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If you had an hour of school board time for Beckman Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
550
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LODI UNIFIED·NCES 062223009896
Beckman Elementary
2201 Scarborough Dr., Lodi, CA 95240 · (209) 331-7410 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
504 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 24% larger than its 6th grade class (75).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
25.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.2pp since 2014
Math
22.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.7% | 16.5% | 24.9% | 49.8% |
| Math | 6.8% | 15.2% | 27.9% | 50.0% |
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 | 25.2% | 22.1% |
| 2023-24 | 20.8% | 18.8% |
| 2022-23 | 23.5% | 17.5% |
| 2021-22 | 28.7% | 12.9% |
| 2020-21 | 23.7% | 12.9% |
| 2018-19 | 29.1% | 19.7% |
| 2017-18 | 31.0% | 19.7% |
| 2016-17 | 22.3% | 15.5% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Beckman Elementary
Beckman Elementary's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckman Elementary this school | 550 | 91.6% | 21.9% |
| Lawrence Elementary Lodi | 512 | 92.4% | 25.5% |
| Central Elementary Tracy | 491 | 90.2% | 22.9% |
| Westfield Village Elementary West Sacramento | 515 | 92.8% | 17.2% |
| Wishon Elementary Fresno | 497 | 92.8% | 31.9% |
| Bridge Street Elementary Yuba City | 480 | 91.5% | 17.3% |
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 Beckman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #4,394 of 5,151 | #97 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #4,096 of 5,172 ▲ 211 | #76 of 138 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #4,463 of 5,172 ▲ 206 | #97 of 138 ▲ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #2,355 of 5,116 | #53 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #1,863 of 5,915 | #75 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,678 of 5,352 | #85 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #3,095 of 5,354 | #115 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.6% | #881 of 5,625 | #8 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #1,706 of 3,837 | #26 of 95 |
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
550
-38 (-6%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 550 | 23 | 23.9:1 | 92% (504) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 21 | 25.3:1 | 92% (488) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 23 | 23.2:1 | 95% (506) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 24 | 24.5:1 | 82% (484) |
| 2017-18 | 667 | 29.5 | 22.6:1 | 86% (572) |
| 2015-16 | 700 | 29 | 24.1:1 | 86% (605) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | N/A | N/A | 83% (544) |
| 2000-01 | 830 | 37 | 22.4:1 | 55% (455) |
| 1990-91 | 783 | 28 | 28.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beckman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (667 to 550); teachers down 22% (29.5 to 23).
About Beckman Elementary
Beckman Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Lodi, California. The school's enrollment of 550 students covers kindergarten through 6.
The district, Lodi Unified, has 27,047 students enrolled across 46 schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Beckman Elementary, at 72%. Smaller groups are 12% Asian, 10% White, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of San Joaquin County is roughly 43% Hispanic. Beckman Elementary's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 23 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 23.9:1. That is 1.6 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 92%. That is 26 points above the 66% average for public schools in San Joaquin County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Beckman Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 21.9% actual against 25.9% predicted.
San Joaquin County has about 797,334 residents, and the median household income is $92,179, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, San Joaquin County has 251 public schools and roughly 153,026 students.
Tokay High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Beckman Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Beckman Elementary is 6th of 6 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is down 6% from 2020-21, when Beckman Elementary had 588 students, to 2024-25, when it had 550.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
San Joaquin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
797,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
251
153,026 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lodi Unified
- Tokay HighHigh · 2,058 students
- Lodi HighHigh · 1,952 students
- Bear Creek HighHigh · 1,925 students
- Ronald E. McNair HighHigh · 1,644 students
- Lodi MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- Ellerth E. Larson ElementaryElementary · 890 students
Other schools in Lodi
- Tokay HighHigh · 2,058 students
- Lodi HighHigh · 1,952 students
- Vista Oaks CharterCombined · 999 students
- Lodi MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- Ellerth E. Larson ElementaryElementary · 890 students
- Millswood MiddleMiddle · 843 students
Nearby schools
- Tokay High0.4 mi · 2,058
- Rio Valley Charter0.7 mi · 714
- Leroy Nichols Elementary0.9 mi · 344
- Lois E. Borchardt Elementary0.9 mi · 755
- Ellerth E. Larson Elementary1.1 mi · 890
- Lodi Middle1.3 mi · 893
Frequently asked questions
About Beckman ElementaryHow large is Beckman Elementary?
Beckman Elementary enrolls approximately 550 students in grades KG-06.
Is Beckman Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beckman Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Beckman Elementary?
Approximately 23.9:1 students per teacher at Beckman Elementary.
How diverse is Beckman Elementary?
Beckman Elementary reports a student body of 10% White, 72% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Beckman Elementary?
Beckman Elementary is overseen by Lodi Unified in San Joaquin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.