Summary
Hazelton Elementary is a K–8 school serving 586 students in Stockton, California, within Stockton Unified. For 2025–2026, SchoolDigger placed the school at the 3rd percentile statewide with 0 stars; the district was at the 10th percentile with 1 star. The clearest concern is that math proficiency is especially low and chronic absenteeism is high: 9% of students were proficient in math, while 43% were chronically absent.
Results vary by subject: science is closest to district results, while math is Hazelton’s weakest area. In 2025–2026, proficiency was 23% in ELA, 9% in math, and 18% in science, compared with 30%, 18%, and 19% across the district and 49%, 38%, and 36% statewide. Among nearby district K–8 schools, Hazelton ranked 3rd of 8 in ELA and science, but 7th of 8 in math; its science result was 7 points above the peer average, while math was 5 points below. Eighth grade stands out: ELA proficiency was 47%, the highest among those nearby schools, and science was 21%, also the highest. Eighth-grade math was 16%, Hazelton’s strongest math grade, but below the district’s 19%.
Over four years, ELA proficiency rose from 17% to 23%, and its gap with the state narrowed; math fell from 11% to 9%, widening its state gap, while science rose from 14% to 18% but did not catch up with the state. Chronic absenteeism declined from 59% in 2021–2022 to 43% in 2025–2026, but rose from 39% the prior year. Hazelton’s 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 22.4, below the nearby-school average of 25.5, and its free/reduced lunch eligible share was 91% that school year. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rose from 2 in 2024–2025 to 3 in 2025–2026, but the school remained at 0 stars and tied at the low end among nearby schools with rankings, including Taylor Leadership Academy and McKinley Elementary.
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