%)	22 (2.4%)	532 (57.4%)	48 (5.2%)	6 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (6.8%)	28.9	4059^th of 5857 public elementary schools	30.7%		34.5	3560^th of 5869 public elementary schools	39.3%	499																													20.0	13.7	16.8	27.8	44.9	35.9	36.6	25.3	39.4	35.0	14.6	36.7	14.1	25.0	17.0	12.8	20.1						$11,921	$614	$11,307

Frequently Asked Questions about Dent Elementary

What schools do graduates of Dent Elementary attend?

Students who attend Dent Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : El Portal Middle
High : Escalon High

What district is Dent Elementary in?

Escalon Unified

What is the racial makeup of Dent Elementary?

Students at Dent Elementary are 49% Hispanic, 43% White, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

How many students attend Dent Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 671 students attended Dent Elementary.

Is Dent Elementary a good school?

Dent Elementary ranks 3569^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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