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What's the most underrated thing about Creekside Elementary that outsiders don't know?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LODI UNIFIED·NCES 062223008879
Creekside Elementary
2515 Estate Dr., Stockton, CA 95209 · (209) 953-8285 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% 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.
- BThree-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
24.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
420 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 | 114 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 97% larger than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
71%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
26.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.6pp since 2014
Math
16.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.4% | 22.0% | 26.7% | 46.9% |
| Math | 2.2% | 14.6% | 24.1% | 59.1% |
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 | 26.4% | 16.8% |
| 2023-24 | 18.6% | 8.7% |
| 2022-23 | 17.9% | 10.0% |
| 2021-22 | 22.8% | 14.4% |
| 2020-21 | 25.7% | 12.4% |
| 2018-19 | 24.9% | 19.7% |
| 2017-18 | 27.4% | 17.7% |
| 2016-17 | 27.7% | 21.1% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Creekside Elementary
Creekside Elementary's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside Elementary this school | 501 | 83.8% | 17.9% |
| Oakwood Elementary Stockton | 522 | 84.7% | 20.0% |
| Kennedy Elementary Stockton | 511 | 88.5% | 18.6% |
| Wagner-Holt Elementary Stockton | 417 | 84.9% | 19.9% |
| Pulliam Elementary Stockton | 599 | 84.1% | 15.6% |
| Nicholas Elementary Sacramento | 482 | 89.0% | 17.1% |
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 Creekside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #4,752 of 5,151 | #115 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #4,587 of 5,172 ▲ 473 | #104 of 138 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #4,344 of 5,172 ▲ 491 | #89 of 138 ▲ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,288 of 5,116 | #48 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #2,420 of 5,915 | #85 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #4,063 of 5,352 | #102 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #523 of 5,354 | #12 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #1,789 of 5,625 | #49 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #2,374 of 3,837 | #41 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
501
-61 (-11%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 1,142
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 501 | 20.5 | 24.4:1 | 84% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 20.5 | 25.6:1 | 84% (438) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 22 | 24.6:1 | 83% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 22 | 25.6:1 | 76% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 24 | 23.8:1 | 85% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 22 | 26.0:1 | 84% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | N/A | N/A | 80% (482) |
| 2000-01 | 917 | 44 | 20.8:1 | 64% (586) |
| 1990-91 | 1,142 | 40 | 28.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creekside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (572 to 501); teachers down 15% (24 to 20.5).
About Creekside Elementary
Creekside Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Lodi Unified, located in Stockton, California. The school's 501 students are in kindergarten through 6.
Federal data list 46 schools in Lodi Unified, with 27,047 students enrolled.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Creekside Elementary. The largest is Hispanic students, at 46%. Smaller groups are 20% Asian, 14% Black, 11% multiracial, and 6% White. For comparison, San Joaquin County is about 43% Hispanic. Creekside Elementary's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 24.4:1 comes from the school's 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.1 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 84% in 2024-25. That is 18 points above the 66% average for public schools in San Joaquin County.
allk12 grades Creekside Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Creekside Elementary scores 17.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 30.4%.
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.
Nearby, Delta Sierra Middle is about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Creekside Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Creekside Elementary ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 11% from 2020-21, when Creekside Elementary had 562 students, to 2024-25, when it had 501. Students per teacher fell from 25.6 in 2020-21 to 24.4 in 2024-25.
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 Stockton
- Lincoln HighHigh · 2,801 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,355 students
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,065 students
- Cesar Chavez HighHigh · 2,021 students
- Bear Creek HighHigh · 1,925 students
- Stagg Senior HighHigh · 1,677 students
Other Creekside Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 14 states are named Creekside Elementary. Creekside Elementary is the 17th largest of the 27.
- Creekside ElementaryMoreno Valley, CA · 612 students
- Creekside ElementarySan Diego, CA · 585 students
- Creekside ElementaryDanville, CA · 549 students
- Creekside ElementarySalinas, CA · 534 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolFranklin, TN · 780 students
Nearby schools
- Delta Sierra Middle0.6 mi · 563
- John Muir Elementary0.6 mi · 559
- Bear Creek High0.6 mi · 1,925
- Plaza Robles Continuation High0.7 mi · 141
- Julia Morgan Elementary0.8 mi · 407
- Wagner-Holt Elementary0.9 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About Creekside ElementaryHow many students attend Creekside Elementary?
Creekside Elementary enrolls approximately 501 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Creekside Elementary serve?
Creekside Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Creekside Elementary have?
Creekside Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Creekside Elementary?
At Creekside Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 46% Hispanic, 14% Black, 20% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Creekside Elementary public or private?
Creekside Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lodi Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.