Hickman Elementary

Hickman Elementary is a cozy primary school in Hickman, California, operated by Hickman Community Charter. The school educates 308 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 3 schools in Hickman Community Charter (1,096 students total), Hickman Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Hickman Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 41% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Stanislaus County's rate of about 71%.

After controlling for student poverty, Hickman Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.3%, the actual is 54.3%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Stanislaus County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), Hickman Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Hickman Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hickman Elementary. On composite proficiency, Hickman Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area. Hickman Elementary operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 309 students in 2018 compared to 308 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 32% to 41% across the same window.

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