Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 313 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCALON UNIFIED·NCES 061284001450
Van Allen Elementary
21051 East Highway 120, Escalon, CA 95320 · (209) 838-2931 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
21.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
158 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Van Allen Elementary→El Portal Middle
Based on grade levels within Escalon Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
45.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.5pp since 2014
Math
48.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.5% | 29.0% | 22.2% | 32.4% |
| Math | 17.6% | 31.3% | 27.3% | 23.9% |
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 | 45.5% | 48.9% |
| 2023-24 | 44.7% | 52.8% |
| 2022-23 | 54.2% | 57.6% |
| 2021-22 | 44.8% | 50.6% |
| 2020-21 | 48.3% | 43.6% |
| 2018-19 | 53.5% | 53.8% |
| 2017-18 | 53.7% | 49.4% |
| 2016-17 | 45.8% | 50.0% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Van Allen Elementary
Van Allen Elementary's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Allen Elementary this school | 325 | 48.6% | 47.9% |
| Sequoia Elementary Charter Lemon Cove | 345 | 48.1% | 36.8% |
| Hickman Elementary Hickman | 308 | 47.4% | 54.8% |
| Island Elementary Lemoore | 395 | 50.4% | 59.2% |
| Proctor Terrace Elementary Santa Rosa | 323 | 46.1% | 45.1% |
| Binkley Elementary Charter Santa Rosa | 351 | 46.7% | 45.2% |
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 Van Allen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #1,866 of 5,151 | #21 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #1,663 of 5,172 ▼ 303 | #16 of 138 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #2,409 of 5,172 ▼ 112 | #33 of 138 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #1,598 of 5,116 | #46 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #4,519 of 5,915 | #140 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #1,933 of 5,352 | #27 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #2,620 of 5,354 | #89 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.6% | #3,970 of 5,625 | #131 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #2,536 of 3,837 | #49 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
325
+12 (+4%) vs 2020
+103% since 1990-91, when it was 160
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 325 | 15 | 21.7:1 | 49% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 15 | 20.6:1 | 50% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 14 | 21.9:1 | 43% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 15 | 20.9:1 | 44% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 15.9 | 23.0:1 | 47% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 14 | 25.6:1 | 47% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 166 | N/A | N/A | 47% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 169 | 8 | 21.1:1 | 49% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 160 | 6 | 26.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Van Allen Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (366 to 325); teachers down 6% (15.9 to 15).
About Van Allen Elementary
Van Allen Elementary is a small elementary school in Escalon Unified, located in Escalon, California. It enrolled 325 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 30% lower than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
The district, Escalon Unified, operates 7 schools serving 2,676 students.
Van Allen Elementary's enrollment is 55% White. The remaining shares are 42% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of San Joaquin County's population at about 32%. By the diversity index, Van Allen Elementary comes in at 52%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 21.7:1, with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Van Allen Elementary is 49%. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in San Joaquin County.
Van Allen Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Van Allen Elementary's results are 3.1 points below predicted: 47.9% against 51.0%.
Among San Joaquin County residents, median household income is about $92,179, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Van Allen Elementary is one of 251 public schools in San Joaquin County, which together enroll about 153,026 students.
El Portal Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Van Allen Elementary is ahead of the 46.4% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
Federal data place Van Allen Elementary in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 325 was 4% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 313.
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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 Escalon Unified
- Escalon HighHigh · 815 students
- Dent ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- El Portal MiddleMiddle · 587 students
- Collegeville ElementaryElementary · 162 students
- Farmington ElementaryElementary · 95 students
- Vista High (Continuation)High · 21 students
Other schools in Escalon
- Escalon HighHigh · 815 students
- Dent ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- El Portal MiddleMiddle · 587 students
- Escalon Charter AcademyCombined · 368 students
- Vista High (Continuation)High · 21 students
Other Van Allen Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Van Allen Elementary. Van Allen Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Van Allen Elementary SchoolMount Pleasant, IA · 362 students
- Van Allen Elementary SchoolChariton, IA · 292 students
Nearby schools
- El Portal Middle2.7 mi · 587
- Vista High (Continuation)3.0 mi · 21
- Escalon High3.2 mi · 815
- Escalon Charter Academy3.2 mi · 368
- Dent Elementary3.4 mi · 671
- Colony Oak Elementary4.3 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Van Allen ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Van Allen Elementary?
Van Allen Elementary enrolls approximately 325 students in grades KG-05.
Is Van Allen Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Van Allen Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Van Allen Elementary have?
Van Allen Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Van Allen Elementary?
Student demographics at Van Allen Elementary are roughly 55% White, 42% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Van Allen Elementary public or private?
Van Allen Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Escalon Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.