El Vista Elementary

As an average-sized primary school in Modesto, California, El Vista Elementary hosts 447 students from grades K through 6, run under Modesto City Elementary.

Across the 26 schools in Modesto City Elementary (14,444 students total), El Vista Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, El Vista Elementary lists that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 13% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, El Vista Elementary logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting El Vista Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Stanislaus County's rate of about 71%.

With demographic context factored in, El Vista Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.9%, the actual is 34.1%, a residual of +6.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Stanislaus County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), El Vista Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: La Loma Junior High, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around El Vista Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts El Vista Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 18%: 379 students in 2018 compared to 447 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 65% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 today.

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