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What's the most underrated thing about Rio Calaveras Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
796
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STOCKTON UNIFIED·NCES 063801007754
Rio Calaveras Elementary
1819 East Bianchi Rd., Stockton, CA 95210 · (209) 933-7270 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL796 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
26.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
579 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 | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 14% larger than its 8th grade class (94).
Student demographics
65%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
51.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.3pp since 2014
Math
36.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.9% | 29.4% | 23.8% | 24.9% |
| Math | 16.2% | 20.4% | 25.1% | 38.3% |
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 | 51.3% | 36.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.9% | 34.4% |
| 2022-23 | 46.9% | 30.2% |
| 2021-22 | 45.4% | 29.3% |
| 2018-19 | 50.5% | 38.9% |
| 2017-18 | 49.6% | 42.1% |
| 2016-17 | 48.6% | 42.3% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Rio Calaveras Elementary
Rio Calaveras Elementary's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Calaveras Elementary this school | 796 | 72.7% | 42.1% |
| George W. Bush Elementary Stockton | 754 | 77.3% | 33.6% |
| Isabelle Jackson Elementary Sacramento | 725 | 77.4% | 32.8% |
| Valentine Peyton Elementary Stockton | 787 | 64.8% | 48.9% |
| Mary Tsukamoto Elementary Sacramento | 989 | 69.6% | 45.4% |
| Maeola R. Beitzel Elementary Sacramento | 888 | 72.6% | 49.0% |
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 Rio Calaveras Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #2,294 of 5,151 | #32 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #2,581 of 5,172 ▲ 67 | #37 of 138 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #1,939 of 5,172 ▲ 341 | #24 of 138 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.6pp | #1,231 of 5,116 | #25 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 796 | #400 of 5,915 | #27 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.0:1 | #4,861 of 5,352 | #129 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #1,305 of 5,354 | #45 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.7% | #2,791 of 5,625 | #88 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #1,604 of 3,837 | #22 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
796
-32 (-4%) vs 2020
+3% since 2000-01, when it was 776
Student : Teacher
26.0:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 796 | 30.6 | 26.0:1 | 73% (579) |
| 2023-24 | 850 | 32.4 | 26.3:1 | 71% (604) |
| 2022-23 | 838 | 31.9 | 26.3:1 | 68% (573) |
| 2020-21 | 828 | 33 | 25.1:1 | 75% (622) |
| 2017-18 | 976 | 30.5 | 32.0:1 | 70% (687) |
| 2015-16 | 1,018 | 31 | 32.8:1 | 82% (836) |
| 2010-11 | 942 | N/A | N/A | 76% (719) |
| 2000-01 | 776 | 40 | 19.4:1 | 54% (421) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rio Calaveras Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (976 to 796); teachers unchanged (30.5 to 30.6).
About Rio Calaveras Elementary
Rio Calaveras Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Stockton, California. Total enrollment is 796 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 8. It has 71% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Stockton Unified counts 54 schools and 33,590 students, including Rio Calaveras Elementary.
The largest group at Rio Calaveras Elementary is Asian students, at 43%. The school is also 40% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% White. That is higher than the 19% Asian share among all San Joaquin County residents. The diversity index for Rio Calaveras Elementary is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Rio Calaveras Elementary reports a ratio of 26.0 students per teacher, from 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Rio Calaveras Elementary, 73% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Rio Calaveras Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 65% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.9% for Rio Calaveras Elementary. The school posts 42.1%, 5.2 points above the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for San Joaquin County show that median household income comes to about $92,179, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. San Joaquin County has 251 public schools with about 153,026 students, including Rio Calaveras Elementary.
Aspire Arts & Sciences Academy is about 0.3 miles from Rio Calaveras Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Rio Calaveras Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 796, down from 828 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Rio Calaveras Elementary. 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
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- Franklin HighHigh · 2,065 students
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- Bear Creek HighHigh · 1,925 students
- Stagg Senior HighHigh · 1,677 students
Nearby schools
- Aspire Arts & Sciences Academy0.3 mi · 388
- District Special Education0.3 mi · 112
- Valentine Peyton Elementary0.6 mi · 787
- George W. Bush Elementary0.8 mi · 754
- Astronaut Jose' M. Hernandez Academy1.1 mi · 214
- Harrison Elementary1.2 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About Rio Calaveras ElementaryHow large is Rio Calaveras Elementary?
Rio Calaveras Elementary enrolls approximately 796 students in grades KG-08.
Is Rio Calaveras Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rio Calaveras Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Rio Calaveras Elementary?
Approximately 26.0:1 students per teacher at Rio Calaveras Elementary.
How diverse is Rio Calaveras Elementary?
Rio Calaveras Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 40% Hispanic, 8% Black, 43% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Rio Calaveras Elementary in?
Rio Calaveras Elementary is part of Stockton Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.