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Best kept secret at Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary?
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Enrollment
532
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STANISLAUS UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063795011497
Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary
2412 Warm Springs Dr., Modesto, CA 95350 · (209) 550-8400 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
22.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
328 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 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 11% larger than its 6th grade class (82).
Student demographics
69%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
Mary Lou Dieterich 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
43.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.7pp since 2014
Math
41.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.8% | 25.9% | 29.0% | 27.3% |
| Math | 15.0% | 26.6% | 30.7% | 27.6% |
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 | 43.7% | 41.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 40.2% |
| 2022-23 | 47.2% | 38.2% |
| 2021-22 | 49.8% | 42.5% |
| 2020-21 | 42.2% | 32.7% |
| 2018-19 | 59.4% | 48.6% |
| 2017-18 | 55.2% | 48.6% |
| 2016-17 | 49.9% | 40.5% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary
Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary this school | 532 | 61.7% | 42.0% |
| Stockdale Elementary Bakersfield | 587 | 60.3% | 55.5% |
| James Earl Carter Elementary Palm Desert | 487 | 63.2% | 55.2% |
| Tustin Ranch Elementary Tustin | 520 | 61.3% | 54.3% |
| Mayall Street Elementary North Hills | 471 | 65.0% | 69.5% |
| New Haven Elementary Manteca | 514 | 61.7% | 32.8% |
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 Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,308 of 5,151 | #24 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #2,176 of 5,172 ▼ 2 | #23 of 100 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #2,580 of 5,172 ▼ 48 | #29 of 100 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #853 of 5,116 | #16 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #2,066 of 5,915 | #46 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,804 of 5,352 | #49 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #806 of 5,354 | #4 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #3,396 of 5,625 | #79 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #2,773 of 3,837 | #34 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
532
-38 (-7%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 532 | 23.4 | 22.8:1 | 62% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 22.3 | 23.3:1 | 63% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 22.4 | 24.0:1 | 68% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 24 | 23.8:1 | 61% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 21 | 27.9:1 | 51% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 578 | 22 | 26.3:1 | 49% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | N/A | N/A | 42% (237) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (587 to 532); teachers up 11% (21 to 23.4).
About Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary
This page covers Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Modesto, California. Enrollment totals 532 students across kindergarten through 6.
Stanislaus Union Elementary runs Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary along with 5 other schools, enrolling 3,325 students in total.
No group is above 50% at Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 48%. After that, the student body is 22% White, 14% multiracial, 11% Asian, and 4% Black. Among Stanislaus County residents, the Hispanic share is about 50%. The diversity index for Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary, giving a ratio of 22.8:1. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. By family income, 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Stanislaus County average 71%.
Among California public elementary schools, Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary is 43.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Stanislaus County show that the median household earns about $81,468 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Stanislaus County, 190 public schools serve about 106,477 students.
Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary is about 0.8 miles from Agnes M. Baptist Elementary, its nearest public school. Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 33.5% on proficiency, and Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary is above that at 42.0%.
Federal data place Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 38 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Josephine Chrysler ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- Agnes M. Baptist ElementaryElementary · 606 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
- Agnes M. Baptist Elementary0.8 mi · 606
- Prescott Junior High1.0 mi · 746
- Mildred Perkins Elementary1.1 mi · 362
- George Eisenhut Elementary1.1 mi · 513
- Stanislaus Elementary1.1 mi · 307
- Josephine Chrysler Elementary1.2 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Lou Dieterich ElementaryHow large is Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary?
Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary enrolls approximately 532 students in grades KG-06.
Is Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary have?
Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.8:1.
How diverse is Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary?
Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary reports a student body of 22% White, 48% Hispanic, 4% Black, 11% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary public or private?
Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stanislaus Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.