Grunsky Elementary

Grunsky Elementary is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in Stockton, California, run under Stockton Unified, serveing 456 students in grades K through 8.

Grunsky Elementary is one of 54 schools operated by Stockton Unified, a district that teaches 33,590 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Grunsky Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%); the rest reads as 6% Asian, 5% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 43% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Grunsky Elementary reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Joaquin County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Grunsky Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Joaquin County indicate median household income runs about $92,179, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Grunsky Elementary is one of 251 public schools in San Joaquin County (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students).

Nearest neighbor: Aspire Port City Academy, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grunsky Elementary. On composite proficiency, Grunsky Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grunsky Elementary has decreased 23%, going from 594 students in 2018 to 456 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 75% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 32.8:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 today.

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