Dennis G. Earl Elementary

Dennis G. Earl Elementary is one of the sprawling elementary schools in Turlock, California, operated by Turlock Unified, with 817 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 76% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Within Turlock Unified, which oversees 14 schools and 13,478 students, Dennis G. Earl Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dennis G. Earl Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 32% White, 10% Asian, 6% multiracial. Compared to Stanislaus County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Dennis G. Earl Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dennis G. Earl Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.0%.

Around the school, Stanislaus County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), Dennis G. Earl Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sandra Tovar Medeiros Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dennis G. Earl Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dennis G. Earl Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 32.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 884 students in 2018 compared to 817 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 32% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 today.

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