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What's the most underrated thing about McKinley Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
705
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STOCKTON UNIFIED·NCES 063801006424
McKinley Elementary
30 West Ninth St., Stockton, CA 95206 · (209) 933-7245 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- C+Three-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
25.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
609 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 12% larger than its 8th grade class (84).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
19.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.7pp since 2014
Math
13.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.8% | 14.5% | 19.3% | 61.3% |
| Math | 4.0% | 9.5% | 19.4% | 67.0% |
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 | 19.3% | 13.6% |
| 2023-24 | 19.4% | 14.8% |
| 2022-23 | 18.4% | 11.5% |
| 2021-22 | 20.5% | 11.5% |
| 2018-19 | 27.1% | 20.0% |
| 2017-18 | 22.4% | 17.7% |
| 2016-17 | 25.5% | 17.8% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
16.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 McKinley Elementary
McKinley Elementary's state test result (16.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Elementary this school | 705 | 86.4% | 16.7% |
| Ann B. Leavenworth Fresno | 748 | 81.6% | 39.2% |
| Sunkist Elementary Anaheim | 665 | 84.2% | 22.1% |
| Fairgrove Academy La Puente | 749 | 85.2% | 38.5% |
| Lampson Elementary Garden Grove | 676 | 82.0% | 29.5% |
| Columbia Elementary El Monte | 706 | 90.4% | 33.6% |
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 McKinley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #4,836 of 5,151 | #118 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #4,866 of 5,172 ▼ 171 | #117 of 138 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #4,880 of 5,172 ▼ 97 | #120 of 138 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #3,228 of 5,116 | #83 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #735 of 5,915 | #43 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.8:1 | #4,770 of 5,352 | #123 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #4,083 of 5,354 | #137 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.4% | #1,533 of 5,625 | #34 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #1,801 of 3,837 | #29 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
705
-117 (-14%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
25.8:1
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 | 705 | 27.4 | 25.8:1 | 86% (609) |
| 2023-24 | 740 | 26.7 | 27.7:1 | 84% (624) |
| 2022-23 | 757 | 29.7 | 25.5:1 | 84% (636) |
| 2020-21 | 822 | 34 | 24.2:1 | 89% (728) |
| 2017-18 | 848 | 24.1 | 35.2:1 | 86% (730) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 22 | 35.5:1 | 88% (688) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | N/A | N/A | 91% (694) |
| 2000-01 | 1,036 | 51 | 20.3:1 | 85% (881) |
| 1990-91 | 743 | 29 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (848 to 705); teachers up 14% (24.1 to 27.4).
About McKinley Elementary
McKinley Elementary, a large elementary school, is located in Stockton, California. The latest federal count shows 705 students in kindergarten through 8. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 52% higher.
Stockton Unified has 33,590 students spread across 54 schools.
Hispanic students make up 85% of enrollment at McKinley Elementary. The next largest groups are 10% Asian and 3% Black. In San Joaquin County overall, about 43% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 27%, meaning two students picked at random have a 27% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at McKinley Elementary total 27.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 25.8:1. That is 3.5 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 86%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in San Joaquin County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against California public elementary schools, McKinley Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
McKinley Elementary scores 16.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 28.9%.
In San Joaquin County (population about 797,334), the median household income is $92,179, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. McKinley Elementary is one of 251 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Dolores Huerta Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. McKinley Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. McKinley Elementary ranks 3rd of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 16.7% against a local average of 17.4%.
NCES assigns McKinley Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 14% from its 2020-21 level of 822. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 24.2:1 in 2020-21 to 25.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Stockton Unified
- Edison HighHigh · 2,355 students
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,065 students
- Cesar Chavez HighHigh · 2,021 students
- Stagg Senior HighHigh · 1,677 students
- Commodore Stockton SkillsElementary · 971 students
- King ElementaryElementary · 942 students
Other schools in Stockton
- Lincoln HighHigh · 2,801 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,355 students
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,065 students
- Cesar Chavez HighHigh · 2,021 students
- Bear Creek HighHigh · 1,925 students
- Stagg Senior HighHigh · 1,677 students
Other McKinley Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 19 states are named McKinley Elementary. McKinley Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 56.
- McKinley ElementaryFresno, CA · 671 students
- McKinley ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 628 students
- McKinley ElementarySan Gabriel, CA · 618 students
- McKinley ElementarySan Diego, CA · 588 students
- McKinley ElementaryBurlingame, CA · 541 students
Nearby schools
- Dolores Huerta Elementary0.8 mi · 453
- Edison High0.8 mi · 2,355
- Taft Elementary0.8 mi · 449
- KIPP Stockton0.8 mi · 265
- Taylor Leadership Academy1.0 mi · 397
- Aspire APEX Academy1.1 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley ElementaryHow many students attend McKinley Elementary?
McKinley Elementary enrolls approximately 705 students in grades KG-08.
Is McKinley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
McKinley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does McKinley Elementary have?
McKinley Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.8:1.
How diverse is McKinley Elementary?
McKinley Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 85% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees McKinley Elementary?
McKinley Elementary is overseen by Stockton Unified in San Joaquin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.