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What do you wish you knew before starting at Lawrence Elementary?
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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LODI UNIFIED·NCES 062223002653
Lawrence Elementary
721 Calaveras St., Lodi, CA 95240 · (209) 331-7356 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
22.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
473 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 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 51% larger than its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
29.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.5pp since 2014
Math
24.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.0% | 18.5% | 24.4% | 46.1% |
| Math | 9.2% | 14.9% | 25.6% | 50.4% |
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 | 29.5% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 18.8% |
| 2022-23 | 26.3% | 17.1% |
| 2021-22 | 21.8% | 13.4% |
| 2020-21 | 21.4% | 11.7% |
| 2018-19 | 36.4% | 25.8% |
| 2017-18 | 34.9% | 22.1% |
| 2016-17 | 29.7% | 15.7% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 Lawrence Elementary
Lawrence Elementary's state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Elementary this school | 512 | 92.4% | 25.5% |
| Beckman Elementary Lodi | 550 | 91.6% | 21.9% |
| Heritage Elementary Lodi | 432 | 93.3% | 27.6% |
| Rowland Elementary Rowland Heights | 461 | 91.1% | 16.6% |
| Commonwealth Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 504 | 88.7% | 42.0% |
| Wishon Elementary Fresno | 497 | 92.8% | 31.9% |
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 Lawrence Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #4,019 of 5,151 | #77 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #3,877 of 5,172 ▲ 429 | #68 of 138 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #4,032 of 5,172 ▼ 107 | #76 of 138 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.2pp | #726 of 5,116 | #11 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #2,280 of 5,915 | #82 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,667 of 5,352 | #48 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #2,992 of 5,354 | #111 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #789 of 5,625 | #4 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #3,472 of 3,837 | #83 of 95 |
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
512
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 512 | 22.7 | 22.6:1 | 92% (473) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 22 | 23.6:1 | 95% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 21 | 24.9:1 | 97% (507) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 21 | 24.7:1 | 86% (448) |
| 2017-18 | 531 | 24 | 22.1:1 | 95% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 24 | 23.2:1 | 96% (533) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | N/A | N/A | 96% (492) |
| 2000-01 | 616 | 34 | 18.1:1 | 100% (613) |
| 1990-91 | 596 | 23 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawrence Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (531 to 512); teachers down 6% (24 to 22.7).
About Lawrence Elementary
Lawrence Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Lodi, California. It has an enrollment of 512 students in kindergarten through 6.
Enrollment across the 46 schools in Lodi Unified totals 27,047 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Lawrence Elementary is 70%, a majority. After that, the student body is 17% Asian and 9% White. Census figures show San Joaquin County is about 43% Hispanic. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at Lawrence Elementary are from different groups.
Its ratio of 22.6:1 is based on 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. In all, 92% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in San Joaquin County average 66%.
Among California public elementary schools, Lawrence Elementary outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lawrence Elementary would score about 25.4%. It scores 25.5%, within a point of that figure.
In the surrounding county, San Joaquin County, median household income comes to about $92,179, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 251 public schools and about 153,026 students.
Heritage Elementary sits about 1.1 miles from Lawrence Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 31.9%, higher than Lawrence Elementary's 25.5%.
In the federal locale system, Lawrence Elementary is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 512, close to the 519 recorded in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 24.7:1 to 22.6:1.
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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 Lodi Unified
- Tokay HighHigh · 2,058 students
- Lodi HighHigh · 1,952 students
- Bear Creek HighHigh · 1,925 students
- Ronald E. McNair HighHigh · 1,644 students
- Lodi MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- Ellerth E. Larson ElementaryElementary · 890 students
Other schools in Lodi
- Tokay HighHigh · 2,058 students
- Lodi HighHigh · 1,952 students
- Vista Oaks CharterCombined · 999 students
- Lodi MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- Ellerth E. Larson ElementaryElementary · 890 students
- Millswood MiddleMiddle · 843 students
Other Lawrence Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Lawrence Elementary. Lawrence Elementary is the largest of the 7.
- Lawrence ElementaryLivermore, CA · 494 students
- Lawrence Elementary SchoolARVADA, CO · 412 students
- Lawrence Elementary - 02Canton, SD · 411 students
- Lawrence ElemWichita, KS · 394 students
- Lawrence Elementary SchoolMESQUITE, TX · 284 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage Elementary1.1 mi · 432
- George Washington Elementary1.1 mi · 361
- Clyde W. Needham Elementary1.2 mi · 363
- Liberty High1.2 mi · 126
- Lakewood Elementary1.2 mi · 478
- Lodi High1.5 mi · 1,952
Frequently asked questions
About Lawrence ElementaryHow large is Lawrence Elementary?
Lawrence Elementary enrolls approximately 512 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Lawrence Elementary serve?
Lawrence Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Lawrence Elementary?
Approximately 22.6:1 students per teacher at Lawrence Elementary.
How diverse is Lawrence Elementary?
Lawrence Elementary reports a student body of 9% White, 70% Hispanic, 1% Black, 17% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Lawrence Elementary?
Lawrence Elementary is overseen by Lodi Unified in San Joaquin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.