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August Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 11% |
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardWhat 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 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.6% | 20.4% | 30.9% | 40.1% |
| Math | 8.5% | 11.6% | 24.8% | 55.2% |
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 20.1% |
| 2023-24 | 29.8% | 18.6% |
| 2022-23 | 30.5% | 19.5% |
| 2021-22 | 21.7% | 12.3% |
| 2018-19 | 36.2% | 30.2% |
| 2017-18 | 28.9% | 27.2% |
| 2016-17 | 26.8% | 24.0% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 21.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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%.
Where August Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #4,144 of 5,151 | #85 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #4,301 of 5,172 | #85 of 138 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #4,078 of 5,172 | #79 of 138 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.6pp | #1,000 of 5,116 | #18 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #2,050 of 5,915 | #79 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,907 of 5,352 | #26 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.9% | #4,427 of 5,354 | #144 of 149 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #2,685 of 3,837 | #53 of 95 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 534 | 24.7 | 21.6:1 | 90% (482) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 23.6 | 22.7:1 | 91% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 24.8 | 22.1:1 | 91% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 23.8 | 24.9:1 | 91% (540) |
About August Elementary
August Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in California, with an address in Stockton. It educates 534 students in kindergarten through 8.
Stockton Unified oversees August Elementary and 53 other schools, with 33,590 students in total.
Most students at August Elementary are Hispanic: 89% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 4% White and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of San Joaquin County is roughly 43% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at August Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1 at August Elementary, with 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 90%. On average, public schools in San Joaquin County report 66%.
On BeatsExpectations, August Elementary is 2.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Across San Joaquin County, median household income is about $92,179, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of San Joaquin County number 251 and enroll about 153,026.
The nearest public school is Fillmore Elementary, at about 0.9 miles. August Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 25.2%, higher than August Elementary's 24.4%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 534 was 10% lower than in 2017-18, when it was 594. The share of Hispanic students increased 7 points, from 82% to 89%. Students per teacher fell from 24.9 in 2017-18 to 21.6 in 2024-25.
The August Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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