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Tuolumne Elementary

Public Grades K-8

5503^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 6% of California elementary schools

Summary

Tuolumne Elementary is a K-8 public school serving 624 students in the Modesto City Elementary district, consistently ranking among the lowest-performing schools in California with over 90% of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with student proficiency in English, math, and science far below both district and state averages; for example, only about 19% of students are proficient in English compared to nearly 49% statewide. The school's performance is notably lower than several nearby schools with similar student demographics, such as Shackelford Elementary in the same district and M. Robert Adkison Elementary in the neighboring Ceres Unified district, which achieve higher test scores and have much lower chronic absenteeism rates.

While Tuolumne spends more per student than some local schools, this has not translated to stronger outcomes, and it shows extreme variability in performance between different grade levels. The data suggests that targeted improvements in attendance, consistent instruction across all grades, and learning from the effective practices of higher-performing local schools could be key areas for the school's future progress.

624

Students ?

24.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,799

Per pupil spending ?

91.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

707 Herndon Rd.
Modesto, CA 95351-4210

(209) 574-8442

District: Modesto City Elementary

Students who attend Tuolumne Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Evelyn Hanshaw Middle
High:	Peter Johansen High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

90.1%

White:

5.1%

Two or more races:

1.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2015 → 6th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (17% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 29 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school17%

District avg27%

California avg41%

Elementary school

5,503^rd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 6%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

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Middle school

2,413^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 13%▲ up 6 pts since 2023

From bottom 7% (2023) to bottom 13% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

20^th of 22Elementary Schools in the Modesto City Elementary

1210^th of 1,543Modesto City Elementary 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.0	5503 of 5857	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.7	5645 of 5869	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.2	5621 of 5859	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.8	5615 of 5883	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.5	1400 of 1417	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.9	5665 of 5789	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.8	5541 of 5662	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.4	5573 of 5692	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	11.8	5316 of 5614	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	11.1	5412 of 5611	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	9.5	5319 of 5530	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	11.9	5128 of 5390	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	15.8	4913 of 5377	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	14.0	4958 of 5314	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	21.7	4303 of 5193	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	19.4	4380 of 5113	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	17.8	4453 of 5113	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	14.0	4414 of 4818	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	19.3	4016 of 4822	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	18.2	4101 of 4809	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	28.4	2654 of 3162	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.2	2380 of 3245	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	37.5	2002 of 3311	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	27.8	517 of 602	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.4	2676 of 3275	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.6	2814 of 3246	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.3	5287 of 5597	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.8	5478 of 5612	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.8	5247 of 5609	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.9	5369 of 5635	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.3	1257 of 1267	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.3	5468 of 5492	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.3	5307 of 5413	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.4	4622 of 5107	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.9	4769 of 5107	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.0	4787 of 5087	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.7	4813 of 5084	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.6	4891 of 4963	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.9	4731 of 4830	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.0	5057 of 5460	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.0	5210 of 5517	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.8	5116 of 5363	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.9	4912 of 5264	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.6	1090 of 1110	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.8	5028 of 5173	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.6	4965 of 5084	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.8	5205 of 5628	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	5273 of 5643	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.6	5488 of 5638	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.0	5447 of 5663	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.3	1248 of 1272	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.1	5247 of 5510	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.0	5312 of 5431	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.4	2811 of 2847	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	2493 of 2635	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.5	2413 of 2761	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	2487 of 2783	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.7	2590 of 2781	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	38.1	803 of 1478	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.5	867 of 1521	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.4	566 of 1540	63.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.0	2080 of 2533	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.0	2292 of 2551	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.0	2399 of 2531	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	2445 of 2509	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.0	1944 of 2395	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.2	2009 of 2388	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	2106 of 2374	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.9	2248 of 2359	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.8	2074 of 2542	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.1	2181 of 2579	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.7	2324 of 2531	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	2327 of 2458	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.4	2355 of 2534	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.7	2300 of 2552	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.7	2311 of 2538	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.7	2306 of 2527	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2024)16th percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)8th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile~ school

Female (2025)6th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)1st percentile-5 vs school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2024)46th percentile+35 vs school

Hispanic (2025)19th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)18th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)18th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)7th percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy20%-29 vs state

Mathematics15%-22 vs state

Science13%-20 vs state

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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 (2025)	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	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Tuolumne Elementary	Public	K-8	707 Herndon Rd.	Modesto	95351	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-8442	624	26	24.4	91.7%	32 (5.1%)	11 (1.8%)	562 (90.1%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.9%)	12	5503^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	6.0%		10.7	5645^th of 5869 public elementary schools	3.8%	142	7.3	18.2	12.6	21.1	21.9	18.2	17.3	11.9	26.2	19.6	26.4	10.6	14.5	7.3	7.9	21.2	15.1	94.4			96.6	95.5	96.6	$23,799	$21,222	$2,577
Orville Wright Elementary	Public	K-6	1602 Monterey St.	Modesto	95354	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-8462	399	16	24.6	92.5%	47 (11.8%)	7 (1.8%)	329 (82.5%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	8.4	5714^th of 5857 public elementary schools	2.4%		9.6	5700^th of 5869 public elementary schools	2.9%	14	3.9		3.9	10.3	18.6	10.0	14.5			13.4	19.1	16.4	3.9	9.0			12.5	96.2						$26,403	$24,050	$2,353
M. Robert Adkison Elementary	Public	K-6	1824 Nadine Ave.	Modesto	95307	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
Shackelford Elementary	Public	K-6	100 School Ave.	Modesto	95351	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-8422	495	23	21.0	94.9%	16 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	466 (94.1%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	23.1	4580^th of 5857 public elementary schools	21.8%		19.1	4933^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	15.9%	353	10.8		10.8	28.6	43.6	25.4	16.4			28.2	34.4	26.2	18.5	20.9			24.9	93.9	97.0			93.9		$27,965	$25,936	$2,029
Aspire Summit Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	2036 East Hatch Rd.	Modesto	94606	Alameda 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
Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	201 Wilson Ave.	Modesto	95354	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-8452	283	13	21.7	84.1%	47 (16.6%)	6 (2.1%)	208 (73.5%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.4%)	19.7	4853^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	17.1%		15.3	5280^th of 5869 public elementary schools	10.0%	427	19.2		19.2	20.0	27.3	22.2	43.8			27.9	13.3	17.7	6.4	28.1			15.4							$25,226	$23,046	$2,180
Virginia Parks Elementary	Public	K-6	1021 Moffett Rd.	Modesto	95351	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1670	643	26	24.6	83.7%	71 (11.0%)	14 (2.2%)	486 (75.6%)	50 (7.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.0%)	26.8	4246^th of 5857 public elementary schools	27.5%		25.8	4295^th of 5869 public elementary schools	26.8%	49	13.2		13.2	30.4	28.6	36.1	40.4			34.1	32.3	29.8	19.3	21.0			25.5	92.2	95.2	96.1	95.2	93.2	96.1	$21,217	$18,988	$2,229
Aspire University Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	819 Sunset Ave.	Modesto	95351	Stanislaus County	Aspire University Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 544-8722	423	19	22.7	84.6%	16 (3.8%)	5 (1.2%)	358 (84.6%)	13 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (7.1%)	33.7	3668^th of 5857 public elementary schools	37.4%		25.7	4302^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	26.7%	634	27.4		27.4	25.7	33.9	42.9				33.9	30.0	32.2	34.9				32.3							$33,610	$31,886	$1,724
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
Bret Harte Elementary	Public	K-6	909 Glenn Ave.	Modesto	95358	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-1952	867	38	22.7	86.5%	16 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	819 (94.5%)	7 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (2.5%)	17	5102^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	12.9%		20.4	4821^st of 5869 public elementary schools	17.9%	281	9.7		9.7	18.4	21.9	29.2	27.7			24.2	33.3	15.0	15.5	16.5			20.5	97.9	97.9		97.9	97.9	97.9	$24,258	$22,364	$1,894

Frequently Asked Questions about Tuolumne Elementary

How many students attend Tuolumne Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 624 students attended Tuolumne Elementary.

What district is Tuolumne Elementary in?

Modesto City Elementary

Is Tuolumne Elementary a good school?

Tuolumne Elementary ranks in the bottom 6.0% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Tuolumne Elementary?

Students at Tuolumne Elementary are 90% Hispanic, 5% White, 2% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Tuolumne Elementary attend?

Students who attend Tuolumne Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Evelyn Hanshaw Middle
High : Peter Johansen High

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