Erma B. Reese Elementary

Erma B. Reese Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Lodi, California, overseen by Lodi Unified, with 593 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. That puts it 28% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Lodi Unified comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 27,047 students; Erma B. Reese Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Erma B. Reese Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 40% White, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian. Compared to San Joaquin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Erma B. Reese Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.0%.

Around the school, San Joaquin County reports that median household earnings sit near $92,179, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across San Joaquin County's 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), Erma B. Reese Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Millswood Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Erma B. Reese Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Erma B. Reese Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 36.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Erma B. Reese Elementary's enrollment has fell 5% since 2018, when it stood at 627 (now 593). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 60% to 40%.

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