M. Robert Adkison Elementary

Set in Modesto, California, M. Robert Adkison Elementary is a moderately sized elementary campus, overseen by Ceres Unified. It hosts 531 students across grades K through 6.

Ceres Unified runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 13,665 students. M. Robert Adkison Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, M. Robert Adkison Elementary records that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 7% Asian, 5% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 50%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, M. Robert Adkison Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting M. Robert Adkison Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 89% of students at M. Robert Adkison Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Stanislaus County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), M. Robert Adkison Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Stanislaus County put median household earnings sit near $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. M. Robert Adkison Elementary is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

Stanislaus County Special Education is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), M. Robert Adkison Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 23%: 688 students in 2018 compared to 531 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 25.3:1 in 2025.

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