Art Freiler

As a large elementary campus in Tracy, California, Art Freiler instructs 772 students from grades K through 8, run under Tracy Joint Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Art Freiler sits 66% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 19 schools in Tracy Joint Unified (13,770 students total), Art Freiler accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Art Freiler records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 29% Asian, 15% White, 6% multiracial, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Art Freiler shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at Art Freiler qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than San Joaquin County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Art Freiler tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.5%.

Around the school, San Joaquin County reports that median household income runs about $92,179, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across San Joaquin County's 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), Art Freiler is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Tracy Independent Study Charter, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Art Freiler at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 32.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Art Freiler has ticked down 11%, going from 869 students in 2018 to 772 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 23% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 today.

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