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If you could change one rule at Samuel Vaughn Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
570
Elementary
DISTRICT 525 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CERES UNIFIED·NCES 060813004126
Samuel Vaughn Elementary
3618 Helen Perry Rd., Ceres, CA 95307 · (209) 556-1690 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- B+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
23.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
452 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 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (97).
Student demographics
44%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
36.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.6pp since 2014
Math
25.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.4% | 25.0% | 23.4% | 40.3% |
| Math | 11.7% | 14.2% | 34.0% | 40.1% |
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 | 36.4% | 25.9% |
| 2023-24 | 30.6% | 23.3% |
| 2022-23 | 30.3% | 21.6% |
| 2021-22 | 30.4% | 23.2% |
| 2018-19 | 40.7% | 31.3% |
| 2017-18 | 43.2% | 29.4% |
| 2016-17 | 40.6% | 28.8% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Samuel Vaughn Elementary
Samuel Vaughn Elementary's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Vaughn Elementary this school | 570 | 79.3% | 29.6% |
| Barton (Clara) Elementary Anaheim | 588 | 78.4% | 29.4% |
| Las Positas Elementary La Habra | 565 | 75.9% | 48.3% |
| Grovecenter Elementary West Covina | 595 | 78.3% | 51.1% |
| Willmore Elementary Westminster | 485 | 76.3% | 46.6% |
| Haskell Elem Sci Tech Engr Arts And Math (STEAM) Magnet Granada Hills | 560 | 74.8% | 50.5% |
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 Samuel Vaughn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #3,571 of 5,151 | #57 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #3,676 of 5,172 ▲ 134 | #58 of 100 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #3,287 of 5,172 ▲ 436 | #49 of 100 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.4pp | #1,833 of 5,116 | #41 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #1,644 of 5,915 | #38 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #3,557 of 5,352 | #73 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #3,205 of 5,354 | #56 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #2,245 of 5,625 | #50 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #2,623 of 3,837 | #29 of 56 |
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
570
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-22% since 2000-01, when it was 728
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 570 | 24 | 23.8:1 | 79% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 24 | 24.3:1 | 76% (445) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 23 | 24.6:1 | 78% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 23 | 25.0:1 | 78% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 25 | 25.5:1 | 78% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 637 | 25 | 25.5:1 | 76% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | N/A | N/A | 72% (439) |
| 2000-01 | 728 | 32 | 22.8:1 | 35% (257) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Samuel Vaughn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (637 to 570); teachers down 4% (25 to 24).
About Samuel Vaughn Elementary
Samuel Vaughn Elementary is an elementary school in Ceres, California, and it is part of Ceres Unified. The school's 570 students are in kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 23% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
The Ceres Unified system has 23 schools and 13,665 students.
At 73%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Samuel Vaughn Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 13% Asian and 11% White. County-wide, 50% of Stanislaus County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Samuel Vaughn Elementary comes in at 44%.
Teachers at Samuel Vaughn Elementary total 24 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 23.8:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 452 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 79%.
allk12 grades Samuel Vaughn Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Samuel Vaughn Elementary scores 29.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 33.1%.
Federal survey data for Stanislaus County show that median household income is about $81,468, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. A total of 190 public schools operate in Stanislaus County, serving about 106,477 students.
The next-closest public school is Cesar Chavez Junior High, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Samuel Vaughn Elementary ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 29.6% versus a 35.4% average.
Samuel Vaughn Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 574 to 570. The number of students per teacher fell from 25.0 to 23.8 over 4 years.
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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
- Cesar Chavez Junior High0.6 mi · 685
- La Rosa Elementary0.6 mi · 516
- Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard1.0 mi · 138
- Carroll Fowler Elementary1.1 mi · 522
- Mae Hensley Junior High1.1 mi · 636
- Whitmore Charter High1.2 mi · 96
Frequently asked questions
About Samuel Vaughn ElementaryHow many students attend Samuel Vaughn Elementary?
Samuel Vaughn Elementary enrolls approximately 570 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Samuel Vaughn Elementary serve?
Samuel Vaughn Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Samuel Vaughn Elementary?
Approximately 23.8:1 students per teacher at Samuel Vaughn Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Samuel Vaughn Elementary?
Student demographics at Samuel Vaughn Elementary are roughly 11% White, 73% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Samuel Vaughn Elementary in?
Samuel Vaughn Elementary is part of Ceres Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.