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What's something McKinley Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRACY JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060004707387
McKinley Elementary
800 West Carlton Way, Tracy, CA 95376 · (209) 830-3319 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
363 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 108 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 57% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
25.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.3pp since 2014
Math
20.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.6% | 12.6% | 21.6% | 53.2% |
| Math | 6.3% | 13.8% | 21.2% | 58.7% |
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 | 25.3% | 20.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.2% | 20.2% |
| 2022-23 | 26.3% | 21.2% |
| 2021-22 | 28.6% | 21.2% |
| 2020-21 | 21.3% | 10.7% |
| 2018-19 | 32.7% | 26.3% |
| 2017-18 | 38.9% | 31.4% |
| 2016-17 | 37.5% | 30.1% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
24.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 (24.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Elementary this school | 436 | 83.3% | 24.5% |
| Holder Elementary Buena Park | 445 | 80.4% | 52.8% |
| Earl Warren Elementary Sacramento | 413 | 86.2% | 38.6% |
| Louis A. Bohn Elementary Tracy | 397 | 82.9% | 31.2% |
| Bernard L. Hughes Elementary Modesto | 455 | 82.4% | 30.6% |
| Hansen Elementary Anaheim | 416 | 87.5% | 47.6% |
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 | 24.5% | #4,129 of 5,151 | #83 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #4,293 of 5,172 ▼ 144 | #84 of 138 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #4,459 of 5,172 ▼ 929 | #96 of 138 ▼ 29 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #1,139 of 5,116 | #32 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #3,199 of 5,915 | #108 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #776 of 5,352 | #8 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #2,090 of 5,354 | #74 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #1,855 of 5,625 | #53 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #951 of 1,139 | #29 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
436
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 436 | 22.2 | 19.6:1 | 83% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 21.3 | 20.9:1 | 83% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 17.9 | 23.6:1 | 66% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 19 | 23.7:1 | 65% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 20 | 21.4:1 | 69% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 21 | 21.1:1 | 67% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | N/A | N/A | 65% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 27 | 22.7:1 | 25% (155) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (427 to 436); teachers up 11% (20 to 22.2).
About McKinley Elementary
McKinley Elementary serves students in Tracy, California, as a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 436 students in kindergarten through 5.
Tracy Joint Unified has 13,770 students spread across 19 schools.
McKinley Elementary is 62% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 17% Asian, 10% White, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 43% of San Joaquin County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 22.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 19.6:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 19.6:1 here. Around 83% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in San Joaquin County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for McKinley Elementary is -6.2 points: 24.5% actual, 30.8% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for San Joaquin County show that 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. Besides McKinley Elementary, San Joaquin County has 250 other public schools.
The closest public school to McKinley Elementary is Monte Vista Middle, about 0.2 miles away. McKinley Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. McKinley Elementary comes in 3rd of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
McKinley Elementary is coded as Suburb: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Federal data show a 3% enrollment decrease, from 450 in 2020-21 to 436 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 23.7 in 2020-21 to 19.6 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 Tracy Joint Unified
- Merrill F. West HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Tracy HighHigh · 1,739 students
- John C. Kimball HighHigh · 1,587 students
- George Kelly ElementaryElementary · 929 students
- South/West Park ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- Art FreilerElementary · 772 students
Other schools in Tracy
- Merrill F. West HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Tracy HighHigh · 1,739 students
- John C. Kimball HighHigh · 1,587 students
- George Kelly ElementaryElementary · 929 students
- Corral Hollow ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- South/West Park ElementaryElementary · 806 students
Other McKinley Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 19 states are named McKinley Elementary. McKinley Elementary is the 19th largest of the 56.
- McKinley ElementaryStockton, CA · 705 students
- McKinley ElementaryFresno, CA · 671 students
- McKinley ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 628 students
- McKinley ElementarySan Gabriel, CA · 618 students
- McKinley ElementarySan Diego, CA · 588 students
Nearby schools
- Monte Vista Middle0.2 mi · 738
- Merrill F. West High0.5 mi · 1,920
- George and Evelyn Stein Continuation0.6 mi · 121
- Duncan-Russell Community Day0.6 mi · 22
- Central Elementary0.6 mi · 491
- Primary Charter0.7 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley ElementaryHow many students attend McKinley Elementary?
McKinley Elementary enrolls approximately 436 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does McKinley Elementary serve?
McKinley Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at McKinley Elementary?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at McKinley Elementary.
What is the student diversity at McKinley Elementary?
Student demographics at McKinley Elementary are roughly 10% White, 62% Hispanic, 6% Black, 17% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is McKinley Elementary in?
McKinley Elementary is part of Tracy Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.