Enrollment
106
Elementary
STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KNIGHTS FERRY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062001002396
Knights Ferry Elementary
12726 Dent St., Knights Ferry, CA 95361 · (209) 881-3382 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL106 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
15.1:1
7 FTE teachers
STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
16 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 21 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 5 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 10 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 8 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 4 | 4% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
66.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.0pp since 2014
Math
58.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 37.7% | 28.3% | 24.5% | 9.4% |
| Math | 30.2% | 28.3% | 22.6% | 18.9% |
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 | 66.0% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 49.2% | 37.7% |
| 2022-23 | 51.3% | 48.7% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 32.6% |
| 2020-21 | 48.7% | 30.4% |
| 2018-19 | 51.1% | 51.7% |
| 2017-18 | 42.9% | 46.5% |
| 2016-17 | 47.1% | 56.7% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 71% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Knights Ferry Elementary
Knights Ferry Elementary's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knights Ferry Elementary this school | 106 | 15.1% | 55.3% |
| San Geronimo Valley Elementary San Geronimo | 93 | 18.3% | 48.6% |
| Gratton Charter Denair | 111 | 12.6% | 60.7% |
| Ballard Elementary Solvang | 113 | 10.6% | 73.6% |
| Oak Grove Elementary Sebastopol | 91 | 22.0% | N/A |
| Mountain Elementary Soquel | 143 | 14.7% | 63.0% |
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 Knights Ferry Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #1,390 of 5,151 | #7 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #1,133 of 5,172 ▲ 1,231 | #3 of 100 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #962 of 5,172 ▲ 986 | #2 of 100 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.0pp | #73 of 5,116 | #1 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 106 | #5,624 of 5,915 | #105 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.1% | #5,308 of 5,625 | #104 of 105 |
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
106
-38 (-26%) vs 2020
+77% since 1990-91, when it was 60
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 106 | 7 | 15.1:1 | 15% (16) |
| 2023-24 | 119 | 7 | 17.0:1 | 20% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 118 | 7 | 16.9:1 | 19% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 144 | 8 | 18.0:1 | 17% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 144 | 6 | 24.0:1 | 17% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 91 | 5 | 18.2:1 | 26% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 123 | N/A | N/A | 28% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 137 | 7 | 19.6:1 | 9% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 60 | 3 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Knights Ferry Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (144 to 106); teachers up 17% (6 to 7).
About Knights Ferry Elementary
Knights Ferry Elementary is a very small elementary school in Knights Ferry, California, under Knights Ferry Elementary. The school teaches kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 106 students. That puts enrollment 77% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Knights Ferry Elementary is its own local education agency in federal data.
More than half of enrollment at Knights Ferry Elementary is White: 69%. Next come 16% Hispanic and 14% multiracial. The county population is about 43% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Knights Ferry Elementary scores 48%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Knights Ferry Elementary is 15.1:1, based on 7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. Knights Ferry Elementary counts 15% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Stanislaus County is 71%.
Among California public elementary schools, Knights Ferry Elementary outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
After accounting for student poverty, Knights Ferry Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.3% is 15.4 points below the 70.7% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
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, Oakdale Junior High is about 9.3 miles from Knights Ferry Elementary. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within ten miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Knights Ferry Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Knights Ferry Elementary is Rural: Distant.
In 2020-21, Knights Ferry Elementary enrolled 144 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 106. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.0:1 to 15.1:1.
Knights Ferry Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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- Oakdale Junior High9.3 mi · 780
- Oakdale Charter9.6 mi · 56
- Sierra View Elementary9.6 mi · 665
- Cloverland Elementary9.7 mi · 488
- Oakdale High10.7 mi · 1,563
- Magnolia Elementary10.7 mi · 636
Frequently asked questions
About Knights Ferry ElementaryHow large is Knights Ferry Elementary?
Knights Ferry Elementary enrolls approximately 106 students in grades KG-08.
Is Knights Ferry Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Knights Ferry Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Knights Ferry Elementary have?
Knights Ferry Elementary employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
How diverse is Knights Ferry Elementary?
Knights Ferry Elementary reports a student body of 69% White, 16% Hispanic, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Knights Ferry Elementary?
Knights Ferry Elementary is overseen by Knights Ferry Elementary in Stanislaus County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.