John Fremont Elementary

John Fremont Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in Modesto, California, part of Modesto City Elementary, with 625 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so John Fremont Elementary sits 34% bigger than that benchmark.

John Fremont Elementary is one of 26 schools operated by Modesto City Elementary, a district that caters to 14,444 students overall.

Looking at the student body, John Fremont Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 27% White, 13% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Stanislaus County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 66% of students at John Fremont Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, John Fremont Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.1%, the actual is 37.9%, a residual of -2.3 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Stanislaus County put the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Stanislaus County runs 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), of which John Fremont Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Roosevelt Junior High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, John Fremont Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John Fremont Elementary has edged up 7%, going from 585 students in 2018 to 625 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 46% to 53% over that span.

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