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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MODESTO CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062513008903
Harriette Kirschen Elementary
1900 Kirschen Dr., Modesto, CA 95351 · (209) 576-4611 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- B-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
22.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
466 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 16% larger than its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
21.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.4pp since 2014
Math
18.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.4% | 15.0% | 25.8% | 52.8% |
| Math | 4.8% | 13.9% | 26.4% | 55.0% |
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 | 21.4% | 18.7% |
| 2023-24 | 18.4% | 15.6% |
| 2022-23 | 19.6% | 11.6% |
| 2021-22 | 20.9% | 14.4% |
| 2020-21 | 17.4% | 7.1% |
| 2018-19 | 27.1% | 17.2% |
| 2017-18 | 22.6% | 14.2% |
| 2016-17 | 18.7% | 10.9% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 9.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Harriette Kirschen Elementary
Harriette Kirschen Elementary's state test result (18.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harriette Kirschen Elementary this school | 503 | 92.6% | 18.4% |
| Sunny Brae Avenue Elementary Winnetka | 448 | 92.4% | 29.9% |
| Don Julian Elementary La Puente | 544 | 92.5% | 36.2% |
| Grunsky Elementary Stockton | 456 | 90.1% | 24.8% |
| Alexandria Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 502 | 92.2% | 45.6% |
| Lexington Elementary Pomona | 537 | 91.2% | 37.1% |
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 Harriette Kirschen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #4,697 of 5,151 | #88 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #4,427 of 5,172 ▲ 201 | #84 of 100 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #4,768 of 5,172 ▲ 80 | #93 of 100 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #2,541 of 5,116 | #51 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #2,394 of 5,915 | #58 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,606 of 5,352 | #45 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.9% | #4,090 of 5,354 | #84 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #753 of 5,625 | #6 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #1,374 of 3,837 | #6 of 56 |
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
503
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 503 | 22.4 | 22.5:1 | 93% (466) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 24.9 | 21.4:1 | 96% (512) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 24.2 | 21.9:1 | 93% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 21 | 24.8:1 | 97% (505) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 26.6 | 23.8:1 | 97% (613) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 25 | 25.8:1 | 97% (624) |
| 2010-11 | 712 | N/A | N/A | 98% (695) |
| 2000-01 | 855 | 38 | 22.5:1 | 92% (790) |
| 1990-91 | 670 | 24 | 27.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harriette Kirschen Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (633 to 503); teachers down 16% (26.6 to 22.4).
About Harriette Kirschen Elementary
Harriette Kirschen Elementary serves students in Modesto, California, as a mid-sized elementary school. There are 503 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 6.
The 26 schools in Modesto City Elementary enroll 14,444 students altogether, Harriette Kirschen Elementary among them.
The share of students at Harriette Kirschen Elementary who are Hispanic is 85%. Other groups include 6% Asian, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Stanislaus County residents are about 50% Hispanic. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at Harriette Kirschen Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 22.5 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. Of all students at Harriette Kirschen Elementary, 93% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Stanislaus County, the average is 71%.
Harriette Kirschen Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 14% of California public elementary schools.
The model predicts 25.3% for a school in California with Harriette Kirschen Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Harriette Kirschen Elementary posts 18.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Stanislaus County show that median household income comes to about $81,468, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Stanislaus County counts 190 public schools with about 106,477 students.
Robertson Road Elementary is the nearest public school to Harriette Kirschen Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Harriette Kirschen Elementary comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 3%. The ratio was 24.8:1 in 2020-21 and 22.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Modesto City Elementary
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- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 777 students
- La Loma Junior HighMiddle · 705 students
- Mark Twain Junior HighMiddle · 658 students
Other schools in Modesto
- Joseph A. Gregori HighHigh · 2,346 students
- James C. Enochs HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Modesto HighHigh · 2,292 students
- Thomas Downey HighHigh · 2,192 students
- Grace M. Davis HighHigh · 2,083 students
- Peter Johansen HighHigh · 2,029 students
Nearby schools
- Robertson Road Elementary0.1 mi · 306
- Burbank Elementary0.4 mi · 572
- James Marshall Elementary0.7 mi · 611
- Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy1.0 mi · 617
- Aspire University Charter1.0 mi · 423
- Mark Twain Junior High1.2 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Harriette Kirschen ElementaryHow large is Harriette Kirschen Elementary?
Harriette Kirschen Elementary enrolls approximately 503 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Harriette Kirschen Elementary serve?
Harriette Kirschen Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harriette Kirschen Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harriette Kirschen Elementary is approximately 22.5:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Harriette Kirschen Elementary?
Student demographics at Harriette Kirschen Elementary are roughly 5% White, 85% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Harriette Kirschen Elementary public or private?
Harriette Kirschen Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Modesto City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.