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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MODESTO CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062513003750
Shackelford Elementary
100 School Ave., Modesto, CA 95351 · (209) 574-8422 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- AThree-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
21.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
470 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
28.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.2pp since 2014
Math
24.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +21.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.6% | 15.7% | 23.5% | 48.2% |
| Math | 9.2% | 15.7% | 22.2% | 52.9% |
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 | 28.2% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 26.6% | 18.9% |
| 2022-23 | 20.2% | 14.9% |
| 2021-22 | 16.5% | 11.4% |
| 2020-21 | 10.0% | 5.6% |
| 2018-19 | 15.5% | 7.1% |
| 2017-18 | 12.8% | 6.1% |
| 2016-17 | 9.5% | 2.4% |
| 2015-16 | 12.0% | 4.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 3.0% |
% 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
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Shackelford Elementary
Shackelford Elementary's state test result (24.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shackelford Elementary this school | 495 | 94.9% | 24.7% |
| Evergreen Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 492 | 95.3% | 30.3% |
| Tipton Elementary Tipton | 485 | 94.6% | 32.8% |
| Mintie White Elementary Watsonville | 493 | 94.1% | 11.5% |
| Hall District Elementary Watsonville | 470 | 94.0% | 8.2% |
| Newhall Elementary Newhall | 493 | 93.5% | 27.9% |
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 Shackelford Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #4,105 of 5,151 | #71 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #3,777 of 5,172 ▲ 511 | #64 of 100 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #4,155 of 5,172 ▼ 1 | #74 of 100 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.6pp | #339 of 5,116 | #8 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #2,502 of 5,915 | #59 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,566 of 5,352 | #24 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.2% | #4,879 of 5,354 | #92 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #456 of 5,625 | #1 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #2,692 of 3,837 | #33 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
495
+32 (+7%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 495 | 23.5 | 21.1:1 | 95% (470) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 22.5 | 19.9:1 | 98% (439) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 18.9 | 22.1:1 | 94% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 21 | 22.1:1 | 96% (443) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 24 | 22.9:1 | 99% (543) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 22 | 24.1:1 | 97% (517) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | N/A | N/A | 96% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 643 | 30 | 21.4:1 | 97% (622) |
| 1990-91 | 580 | 21 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shackelford Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (550 to 495); teachers down 2% (24 to 23.5).
About Shackelford Elementary
Shackelford Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Modesto, California. It offers kindergarten through 6 and has 495 students enrolled.
Shackelford Elementary is in Modesto City Elementary, a district with 14,444 students across 26 schools.
At Shackelford Elementary, 94% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 3% White. Census figures show Stanislaus County is about 50% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 11%.
With 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 21.1:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Shackelford Elementary, 95% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Stanislaus County average 71%.
On the allk12 Grade, Shackelford Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 37% of California public elementary schools.
Shackelford Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 24.7% is within a point of the 23.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
American Community Survey estimates for Stanislaus County show that the median household earns about $81,468 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Stanislaus County has 190 public schools with about 106,477 students, including Shackelford Elementary.
Aspire University Charter is the nearest public school to Shackelford Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 24.7% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 7 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 463 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 495 by 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Modesto City Elementary
- Bret Harte ElementaryElementary · 867 students
- Roosevelt Junior HighMiddle · 818 students
- Fairview ElementaryElementary · 786 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 777 students
- La Loma Junior HighMiddle · 705 students
- Mark Twain Junior HighMiddle · 658 students
Other schools in Modesto
- Joseph A. Gregori HighHigh · 2,346 students
- James C. Enochs HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Modesto HighHigh · 2,292 students
- Thomas Downey HighHigh · 2,192 students
- Grace M. Davis HighHigh · 2,083 students
- Peter Johansen HighHigh · 2,029 students
Other Shackelford Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Shackelford Elementary. Shackelford Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Shackelford Elementary SchoolWAXAHACHIE, TX · 452 students
Nearby schools
- Aspire University Charter0.7 mi · 423
- Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy0.7 mi · 617
- Evelyn Hanshaw Middle0.8 mi · 650
- Bret Harte Elementary1.0 mi · 867
- Tuolumne Elementary1.0 mi · 624
- James Marshall Elementary1.3 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About Shackelford ElementaryHow large is Shackelford Elementary?
Shackelford Elementary enrolls approximately 495 students in grades KG-06.
Is Shackelford Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shackelford Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Shackelford Elementary?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Shackelford Elementary.
How diverse is Shackelford Elementary?
Shackelford Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Shackelford Elementary?
Shackelford Elementary is overseen by Modesto City Elementary in Stanislaus County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.