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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STANISLAUS UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063795006393
Josephine Chrysler Elementary
2818 Conant Ave., Modesto, CA 95350 · (209) 529-5430 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
577 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 24% larger than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Josephine Chrysler Elementary→Prescott Junior High
Based on grade levels within Stanislaus Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
18.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.2pp since 2014
Math
14.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.3% | 13.5% | 25.2% | 56.0% |
| Math | 3.1% | 11.3% | 31.4% | 54.1% |
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 | 18.8% | 14.4% |
| 2023-24 | 22.1% | 21.6% |
| 2022-23 | 20.1% | 15.2% |
| 2021-22 | 22.5% | 12.9% |
| 2020-21 | 15.3% | 7.8% |
| 2018-19 | 27.9% | 24.6% |
| 2017-18 | 29.9% | 22.9% |
| 2016-17 | 26.0% | 20.3% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% 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 Josephine Chrysler Elementary
Josephine Chrysler Elementary's state test result (19.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josephine Chrysler Elementary this school | 621 | 92.9% | 19.2% |
| Westfield Village Elementary West Sacramento | 515 | 92.8% | 17.2% |
| Viking Elementary Fresno | 701 | 91.7% | 29.7% |
| North Elementary Tracy | 722 | 92.1% | 17.3% |
| Beckman Elementary Lodi | 550 | 91.6% | 21.9% |
| Centennial Elementary Fresno | 741 | 90.0% | 22.7% |
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 Josephine Chrysler Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #4,638 of 5,151 | #87 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #4,790 of 5,172 ▼ 788 | #94 of 100 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #4,911 of 5,172 ▼ 358 | #96 of 100 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #1,476 of 5,116 | #25 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #1,221 of 5,915 | #29 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #2,154 of 5,352 | #38 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #2,118 of 5,354 | #29 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #715 of 5,625 | #4 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #3,412 of 3,837 | #45 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
621
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 763
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 621 | 28.3 | 21.9:1 | 93% (577) |
| 2023-24 | 605 | 28.4 | 21.3:1 | 93% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 27.3 | 23.4:1 | 90% (575) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 29 | 21.4:1 | 95% (589) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 26.2 | 24.7:1 | 93% (603) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 24 | 25.8:1 | 87% (540) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | N/A | N/A | 98% (604) |
| 2000-01 | 757 | 37 | 20.5:1 | 89% (675) |
| 1990-91 | 763 | 32 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Josephine Chrysler Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (648 to 621); teachers up 8% (26.2 to 28.3).
About Josephine Chrysler Elementary
Josephine Chrysler Elementary is an elementary school in Modesto, California, and it is part of Stanislaus Union Elementary. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 621 students. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 34% higher.
The Stanislaus Union Elementary system has 6 schools and 3,325 students.
The student body at Josephine Chrysler Elementary is 62% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 15% multiracial, 10% Asian, 7% White, and 4% Black. Stanislaus County's residents are about 50% Hispanic, 12 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.9 students per teacher. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Roughly 93% of students at Josephine Chrysler Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 71% for public schools in Stanislaus County.
Josephine Chrysler Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 19.2% and a predicted 25.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Stanislaus County show that median household income comes to 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 county's public schools total 190, with about 106,477 students.
Measured in a straight line, Prescott Junior High is about 0.3 miles from Josephine Chrysler Elementary. The five-mile area around Josephine Chrysler Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 32.8% proficiency; Josephine Chrysler Elementary posts 19.2%.
Josephine Chrysler Elementary is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
The school's size has been steady, with 622 students in 2020-21 and 621 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Josephine Chrysler Elementary can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Stanislaus Union Elementary
- Prescott Junior HighMiddle · 746 students
- Agnes M. Baptist ElementaryElementary · 606 students
- Mary Lou Dieterich ElementaryElementary · 532 students
- George Eisenhut ElementaryElementary · 513 students
- Stanislaus ElementaryElementary · 307 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
- Prescott Junior High0.3 mi · 746
- George Eisenhut Elementary0.9 mi · 513
- Agnes M. Baptist Elementary1.2 mi · 606
- Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary1.2 mi · 532
- Catherine Everett Elementary1.2 mi · 428
- Stanislaus County West Campus1.3 mi · 56
Frequently asked questions
About Josephine Chrysler ElementaryHow large is Josephine Chrysler Elementary?
Josephine Chrysler Elementary enrolls approximately 621 students in grades KG-06.
Is Josephine Chrysler Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Josephine Chrysler Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Josephine Chrysler Elementary have?
Josephine Chrysler Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
How diverse is Josephine Chrysler Elementary?
Josephine Chrysler Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 62% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Josephine Chrysler Elementary in?
Josephine Chrysler Elementary is part of Stanislaus Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.