Anthony C. Traina Elementary

Anthony C. Traina Elementary is a roomy elementary campus in Tracy, California, overseen by Jefferson Elementary. The school educates 721 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Anthony C. Traina Elementary sits 55% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 20 schools in Jefferson Elementary (8,072 students total), Anthony C. Traina Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Anthony C. Traina Elementary logs that 37% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 32% Asian, 14% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Black.

On the resource side, Anthony C. Traina Elementary records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 51% of students at Anthony C. Traina Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Joaquin County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Anthony C. Traina Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.2%, the actual is 47.2%, a residual of -2.0 points.

In the broader community, San Joaquin County reports that median household earnings sit near $92,179, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, San Joaquin County runs 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), of which Anthony C. Traina Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Monticello Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Anthony C. Traina Elementary. On composite proficiency, Anthony C. Traina Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

Anthony C. Traina Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 757 students in 2018 compared to 721 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 23% to 14% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Anthony C. Traina Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.