Primary Years Academy

Set in Stockton, California, Primary Years Academy is a low-enrollment elementary-level community, one of the schools within Stockton Unified. It instructs 287 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 38% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Stockton Unified, which oversees 54 schools and 33,590 students, Primary Years Academy is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Primary Years Academy reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder breaks down as 12% Black, 8% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Primary Years Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.8%, the actual is 42.1%, a residual of -2.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, San Joaquin County reports that median household earnings sit near $92,179, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Joaquin County runs 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), of which Primary Years Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Claudia Landeen, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Primary Years Academy ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Primary Years Academy's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 326 (now 287). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 61% to 68% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 27.2:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 in 2025.

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