District Special Education

As a minimally staffed multi-level school in Stockton, California, District Special Education enrolls 112 students from grades K through 12, run under Stockton Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 81% smaller than the state mean of about 602.

Stockton Unified runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 33,590 students. District Special Education is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, District Special Education records that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Asian, 11% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, San Joaquin County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 69% of students at District Special Education qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (San Joaquin County) records that median household income runs about $92,179, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Joaquin County runs 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), of which District Special Education is one.

Nearest neighbor: Aspire Arts & Sciences Academy, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 460%: 20 students in 2018 compared to 112 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 20% to 5% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 1.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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