Sonoma Elementary

Set in Modesto, California, Sonoma Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, one of the schools within Modesto City Elementary. It serves 536 students across grades K through 6.

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

On demographics, Sonoma Elementary records that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 25% White, 10% multiracial, 8% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Sonoma Elementary lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 58% of students at Sonoma Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Stanislaus County (around 71%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Sonoma Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.0%, the actual is 52.3%, a residual of +7.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Stanislaus County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sonoma Elementary is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

Connecting Waters Charter School - Central Valley is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sonoma Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sonoma Elementary has increased 4%, going from 516 students in 2018 to 536 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 31% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

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