Van Allen Elementary

Van Allen Elementary is an elementary school of close-knit scale in Escalon, California, operated by Escalon Unified, enrolling 325 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 30% smaller than typical.

Escalon Unified comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,676 students; Van Allen Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Van Allen Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 42% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 32% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 49% of students at Van Allen Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Joaquin County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Van Allen Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.0%.

Around the school, San Joaquin County reports 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%. Van Allen Elementary is one of 251 public schools in San Joaquin County (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students).

The closest other public school is El Portal Middle, roughly 2.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Van Allen Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Van Allen Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 45.6%.

Van Allen Elementary operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Van Allen Elementary's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 366 (now 325). Class-load math has fell: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 in 2025.

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