Robertson Road Elementary

Robertson Road Elementary, a close-knit primary school in Modesto, California, part of Modesto City Elementary, instructs 306 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 34% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 26 schools in Modesto City Elementary (14,444 students total), Robertson Road Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Robertson Road Elementary reports that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 6% multiracial, 4% White, 4% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Stanislaus County as a whole is about 50% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Robertson Road Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Stanislaus County's rate of about 71%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Robertson Road Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Stanislaus County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), Robertson Road Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Harriette Kirschen Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Robertson Road Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 19.1%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Robertson Road Elementary's enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 306). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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