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Enrollment
1,000
Elementary
DISTRICT 787 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANTECA UNIFIED·NCES 062361003580
Lathrop Elementary
15851 South Fifth St., Lathrop, CA 95330 · (209) 858-7250 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,000 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
721 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 197 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 102 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (197) is 93% larger than its 8th grade class (102).
Student demographics
43%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
26.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.0pp since 2014
Math
16.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.8% | 20.2% | 24.8% | 49.1% |
| Math | 6.2% | 10.1% | 26.5% | 57.2% |
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 | 26.0% | 16.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 16.5% |
| 2022-23 | 27.6% | 16.8% |
| 2021-22 | 23.2% | 8.9% |
| 2018-19 | 36.3% | 19.6% |
| 2017-18 | 32.4% | 20.8% |
| 2016-17 | 25.2% | 14.8% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% 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 Lathrop Elementary
Lathrop Elementary's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lathrop Elementary this school | 1,000 | 72.1% | 21.9% |
| Bill L. Williams Elementary Bakersfield | 926 | 77.6% | 35.5% |
| Garretson Elementary Corona | 859 | 76.3% | 43.1% |
| Sequoia Elementary Manteca | 814 | 77.5% | 18.9% |
| Lakeside Bakersfield | 892 | 63.9% | 27.1% |
| Edwin Markham Elementary Vacaville | 882 | 68.6% | 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 Lathrop Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #4,404 of 5,151 | #98 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #4,622 of 5,172 ▼ 75 | #105 of 138 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,387 of 5,172 ▼ 493 | #94 of 138 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #1,592 of 5,116 | #33 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,000 | #74 of 5,915 | #7 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #4,690 of 5,352 | #121 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #3,258 of 5,354 | #117 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.1% | #2,834 of 5,625 | #91 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.3% | #383 of 1,139 | #10 of 32 |
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
1,000
+177 (+22%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 1,201
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
was 24.2:1
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 | 1,000 | 39.1 | 25.6:1 | 72% (721) |
| 2023-24 | 935 | 37.9 | 24.7:1 | 74% (690) |
| 2022-23 | 875 | 37.1 | 23.6:1 | 65% (572) |
| 2020-21 | 823 | 34 | 24.2:1 | 81% (666) |
| 2017-18 | 875 | 34 | 25.7:1 | 75% (655) |
| 2015-16 | 878 | 30 | 29.3:1 | 75% (659) |
| 2010-11 | 1,019 | N/A | N/A | 70% (713) |
| 2000-01 | 1,196 | 55 | 21.8:1 | 49% (582) |
| 1990-91 | 1,201 | 43 | 27.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lathrop Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (875 to 1,000); teachers up 15% (34 to 39.1).
About Lathrop Elementary
Students in Lathrop, California, attend Lathrop Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school. Enrolled students number 1,000 students, in kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 115% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Manteca Unified enrolls 25,347 students, and its 30 schools include Lathrop Elementary.
Lathrop Elementary is 74% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 10% Asian, 7% White, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 43% of San Joaquin County residents are Hispanic. Lathrop Elementary's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 39.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 25.6:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 25.6:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 72% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 21.9%, is 15.4 points below the 37.3% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of California schools.
San Joaquin County has these Census figures: the median household income is $92,179, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, San Joaquin County has 251 public schools and roughly 153,026 students.
The closest other public school is Joseph Widmer Jr. Elementary, about 1.3 miles away. Lathrop Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lathrop Elementary at 8th of 8.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Lathrop Elementary's enrollment grew from 823 in 2020-21 to 1,000 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 25.6:1.
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San Joaquin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
797,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
251
153,026 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manteca Unified
- Manteca HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Sierra HighHigh · 1,670 students
- East Union HighHigh · 1,524 students
- Lathrop HighHigh · 1,486 students
- Veritas ElementaryElementary · 1,266 students
- Nile Garden ElementaryElementary · 1,221 students
Other schools in Lathrop
- Lathrop HighHigh · 1,486 students
- Mossdale ElementaryElementary · 1,087 students
- EPIC AcademyElementary · 1,025 students
- River Islands Technology Academy IIElementary · 954 students
- Joseph Widmer Jr. ElementaryElementary · 923 students
- NextGeneration STEAM AcademyElementary · 797 students
Other Lathrop Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lathrop Elementary. Lathrop Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Lathrop Elementary SchoolLathrop, MO · 403 students
Nearby schools
- Joseph Widmer Jr. Elementary1.3 mi · 923
- Lathrop High1.5 mi · 1,486
- Stella Brockman Elementary1.9 mi · 833
- Mossdale Elementary1.9 mi · 1,087
- George McParland Elementary1.9 mi · 1,195
- East Union High2.5 mi · 1,524
Frequently asked questions
About Lathrop ElementaryHow many students attend Lathrop Elementary?
Lathrop Elementary enrolls approximately 1,000 students in grades KG-08.
Is Lathrop Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lathrop Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lathrop Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lathrop Elementary is approximately 25.6:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lathrop Elementary?
Student demographics at Lathrop Elementary are roughly 7% White, 74% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Lathrop Elementary public or private?
Lathrop Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Manteca Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.