Enrollment
111
Elementary
DISTRICT 68 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRATTON ELEMENTARY·NCES 061581012452
Gratton Charter
4500 South Gratton Rd., Denair, CA 95316 · (209) 632-0505 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL111 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of California public elementary schools
- A-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.
- 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
17.9:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
14 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (12).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
62.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.3pp since 2014
Math
61.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.3% | 33.3% | 28.0% | 9.3% |
| Math | 34.7% | 26.7% | 30.7% | 8.0% |
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 | 62.7% | 61.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.2% | 56.6% |
| 2022-23 | 60.5% | 61.7% |
| 2021-22 | 65.5% | 57.5% |
| 2020-21 | 68.2% | 51.8% |
| 2018-19 | 72.6% | 66.7% |
| 2017-18 | 60.8% | 51.4% |
| 2016-17 | 55.3% | 51.3% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 58.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Gratton Charter
Gratton Charter's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gratton Charter this school | 111 | 12.6% | 60.7% |
| Ballard Elementary Solvang | 113 | 10.6% | 73.6% |
| Knights Ferry Elementary Knights Ferry | 106 | 15.1% | 55.3% |
| Happy Valley Elementary Santa Cruz | 106 | 7.5% | 80.4% |
| Mountain Elementary Soquel | 143 | 14.7% | 63.0% |
| Newcastle Elementary Newcastle | 164 | 13.4% | 66.6% |
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 Gratton Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #1,084 of 5,151 | #2 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #1,002 of 5,172 ▲ 153 | #1 of 100 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #1,166 of 5,172 ▼ 89 | #5 of 100 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #3,182 of 5,116 | #67 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 111 | #5,610 of 5,915 | #104 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.6% | #5,408 of 5,625 | #105 of 105 |
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
111
-25 (-18%) vs 2020
+283% since 2010-11, when it was 29
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 111 | 6.2 | 17.9:1 | 13% (14) |
| 2023-24 | 117 | 6.2 | 19.0:1 | 21% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 119 | 5 | 23.8:1 | 15% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 136 | 6 | 22.7:1 | 22% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 128 | 5 | 25.6:1 | 21% (27) |
| 2015-16 | 115 | 4 | 28.8:1 | 8% (9) |
| 2010-11 | 29 | N/A | N/A | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gratton Charter.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (128 to 111); teachers up 24% (5 to 6.2).
About Gratton Charter
Gratton Charter, located in Denair, California, is a small elementary school. The school counts 111 students across kindergarten through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 76% smaller than that.
Gratton Elementary counts 2 schools and 135 students, including Gratton Charter.
Gratton Charter's enrollment is 78% White. Other groups make up 18% Hispanic and 4% Asian. County-wide, 43% of Stanislaus County residents are White. Gratton Charter has a diversity index of 35%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Gratton Charter's 6.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.9:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 13%. The average for public schools in Stanislaus County is 71%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Gratton Charter receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In California, Gratton Charter is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.7% actual against a predicted 72.2%.
Across Stanislaus County, median household income is about $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Stanislaus County number 190 and enroll about 106,477.
Gratton Elementary is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Gratton Charter is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Gratton Charter comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Gratton Charter is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data. Federal records list Gratton Charter as a charter school.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 18%, from 136 to 111. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.7:1 in 2020-21, and 17.9:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Gratton Charter can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Denair
- Denair Elementary Charter AcademyElementary · 554 students
- Denair HighHigh · 306 students
- Denair MiddleMiddle · 298 students
- Denair Charter AcademyCombined · 143 students
- Gratton ElementaryElementary · 24 students
- Denair ElementaryElementary
Nearby schools
- Gratton Elementary0.0 mi · 24
- Denair Charter Academy3.2 mi · 143
- Denair Elementary Charter Academy3.2 mi · 554
- Denair Middle3.3 mi · 298
- Denair High3.4 mi · 306
- Dennis G. Earl Elementary4.0 mi · 817
Frequently asked questions
About Gratton CharterWhat is the total enrollment at Gratton Charter?
Gratton Charter enrolls approximately 111 students in grades KG-08.
Is Gratton Charter an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gratton Charter is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Gratton Charter?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at Gratton Charter.
What is the student diversity at Gratton Charter?
Student demographics at Gratton Charter are roughly 78% White, 18% Hispanic, 4% Asian.
Who oversees Gratton Charter?
Gratton Charter is overseen by Gratton Elementary in Stanislaus County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.