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Does Alice N. Stroud Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMPIRE UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061269004134
Alice N. Stroud Elementary
815 Frazine Rd., Modesto, CA 95357 · (209) 491-0754 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
308 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 5% larger than its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Alice N. Stroud Elementary→Norman N. Glick Middle
Based on grade levels within Empire Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
29.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -11.8pp since 2014
Math
27.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.5% | 18.7% | 25.6% | 45.2% |
| Math | 5.5% | 21.9% | 26.9% | 45.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.2% | 27.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.4% | 24.6% |
| 2022-23 | 30.5% | 24.8% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 28.7% |
| 2018-19 | 42.0% | 41.9% |
| 2017-18 | 45.9% | 41.6% |
| 2016-17 | 43.7% | 38.9% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 32.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alice N. Stroud Elementary
Alice N. Stroud Elementary's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice N. Stroud Elementary this school | 379 | 81.3% | 26.3% |
| Mentone Elementary Mentone | 378 | 79.1% | 36.0% |
| Gerber Elementary Gerber | 400 | 81.5% | 9.9% |
| Rhoda Maxwell Elementary Woodland | 395 | 83.5% | 25.2% |
| Dunlap Elementary Yucaipa | 382 | 83.0% | 25.9% |
| Dena Boer Elementary Salida | 444 | 79.3% | 40.6% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alice N. Stroud Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #3,937 of 5,151 | #63 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #3,488 of 5,172 ▲ 177 | #55 of 100 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #4,056 of 5,172 ▲ 400 | #70 of 100 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #1,213 of 5,116 | #19 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #3,933 of 5,915 | #82 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.7:1 | #3,505 of 5,352 | #69 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #3,207 of 5,354 | #57 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.3% | #2,058 of 5,625 | #42 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.2% | #670 of 3,837 | #1 of 56 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
379
-50 (-12%) vs 2020
-44% since 2000-01, when it was 679
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
was 23.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 379 | 16 | 23.7:1 | 81% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 18 | 23.2:1 | 76% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 18.2 | 23.8:1 | 72% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 18 | 23.8:1 | 79% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 21 | 25.1:1 | 82% (431) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 19 | 25.3:1 | 71% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | N/A | N/A | 71% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 679 | 31 | 21.9:1 | 43% (290) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alice N. Stroud Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (528 to 379); teachers down 24% (21 to 16).
About Alice N. Stroud Elementary
Alice N. Stroud Elementary is a small elementary school in California, located in Modesto. The school offers kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 379 students.
Alice N. Stroud Elementary is run by Empire Union Elementary, whose 6 schools enroll 2,794 students.
The student body at Alice N. Stroud Elementary is 73% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% White, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 50%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
Alice N. Stroud Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.7:1. The school's 23.7:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. The school has 81% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 71% average for public schools in Stanislaus County is 10 points.
Among California public elementary schools, Alice N. Stroud Elementary outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.9% for Alice N. Stroud Elementary. The school posts 26.3%, 5.7 points below the prediction.
The school is in Stanislaus County, where median household income comes to about $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Stanislaus County counts 190 public schools with about 106,477 students.
Of the public schools around it, Alice N. Stroud Elementary is closest to Peter Johansen High, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Alice N. Stroud Elementary is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Alice N. Stroud Elementary is Rural: Fringe.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 379, from 429 in 2020-21.
Anyone can start a thread about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Alice N. Stroud Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Empire Union Elementary
- Norman N. Glick MiddleMiddle · 602 students
- Christine Sipherd ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Capistrano ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Bernard L. Hughes ElementaryElementary · 455 students
- Empire ElementaryElementary · 384 students
Other schools in Modesto
- Joseph A. Gregori HighHigh · 2,346 students
- James C. Enochs HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Modesto HighHigh · 2,292 students
- Thomas Downey HighHigh · 2,192 students
- Grace M. Davis HighHigh · 2,083 students
- Peter Johansen HighHigh · 2,029 students
Nearby schools
- Peter Johansen High0.5 mi · 2,029
- Norman N. Glick Middle0.8 mi · 602
- Bernard L. Hughes Elementary1.0 mi · 455
- Empire Elementary1.2 mi · 384
- Christine Sipherd Elementary1.2 mi · 505
- Teel School in Empire1.3 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About Alice N. Stroud ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Alice N. Stroud Elementary?
Alice N. Stroud Elementary enrolls approximately 379 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Alice N. Stroud Elementary serve?
Alice N. Stroud Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Alice N. Stroud Elementary?
Approximately 23.7:1 students per teacher at Alice N. Stroud Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Alice N. Stroud Elementary?
Student demographics at Alice N. Stroud Elementary are roughly 19% White, 73% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Alice N. Stroud Elementary in?
Alice N. Stroud Elementary is part of Empire Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.