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If you could change one rule at Christine Sipherd Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMPIRE UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061269001432
Christine Sipherd Elementary
3420 East Orangeburg Ave., Modesto, CA 95355 · (209) 524-4844 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
416 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 103 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 63% larger than its 6th grade class (63).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Christine Sipherd Elementary→Norman N. Glick Middle
Based on grade levels within Empire Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.2pp since 2014
Math
35.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.4% | 19.9% | 26.3% | 32.4% |
| Math | 13.6% | 21.9% | 26.0% | 38.5% |
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 | 41.2% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.2% | 25.7% |
| 2022-23 | 39.1% | 26.2% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 20.7% |
| 2018-19 | 44.3% | 41.2% |
| 2017-18 | 52.0% | 45.0% |
| 2016-17 | 43.4% | 43.1% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Christine Sipherd Elementary
Christine Sipherd Elementary's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christine Sipherd Elementary this school | 505 | 82.4% | 34.7% |
| Johnson Park Elementary Olivehurst | 456 | 80.7% | 24.1% |
| Christa McAuliffe Elementary Bakersfield | 524 | 77.9% | 37.3% |
| Elihu Beard Elementary Modesto | 467 | 80.3% | 29.9% |
| John Muir Elementary Modesto | 567 | 81.0% | 29.9% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary Clovis | 465 | 84.9% | 32.2% |
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 Christine Sipherd Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #2,988 of 5,151 | #42 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #2,698 of 5,172 ▲ 851 | #36 of 100 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #2,799 of 5,172 ▲ 95 | #35 of 100 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #436 of 5,116 | #10 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #2,363 of 5,915 | #56 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #3,792 of 5,352 | #77 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #1,835 of 5,354 | #24 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #1,925 of 5,625 | #38 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #787 of 1,139 | #22 of 36 |
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
505
+56 (+12%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 745
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 505 | 21 | 24.1:1 | 82% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 21 | 23.1:1 | 79% (384) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 20.2 | 22.7:1 | 73% (333) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 19 | 23.6:1 | 73% (327) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 20 | 24.1:1 | 75% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 22 | 23.4:1 | 78% (401) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | N/A | N/A | 73% (334) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 44% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 745 | 27 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christine Sipherd Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (483 to 505); teachers up 5% (20 to 21).
About Christine Sipherd Elementary
Christine Sipherd Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Empire Union Elementary, located in Modesto, California. There are 505 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 6.
Empire Union Elementary runs Christine Sipherd Elementary along with 5 other schools, enrolling 2,794 students in total.
The largest group at Christine Sipherd Elementary is Hispanic students, at 58%. The remaining students are 24% White, 6% Asian, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. The diversity index for Christine Sipherd Elementary is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, Christine Sipherd Elementary has a ratio of 24.1:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.7 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 82%. The 71% average for public schools in Stanislaus County is 11 points lower.
A school with Christine Sipherd Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 31.3%. Christine Sipherd Elementary scores 34.7%, 3.5 points above that line.
In Stanislaus County, home to about 553,990 people, median household income comes to about $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 190 public schools in the county, enrolling about 106,477, Christine Sipherd Elementary among them.
Christine Sipherd Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Lakewood Elementary, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Christine Sipherd Elementary ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 34.7% against a local average of 41.0%.
The NCES locale for Christine Sipherd Elementary is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 56 students, from 449 to 505.
People who know Christine Sipherd Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Empire Union Elementary
- Norman N. Glick MiddleMiddle · 602 students
- Capistrano ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Bernard L. Hughes ElementaryElementary · 455 students
- Empire ElementaryElementary · 384 students
- Alice N. Stroud ElementaryElementary · 379 students
Other schools in Modesto
- Joseph A. Gregori HighHigh · 2,346 students
- James C. Enochs HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Modesto HighHigh · 2,292 students
- Thomas Downey HighHigh · 2,192 students
- Grace M. Davis HighHigh · 2,083 students
- Peter Johansen HighHigh · 2,029 students
Nearby schools
- Lakewood Elementary0.6 mi · 395
- Daniel J. Savage Middle0.6 mi · 906
- Freedom Elementary0.8 mi · 713
- Sonoma Elementary1.0 mi · 536
- Bernard L. Hughes Elementary1.2 mi · 455
- Alice N. Stroud Elementary1.2 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About Christine Sipherd ElementaryHow large is Christine Sipherd Elementary?
Christine Sipherd Elementary enrolls approximately 505 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Christine Sipherd Elementary serve?
Christine Sipherd Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Christine Sipherd Elementary have?
Christine Sipherd Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Christine Sipherd Elementary?
At Christine Sipherd Elementary, the student body is approximately 24% White, 58% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Christine Sipherd Elementary in?
Christine Sipherd Elementary is part of Empire Union Elementary.
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