San Joaquin Elementary

San Joaquin Elementary operates as a substantial elementary school in Stockton, California, run under Stockton Unified. Current enrollment sits at 711 students spanning grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 53% larger than typical.

Within Stockton Unified, which oversees 54 schools and 33,590 students, San Joaquin Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, San Joaquin Elementary logs that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 17% Asian, 11% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, San Joaquin Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 75% of students at San Joaquin Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Joaquin County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, San Joaquin Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for San Joaquin County indicate median household earnings sit near $92,179, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. San Joaquin Elementary is one of 251 public schools in San Joaquin County (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students).

John Marshall Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around San Joaquin Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts San Joaquin Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 15.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 822 students in 2018 compared to 711 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 35.9:1 in 2018 to 26.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the San Joaquin Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.