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What's something George McParland Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,195
Elementary
DISTRICT 787 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANTECA UNIFIED·NCES 062361009398
George McParland Elementary
1601 Northgate Dr., Manteca, CA 95336 · (209) 858-7290 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,195 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
26.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
730 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 224 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 129 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 131 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 130 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (224) is 72% larger than its 8th grade class (130).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
39.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.0pp since 2014
Math
30.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.2% | 28.8% | 26.4% | 34.6% |
| Math | 11.6% | 18.5% | 31.9% | 38.1% |
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 | 39.0% | 30.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 30.8% |
| 2022-23 | 47.6% | 30.9% |
| 2021-22 | 47.9% | 34.8% |
| 2018-19 | 62.1% | 50.4% |
| 2017-18 | 60.1% | 44.6% |
| 2016-17 | 54.0% | 39.8% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
35.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 George McParland Elementary
George McParland Elementary's state test result (35.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George McParland Elementary this school | 1,195 | 61.1% | 35.2% |
| Ellerth E. Larson Elementary Lodi | 890 | 61.0% | 50.9% |
| Rio Vista School of Applied Learning Apple Valley | 927 | 63.0% | 31.4% |
| Alta Murrieta Elementary Murrieta | 849 | 60.5% | 58.7% |
| Vanguard Preparatory Apple Valley | 1,153 | 67.4% | 28.5% |
| Dennis G. Earl Elementary Turlock | 817 | 66.3% | 30.0% |
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 George McParland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #2,941 of 5,151 | #44 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #3,209 of 5,172 ▼ 215 | #49 of 138 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,034 of 5,172 ▼ 412 | #50 of 138 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.8pp | #323 of 5,116 | #10 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,195 | #21 of 5,915 | #3 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.0:1 | #4,864 of 5,352 | #130 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #1,654 of 5,354 | #63 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #3,436 of 5,625 | #116 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #662 of 1,139 | #18 of 32 |
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
1,195
+71 (+6%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
26.0:1
was 26.8:1
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 | 1,195 | 46 | 26.0:1 | 61% (730) |
| 2023-24 | 1,196 | 45.2 | 26.5:1 | 59% (706) |
| 2022-23 | 1,157 | 45.2 | 25.6:1 | 44% (504) |
| 2020-21 | 1,124 | 42 | 26.8:1 | 48% (538) |
| 2017-18 | 1,119 | 42 | 26.6:1 | 45% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 1,054 | 35 | 30.1:1 | 41% (437) |
| 2010-11 | 1,108 | N/A | N/A | 40% (445) |
| 2000-01 | 855 | 43 | 19.9:1 | 20% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 743 | 28 | 26.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George McParland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (1,119 to 1,195); teachers up 9% (42 to 46).
About George McParland Elementary
George McParland Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Manteca, California. There are 1,195 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 8. The school is 157% bigger than the average for elementary schools in California.
Manteca Unified (30 schools, 25,347 students) runs George McParland Elementary.
Hispanic students are 53% of those enrolled at George McParland Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 30% White, 10% Asian, and 5% multiracial. In San Joaquin County overall, about 43% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at George McParland Elementary are from different groups.
George McParland Elementary has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 26.0:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 3.7 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 61% at George McParland Elementary.
George McParland Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, George McParland Elementary is 8.6 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 35.2% actual, 43.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
American Community Survey estimates for San Joaquin County show that median household income comes to 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%. San Joaquin County counts 251 public schools with about 153,026 students.
East Union High, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of George McParland Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, George McParland Elementary places 1st out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Small.
Enrollment rose 6% over 4 years, reaching 1,195 in 2024-25.
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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 Manteca Unified
- Manteca HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Sierra HighHigh · 1,670 students
- East Union HighHigh · 1,524 students
- Lathrop HighHigh · 1,486 students
- Veritas ElementaryElementary · 1,266 students
- Nile Garden ElementaryElementary · 1,221 students
Other schools in Manteca
- Manteca HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Sierra HighHigh · 1,670 students
- East Union HighHigh · 1,524 students
- Veritas ElementaryElementary · 1,266 students
- Nile Garden ElementaryElementary · 1,221 students
- Walter Woodward ElementaryElementary · 1,056 students
Nearby schools
- East Union High0.5 mi · 1,524
- Neil Hafley Elementary0.7 mi · 799
- Stella Brockman Elementary0.9 mi · 833
- Golden West Elementary1.6 mi · 591
- Yosemite School Community Day (K-6)1.9 mi · 5
- Yosemite School Community Day (7-12)1.9 mi · 45
Frequently asked questions
About George McParland ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at George McParland Elementary?
George McParland Elementary enrolls approximately 1,195 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does George McParland Elementary serve?
George McParland Elementary serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at George McParland Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at George McParland Elementary is approximately 26.0:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is George McParland Elementary?
George McParland Elementary reports a student body of 30% White, 53% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees George McParland Elementary?
George McParland Elementary is overseen by Manteca Unified in San Joaquin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.