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What do students at Coleman F. Brown Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYLVAN UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063867006497
Coleman F. Brown Elementary
2024 Vera Cruz Dr., Modesto, CA 95355 · (209) 574-5100 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
316 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 86 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 65% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
22.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.9pp since 2014
Math
19.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 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 4 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 | 6.6% | 16.3% | 18.1% | 59.0% |
| Math | 4.8% | 15.1% | 25.3% | 54.8% |
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 | 22.9% | 19.9% |
| 2023-24 | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 2022-23 | 16.7% | 15.0% |
| 2021-22 | 17.8% | 11.8% |
| 2018-19 | 27.1% | 17.0% |
| 2017-18 | 33.9% | 23.7% |
| 2016-17 | 27.6% | 14.7% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 11.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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 Coleman F. Brown Elementary
Coleman F. Brown Elementary's state test result (17.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coleman F. Brown Elementary this school | 378 | 83.6% | 17.8% |
| Sylvan Elementary Modesto | 326 | 80.4% | 19.7% |
| White Rock Elementary Rancho Cordova | 381 | 89.2% | 17.1% |
| Sierra View Elementary North Highlands | 318 | 87.4% | 30.8% |
| Johnson Park Elementary Olivehurst | 456 | 80.7% | 24.1% |
| Fair Oaks Elementary Pleasant Hill | 323 | 85.4% | 15.8% |
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 Coleman F. Brown Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #4,758 of 5,151 | #92 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #4,317 of 5,172 ▲ 464 | #77 of 100 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #4,658 of 5,172 ▲ 382 | #89 of 100 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.6pp | #1,233 of 5,116 | #28 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #3,959 of 5,915 | #83 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,895 of 5,352 | #34 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #876 of 5,354 | #5 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #1,821 of 5,625 | #35 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #2,220 of 3,837 | #23 of 56 |
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
378
-25 (-6%) vs 2020
-66% since 1990-91, when it was 1,114
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 378 | 17.5 | 21.6:1 | 84% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 17.5 | 23.3:1 | 84% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 17.6 | 23.7:1 | 83% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 17 | 23.7:1 | 67% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 15.5 | 28.2:1 | 85% (370) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 17 | 25.2:1 | 83% (357) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | N/A | N/A | 84% (351) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 67% (360) |
| 1990-91 | 1,114 | 48 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coleman F. Brown Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (437 to 378); teachers up 13% (15.5 to 17.5).
About Coleman F. Brown Elementary
Coleman F. Brown Elementary is a small elementary school based in Modesto, California. It enrolls 378 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
Sylvan Union Elementary is the district for Coleman F. Brown Elementary. It has 13 schools and 7,974 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Coleman F. Brown Elementary is 50%, a majority. After that, the student body is 18% White, 13% Asian, 12% multiracial, and 6% Black. Census estimates put Stanislaus County at about 50% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Coleman F. Brown Elementary is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Coleman F. Brown Elementary lists 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 21.6 students per teacher. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 0.7 students per teacher. About 84% of students at Coleman F. Brown Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Stanislaus County, the average eligibility rate is 71%.
Coleman F. Brown Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of California public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Coleman F. Brown Elementary would score about 30.6%. It scores 17.8%, 12.8 points below that figure.
The county, Stanislaus County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $81,468 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Stanislaus County has 190 public schools with about 106,477 students, including Coleman F. Brown Elementary.
Sylvan Elementary sits about 0.5 miles from Coleman F. Brown Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Coleman F. Brown Elementary is 7th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 403 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 378 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 21.6 students per teacher, compared with 23.7 in 2020-21.
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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 Sylvan Union Elementary
- Elizabeth Ustach MiddleMiddle · 1,016 students
- Somerset MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Daniel J. Savage MiddleMiddle · 906 students
- Crossroads ElementaryElementary · 752 students
- Freedom ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- Orchard ElementaryElementary · 579 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
- Sylvan Elementary0.5 mi · 326
- Somerset Middle0.6 mi · 947
- Standiford Elementary0.8 mi · 433
- Sherwood Elementary0.9 mi · 489
- Robert Elliott Alternative Education Center0.9 mi · 479
- Orchard Elementary1.0 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Coleman F. Brown ElementaryHow large is Coleman F. Brown Elementary?
Coleman F. Brown Elementary enrolls approximately 378 students in grades KG-05.
Is Coleman F. Brown Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coleman F. Brown Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Coleman F. Brown Elementary have?
Coleman F. Brown Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Coleman F. Brown Elementary?
Student demographics at Coleman F. Brown Elementary are roughly 18% White, 50% Hispanic, 6% Black, 13% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Coleman F. Brown Elementary in?
Coleman F. Brown Elementary is part of Sylvan Union Elementary.
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