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What's one thing Don Riggio gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN UNIFIED·NCES 062169008876
Don Riggio
3110 Brookside Rd., Stockton, CA 95219 · (209) 953-8753 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
355 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 40% larger than its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
30.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -11.9pp since 2014
Math
21.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.1% | 19.1% | 23.3% | 46.6% |
| Math | 6.5% | 15.3% | 22.1% | 56.1% |
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 | 30.1% | 21.8% |
| 2023-24 | 27.1% | 18.6% |
| 2022-23 | 25.4% | 14.5% |
| 2021-22 | 27.6% | 15.4% |
| 2020-21 | 22.5% | 16.5% |
| 2018-19 | 42.1% | 33.1% |
| 2017-18 | 38.3% | 31.8% |
| 2016-17 | 41.1% | 26.5% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
24.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Don Riggio
Don Riggio's state test result (24.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Riggio this school | 436 | 81.4% | 24.5% |
| Belshaw Elementary Antioch | 431 | 83.3% | 14.1% |
| Dover Elementary Fairfield | 463 | 81.4% | 15.0% |
| Mare Island Health and Fitness Academy Vallejo | 423 | 81.6% | 14.7% |
| San Miguel Elementary Lemon Grove | 435 | 81.8% | 23.7% |
| Montara Elementary Barstow | 403 | 83.9% | 16.6% |
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 Don Riggio ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #4,137 of 5,151 | #84 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #4,133 of 5,172 ▲ 188 | #78 of 138 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #3,967 of 5,172 ▲ 144 | #73 of 138 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #1,804 of 5,116 | #39 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #3,206 of 5,915 | #109 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,950 of 5,352 | #57 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #1,400 of 5,354 | #51 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.4% | #2,049 of 5,625 | #61 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.4% | #324 of 3,837 | #2 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
436
-88 (-17%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 436 | 19 | 22.9:1 | 81% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 20 | 22.1:1 | 76% (337) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 23.5 | 20.8:1 | 72% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 26 | 20.1:1 | 65% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 29.6 | 22.5:1 | 65% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 27 | 24.1:1 | 62% (406) |
| 2010-11 | 722 | N/A | N/A | 58% (420) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 34% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 506 | 22 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Don Riggio.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (665 to 436); teachers down 36% (29.6 to 19).
About Don Riggio
Among the schools in Stockton, California, is Don Riggio, a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 436 students in kindergarten through 8.
Don Riggio belongs to Lincoln Unified, a district of 13 schools and 8,721 students.
A majority of students at Don Riggio, 56%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 16% Black, 12% White, 10% multiracial, and 6% Asian. San Joaquin County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Don Riggio belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
Teachers at the school number 19 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 22.9:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 81% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in San Joaquin County is 66%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Don Riggio would score about 31.8%. It scores 24.5%, 7.4 points below that figure.
San Joaquin County census figures show that median household income is about $92,179, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. A total of 251 public schools operate in San Joaquin County, serving about 153,026 students.
Brookside is located about 0.3 miles from Don Riggio. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Don Riggio ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Don Riggio is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 524 to 436 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 20.1:1 to 22.9:1.
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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 Lincoln Unified
- Lincoln HighHigh · 2,801 students
- BrooksideElementary · 768 students
- Mable BarronElementary · 657 students
- Tully C. KnolesElementary · 643 students
- Sierra MiddleMiddle · 591 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 569 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
Nearby schools
- Brookside0.3 mi · 768
- Claudia Landeen0.5 mi · 562
- Primary Years Academy0.9 mi · 287
- Hoover Elementary1.0 mi · 654
- Commodore Stockton Skills1.1 mi · 971
- Flora Arca Mata1.5 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About Don RiggioHow many students attend Don Riggio?
Don Riggio enrolls approximately 436 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Don Riggio serve?
Don Riggio serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Don Riggio?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at Don Riggio.
How diverse is Don Riggio?
Don Riggio reports a student body of 12% White, 56% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Don Riggio?
Don Riggio is overseen by Lincoln Unified in San Joaquin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.