Standiford Elementary

Set in Modesto, California, Standiford Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school, run under Sylvan Union Elementary. It educates 433 students across grades K through 5.

Sylvan Union Elementary comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 7,974 students; Standiford Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Standiford Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 23% White, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, 4% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Standiford Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Standiford Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Standiford Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.1%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of +2.4 points.

In the broader community, census data for Stanislaus County shows the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Standiford Elementary is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

Somerset Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Standiford Elementary. On composite proficiency, Standiford Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.4%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 432 students in 2018 compared to 433 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 36% to 23% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.