Ansel Adams

As a moderately sized elementary campus in Stockton, California, Ansel Adams instructs 618 students from grades K through 6, part of Lodi Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 33% larger than typical.

Across the 46 schools in Lodi Unified (27,047 students total), Ansel Adams accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Ansel Adams records that the largest single group is Asian at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 32% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, San Joaquin County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Joaquin County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ansel Adams tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.3%.

In the surrounding community, San Joaquin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $92,179 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Ansel Adams is one of 251 public schools in San Joaquin County (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students).

Aspire Benjamin Holt College Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ansel Adams at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 28.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ansel Adams has contracted 18%, going from 752 students in 2018 to 618 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 56% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.9:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 today.

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