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Enrollment
593
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LODI UNIFIED·NCES 062223002646
Erma B. Reese Elementary
1800 West Elm St., Lodi, CA 95242 · (209) 331-7424 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
351 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 46% larger than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
42.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -10.3pp since 2014
Math
41.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.4% | 24.3% | 29.0% | 28.4% |
| Math | 19.4% | 21.9% | 30.3% | 28.4% |
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 | 42.7% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 38.4% |
| 2022-23 | 45.4% | 42.6% |
| 2021-22 | 48.2% | 40.9% |
| 2020-21 | 44.5% | 37.5% |
| 2018-19 | 55.6% | 48.7% |
| 2017-18 | 59.6% | 50.7% |
| 2016-17 | 55.4% | 48.7% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Erma B. Reese Elementary
Erma B. Reese Elementary's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erma B. Reese Elementary this school | 593 | 59.2% | 41.3% |
| PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue Santee | 548 | 57.5% | 54.5% |
| Wildwood Elementary Yucaipa | 607 | 57.7% | 42.8% |
| Onaga Elementary Yucca Valley | 586 | 61.8% | 25.1% |
| Clovis Elementary Clovis | 709 | 56.0% | 56.1% |
| Heritage Phelan | 563 | 53.8% | 59.1% |
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 Erma B. Reese Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #2,359 of 5,151 | #33 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #2,205 of 5,172 ▲ 108 | #30 of 138 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #2,676 of 5,172 ▼ 190 | #40 of 138 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.6pp | #1,055 of 5,116 | #28 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #1,465 of 5,915 | #62 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,898 of 5,352 | #91 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #1,580 of 5,354 | #60 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.2% | #3,514 of 5,625 | #120 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #3,268 of 3,837 | #75 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
593
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 593 | 24.5 | 24.2:1 | 59% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 23 | 24.5:1 | 61% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 26 | 22.1:1 | 63% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 26 | 23.0:1 | 53% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 627 | 27 | 23.2:1 | 44% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 26 | 24.4:1 | 45% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | N/A | N/A | 38% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 31 | 20.8:1 | 27% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 23 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Erma B. Reese Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (627 to 593); teachers down 9% (27 to 24.5).
About Erma B. Reese Elementary
Erma B. Reese Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Lodi, California. Enrolled students number 593 students, in kindergarten through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Lodi Unified, which runs Erma B. Reese Elementary, has 46 schools and 27,047 students.
Enrollment at Erma B. Reese Elementary is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 45%. It is also 40% White, 7% multiracial, and 7% Asian. For comparison, San Joaquin County is about 43% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Erma B. Reese Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.2:1 at Erma B. Reese Elementary, with 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 59% of enrollment.
The allk12 Grade for Erma B. Reese Elementary is C+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 37% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Erma B. Reese Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.3%, compared with a predicted 44.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in San Joaquin County, median household income is about $92,179, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Erma B. Reese Elementary is among the 251 public schools in San Joaquin County.
The closest public school, Millswood Middle, is about 0.2 miles from Erma B. Reese Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.1%; Erma B. Reese Elementary's is 41.3%, ranking 2nd of 7.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
In 2020-21, Erma B. Reese Elementary enrolled 599; in 2024-25, 593. Students per teacher rose from 23.0 in 2020-21 to 24.2 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Lodi Unified
- Tokay HighHigh · 2,058 students
- Lodi HighHigh · 1,952 students
- Bear Creek HighHigh · 1,925 students
- Ronald E. McNair HighHigh · 1,644 students
- Lodi MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- Ellerth E. Larson ElementaryElementary · 890 students
Other schools in Lodi
- Tokay HighHigh · 2,058 students
- Lodi HighHigh · 1,952 students
- Vista Oaks CharterCombined · 999 students
- Lodi MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- Ellerth E. Larson ElementaryElementary · 890 students
- Millswood MiddleMiddle · 843 students
Nearby schools
- Millswood Middle0.2 mi · 843
- Lodi High0.3 mi · 1,952
- George Washington Elementary0.6 mi · 361
- Vinewood Elementary0.7 mi · 543
- Liberty High0.8 mi · 126
- Lakewood Elementary0.8 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About Erma B. Reese ElementaryHow large is Erma B. Reese Elementary?
Erma B. Reese Elementary enrolls approximately 593 students in grades KG-06.
Is Erma B. Reese Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Erma B. Reese Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Erma B. Reese Elementary?
Approximately 24.2:1 students per teacher at Erma B. Reese Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Erma B. Reese Elementary?
At Erma B. Reese Elementary, the student body is approximately 40% White, 45% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Erma B. Reese Elementary public or private?
Erma B. Reese Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lodi Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.