Alice N. Stroud Elementary

Set in Modesto, California, Alice N. Stroud Elementary is a cozy K-5 school, operated by Empire Union Elementary. It teaches 379 students across grades K through 6.

Alice N. Stroud Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Empire Union Elementary, a district that enrolls 2,794 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alice N. Stroud Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder breaks down as 19% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Alice N. Stroud Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Alice N. Stroud Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 81% of students at Alice N. Stroud Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Stanislaus County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Alice N. Stroud Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.1%, the actual is 24.0%, a residual of -7.1 points.

Across the wider county, Stanislaus County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Alice N. Stroud Elementary is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

The closest other public school is Peter Johansen High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alice N. Stroud Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alice N. Stroud Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 28%: 528 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 64% to 73%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 in 2025.

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