Sutherland Elementary

Located at 550 Spring River Cir., in Stockton, California, Sutherland Elementary is a modestly sized elementary school that caters to 360 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Lodi Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Within Lodi Unified, which oversees 46 schools and 27,047 students, Sutherland Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Sutherland Elementary records that 43% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 35% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Sutherland Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Joaquin County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Sutherland Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.0%; this one delivers 28.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Joaquin County) records that the typical household earns roughly $92,179 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across San Joaquin County's 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), Sutherland Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ronald E. McNair High, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sutherland Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 24.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sutherland Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 361 students in 2018 to 360 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 14% to 8%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 in 2025.

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