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Alumni: what's one memory from Standiford Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYLVAN UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063867006501
Standiford Elementary
605 Tokay Ave., Modesto, CA 95350 · (209) 574-5400 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of California public elementary schools
- B-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.
- DThree-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
20.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
308 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
39.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.5pp since 2014
Math
39.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.3% | 13.2% | 16.5% | 44.0% |
| Math | 26.3% | 13.3% | 14.6% | 45.8% |
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 | 39.5% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.8% | 41.8% |
| 2021-22 | 50.2% | 38.2% |
| 2018-19 | 60.3% | 43.2% |
| 2017-18 | 60.4% | 44.0% |
| 2016-17 | 57.5% | 55.3% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 49.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Standiford Elementary
Standiford Elementary's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standiford Elementary this school | 433 | 71.1% | 39.6% |
| Donald Graham Elementary Wildomar | 470 | 69.8% | 41.9% |
| Eaton Elementary Fresno | 512 | 71.7% | 38.9% |
| Portola Elementary Ventura | 444 | 70.3% | 55.0% |
| Ione Olson Elementary Marina | 409 | 68.2% | 34.2% |
| Killybrooke Elementary Costa Mesa | 473 | 71.0% | 57.6% |
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 Standiford Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #2,524 of 5,151 | #30 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #2,319 of 5,172 ▲ 105 | #26 of 100 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #2,976 of 5,172 ▼ 446 | #39 of 100 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.7pp | #626 of 5,116 | #7 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #3,248 of 5,915 | #71 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #1,017 of 5,352 | #9 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #1,442 of 5,354 | #12 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.1% | #2,889 of 5,625 | #63 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #1,139 of 1,139 | #36 of 36 |
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
433
+31 (+8%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 433 | 21.5 | 20.1:1 | 71% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 21 | 19.8:1 | 75% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 22.1 | 17.9:1 | 69% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 20 | 20.1:1 | 53% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 18 | 24.0:1 | 63% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 20 | 22.6:1 | 62% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | N/A | N/A | 56% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 27 | 19.3:1 | 40% (206) |
| 1990-91 | 614 | 29 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Standiford Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (432 to 433); teachers up 19% (18 to 21.5).
About Standiford Elementary
Standiford Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Modesto, California. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 433 students.
Standiford Elementary is in Sylvan Union Elementary, a district with 7,974 students across 13 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Standiford Elementary is Hispanic: 54%. The remaining shares are 23% White, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Standiford Elementary scores 63%.
Standiford Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1, with 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The school has 71% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Stanislaus County is close, at 71%.
Among California public elementary schools, Standiford Elementary outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.9% for Standiford Elementary. The school posts 39.6%, 1.8 points above the prediction.
Looking at the county, Stanislaus County, the median household earns about $81,468 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Stanislaus County has 190 public schools with about 106,477 students, including Standiford Elementary.
Somerset Middle, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Standiford Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Standiford Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
The school grew from 402 students in 2020-21 to 433 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Standiford Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Sylvan Union Elementary
- Elizabeth Ustach MiddleMiddle · 1,016 students
- Somerset MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Daniel J. Savage MiddleMiddle · 906 students
- Crossroads ElementaryElementary · 752 students
- Freedom ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- Orchard ElementaryElementary · 579 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
Nearby schools
- Somerset Middle0.5 mi · 947
- Robert Elliott Alternative Education Center0.6 mi · 479
- Sherwood Elementary0.6 mi · 489
- Coleman F. Brown Elementary0.8 mi · 378
- Sylvan Elementary0.8 mi · 326
- Elihu Beard Elementary1.0 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Standiford ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Standiford Elementary?
Standiford Elementary enrolls approximately 433 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Standiford Elementary serve?
Standiford Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Standiford Elementary?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at Standiford Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Standiford Elementary?
At Standiford Elementary, the student body is approximately 23% White, 54% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Standiford Elementary public or private?
Standiford Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sylvan Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.