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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STOCKTON UNIFIED·NCES 063801012281
Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary
536 South California St., Stockton, CA 95203 · (209) 933-7470 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- BThree-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
30.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
443 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 23% smaller than its 8th grade class (61).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
26.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.4pp since 2014
Math
15.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.1% | 18.3% | 27.8% | 45.8% |
| Math | 5.9% | 9.4% | 27.9% | 56.9% |
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 | 26.4% | 15.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 19.3% |
| 2022-23 | 19.2% | 16.2% |
| 2021-22 | 20.4% | 14.7% |
| 2018-19 | 23.1% | 19.1% |
| 2017-18 | 23.4% | 24.8% |
| 2016-17 | 20.5% | 22.3% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
21.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary
Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary's state test result (21.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary this school | 482 | 91.9% | 21.2% |
| Balboa Elementary San Diego | 457 | 92.1% | 28.7% |
| Carl E. Gilbert Elementary Buena Park | 490 | 93.9% | 21.9% |
| Walnut Avenue Elementary Chino | 483 | 91.7% | 27.1% |
| Dover Elementary San Pablo | 458 | 91.9% | 12.1% |
| Elderberry Elementary Ontario | 544 | 92.5% | 42.1% |
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 Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #4,474 of 5,151 | #103 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #4,727 of 5,172 ▼ 484 | #109 of 138 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #4,346 of 5,172 ▼ 21 | #90 of 138 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #2,230 of 5,116 | #45 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #2,666 of 5,915 | #91 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 30.0:1 | #5,313 of 5,352 | #147 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.6% | #4,389 of 5,354 | #142 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.9% | #851 of 5,625 | #7 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #3,793 of 3,837 | #91 of 95 |
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
482
+48 (+11%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 425
Student : Teacher
30.0:1
was 25.5:1
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 | 482 | 16.1 | 30.0:1 | 92% (443) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 17.5 | 27.8:1 | 92% (448) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 18.3 | 26.5:1 | 92% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 17 | 25.5:1 | 94% (408) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 10.3 | 47.0:1 | 91% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 9 | 56.7:1 | 80% (410) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | N/A | N/A | 98% (416) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (485 to 482); teachers up 56% (10.3 to 16.1).
About Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary
This page covers Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in Stockton, California. The grade span is kindergarten through 8, and enrollment is 482 students.
Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary falls under Stockton Unified, which has 54 schools enrolling 33,590 students.
Hispanic students make up 89% of enrollment at Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary. The remaining students are 5% Asian and 4% Black. Census figures show San Joaquin County is about 43% Hispanic. Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary's diversity index is 21%, against a US figure of 70%.
Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary operates with 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 30.0:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 30.0:1 here. Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary reports 92% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 66% average for public schools in San Joaquin County is 26 points lower.
Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 19% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary is 4.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Among San Joaquin County residents, the median household income is $92,179, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary, San Joaquin County has 250 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Stockton Collegiate International Secondary, at about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary's enrollment climbed from 434 in 2020-21 to 482 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 25.5:1 to 30.0:1.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
San Joaquin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
797,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
251
153,026 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stockton Unified
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Other schools in Stockton
- Lincoln HighHigh · 2,801 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,355 students
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,065 students
- Cesar Chavez HighHigh · 2,021 students
- Bear Creek HighHigh · 1,925 students
- Stagg Senior HighHigh · 1,677 students
Nearby schools
- Stockton Collegiate International Secondary0.4 mi · 466
- Stockton Collegiate International Elementary0.4 mi · 360
- Team Charter Academy0.4 mi · 180
- TEAM Charter0.4 mi · 511
- Voices College Bound Language Academy at Stockton0.5 mi · 139
- Jane Frederick High0.7 mi · 178
Frequently asked questions
About Spanos (Alex G.) ElementaryHow many students attend Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary?
Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary enrolls approximately 482 students in grades KG-08.
Is Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary have?
Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 30.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary?
Student demographics at Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary are roughly 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian.
What district is Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary in?
Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary is part of Stockton Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.