Brookside

Brookside is a high-enrollment K-5 school in Stockton, California, overseen by Lincoln Unified. The school enrolls 768 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Brookside sits 65% above that benchmark.

Brookside is one of 13 schools operated by Lincoln Unified, a district that serves 8,721 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Brookside lists that 35% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 25% Asian, 22% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Black.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Brookside has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Joaquin County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Brookside tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.3%.

In the area at large, San Joaquin County reports that median household earnings sit near $92,179, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Brookside is one of 251 public schools in San Joaquin County (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students).

The closest other public school is Don Riggio, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Brookside comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 32.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brookside has changed only slightly, going from 759 students in 2018 to 768 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 28% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

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