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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 525 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CERES UNIFIED·NCES 060813013777
Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary
4927 Central Ave., Ceres, CA 95307 · (209) 556-1500 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
351 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 8% larger than its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
46.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.1pp since 2014
Math
32.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.6% | 31.5% | 28.4% | 25.6% |
| Math | 10.7% | 22.1% | 33.4% | 33.7% |
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 | 46.1% | 32.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 22.6% |
| 2022-23 | 41.9% | 21.8% |
| 2021-22 | 43.4% | 19.7% |
| 2018-19 | 56.5% | 42.7% |
| 2017-18 | 58.3% | 37.4% |
| 2016-17 | 39.6% | 28.2% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary
Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary this school | 503 | 69.8% | 34.9% |
| Elbow Creek Elementary Visalia | 514 | 67.5% | 37.0% |
| Linwood Elementary Visalia | 537 | 68.3% | 49.0% |
| James Monroe Elementary Bermuda Dunes | 562 | 69.0% | 57.2% |
| Golden Hill K-8 San Diego | 464 | 69.0% | 31.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary Kingsburg | 442 | 70.1% | 62.7% |
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 Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #2,962 of 5,151 | #41 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #2,936 of 5,172 ▲ 953 | #38 of 100 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #2,355 of 5,172 ▲ 521 | #24 of 100 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #907 of 5,116 | #20 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #2,388 of 5,915 | #57 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,949 of 5,352 | #55 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #3,344 of 5,354 | #59 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #2,967 of 5,625 | #65 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +46.2% | #54 of 1,139 | #1 of 36 |
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
503
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 503 | 21.9 | 22.9:1 | 70% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 21.3 | 24.2:1 | 65% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 21 | 24.3:1 | 63% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 20 | 23.9:1 | 62% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 15 | 22.9:1 | 67% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 179 | 6 | 29.8:1 | 74% (133) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 46% (344 to 503); teachers up 46% (15 to 21.9).
About Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary
Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary is a public elementary school in Ceres, California. It offers kindergarten through 8 and has 503 students enrolled.
Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary is in Ceres Unified, a district with 13,665 students across 23 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary is 73% Hispanic. Other groups include 22% White and 2% Asian. The county population is about 50% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary has 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 70% at Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary. The average for public schools in Stanislaus County is similar, at 71%.
Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of California public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 38.6%.
Census data for Stanislaus County show median household income comes to about $81,468, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 190 public schools in the county, enrolling about 106,477, Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary among them.
Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Joel J. Hidahl Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 479 to 503, a 5% rise. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (22.9:1) than in 2020-21 (23.9:1).
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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 Ceres Unified
- Central Valley HighHigh · 2,317 students
- Ceres HighHigh · 1,660 students
- Cesar Chavez Junior HighMiddle · 685 students
- Lucas ElementaryElementary · 668 students
- Caswell ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Virginia Parks ElementaryElementary · 643 students
Other schools in Ceres
- Central Valley HighHigh · 2,317 students
- Ceres HighHigh · 1,660 students
- Cesar Chavez Junior HighMiddle · 685 students
- Lucas ElementaryElementary · 668 students
- Caswell ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Mae Hensley Junior HighMiddle · 636 students
Nearby schools
- Joel J. Hidahl Elementary0.5 mi · 393
- Central Valley High0.8 mi · 2,317
- Don Pedro Elementary1.0 mi · 439
- Lucas Elementary1.5 mi · 668
- Ceres Special Education1.6 mi · 37
- Endeavor Alternative1.7 mi · 98
Frequently asked questions
About Patricia Kay Beaver ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary?
Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary enrolls approximately 503 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary serve?
Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary have?
Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary?
At Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 73% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary public or private?
Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ceres Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.