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What's the biggest difference between Nightingale Charter and what you expected?
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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STOCKTON UNIFIED·NCES 063801006427
Nightingale Charter
1721 Carpenter Rd., Stockton, CA 95206 · (209) 933-7260 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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.
- 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.
- 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
22.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
360 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 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 29% larger than its 8th grade class (41).
Student demographics
29%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
24.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.4pp since 2014
Math
18.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.4% | 18.1% | 25.2% | 50.4% |
| Math | 8.7% | 10.2% | 25.9% | 55.3% |
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 | 24.4% | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 26.1% | 17.1% |
| 2022-23 | 23.7% | 19.1% |
| 2021-22 | 28.1% | 21.0% |
| 2018-19 | 25.5% | 21.0% |
| 2017-18 | 29.1% | 18.9% |
| 2016-17 | 25.1% | 17.4% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
21.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Nightingale Charter
Nightingale Charter's state test result (21.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nightingale Charter this school | 425 | 84.7% | 21.5% |
| Dominguez Elementary Carson | 450 | 86.2% | 51.2% |
| Mission Preparatory San Francisco | 491 | 83.7% | N/A |
| Colonial Acres Elementary Hayward | 458 | 86.0% | 11.9% |
| Ramona Elementary Bellflower | 454 | 87.9% | 24.6% |
| Ford Elementary Richmond | 371 | 85.4% | 13.8% |
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 Nightingale Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #4,438 of 5,151 | #100 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #4,416 of 5,172 ▲ 71 | #93 of 138 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #4,537 of 5,172 ▼ 337 | #104 of 138 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #996 of 5,116 | #26 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #3,360 of 5,915 | #114 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,953 of 5,352 | #58 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.4% | #3,977 of 5,354 | #134 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #1,697 of 5,625 | #42 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #782 of 1,139 | #22 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
425
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 552
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 425 | 18.5 | 22.9:1 | 85% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 17.9 | 23.9:1 | 81% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 16.2 | 25.6:1 | 77% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 18 | 23.2:1 | 86% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 14.8 | 27.4:1 | 86% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 360 | 14 | 25.7:1 | 68% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | N/A | N/A | 84% (314) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 99% (464) |
| 1990-91 | 552 | 22 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nightingale Charter.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (406 to 425); teachers up 25% (14.8 to 18.5).
About Nightingale Charter
A mid-sized elementary school in Stockton, California, Nightingale Charter is part of Stockton Unified. Enrollment stands at 425 students, covering kindergarten through 8.
Stockton Unified is made up of 54 schools with 33,590 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, Nightingale Charter is 84% Hispanic. Other groups include 7% Asian and 6% Black. The county population is about 43% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 29%.
Nightingale Charter reported 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 22.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Roughly 85% of students at Nightingale Charter can receive free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in San Joaquin County report 66%.
Among California public elementary schools, Nightingale Charter outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Nightingale Charter is 8.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 21.5%. Predicted: 29.9%.
In the surrounding county, San Joaquin County, the median household earns about $92,179 a year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. San Joaquin County has 251 public schools with about 153,026 students, including Nightingale Charter.
Aspire Stockton 6-12 Secondary Academy is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Nightingale Charter, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nightingale Charter is 1st of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Nightingale Charter is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: Nightingale Charter is a public charter school.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (417) and 2024-25 (425).
People who know Nightingale Charter can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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- 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
Nearby schools
- Aspire Stockton 6-12 Secondary Academy0.7 mi · 326
- Van Buren Elementary0.7 mi · 473
- Aspire APEX Academy0.8 mi · 376
- Monroe Elementary0.9 mi · 426
- Alexander Hamilton Elementary1.0 mi · 599
- Edward C. Merlo Institute of Environmental Studies1.2 mi · 200
Frequently asked questions
About Nightingale CharterHow many students attend Nightingale Charter?
Nightingale Charter enrolls approximately 425 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Nightingale Charter serve?
Nightingale Charter serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nightingale Charter?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nightingale Charter is approximately 22.9:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nightingale Charter?
At Nightingale Charter, the student body is approximately 1% White, 84% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Nightingale Charter in?
Nightingale Charter is part of Stockton Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.