Tom Hawkins Elementary

Tom Hawkins Elementary is a sizable K-5 school in Tracy, California, one of the schools within Jefferson Elementary. The school enrolls 728 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 57% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Tom Hawkins Elementary is one of 20 schools operated by Jefferson Elementary, a district that educates 8,072 students overall.

Demographically, Tom Hawkins Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 25% Asian, 21% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. Compared to San Joaquin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at Tom Hawkins Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below San Joaquin County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tom Hawkins Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 45.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for San Joaquin County indicate median household income runs about $92,179, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across San Joaquin County's 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), Tom Hawkins Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Gladys Poet-Christian Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tom Hawkins Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tom Hawkins Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tom Hawkins Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 725 students in 2018 to 728 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 39% to 21%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.