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If you had an hour of school board time for Van Buren Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STOCKTON UNIFIED·NCES 063801006436
Van Buren Elementary
1628 East Tenth St., Stockton, CA 95206 · (209) 933-7305 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
432 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 62% larger than its 8th grade class (42).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
19.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.3pp since 2014
Math
15.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.1% | 14.2% | 18.9% | 61.8% |
| Math | 3.0% | 12.5% | 21.7% | 62.7% |
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 | 19.3% | 15.6% |
| 2023-24 | 16.3% | 12.8% |
| 2022-23 | 13.9% | 9.6% |
| 2021-22 | 11.2% | 7.2% |
| 2018-19 | 18.5% | 18.7% |
| 2017-18 | 13.0% | 13.4% |
| 2016-17 | 6.3% | 6.3% |
| 2015-16 | 8.0% | 8.0% |
| 2014-15 | 11.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
16.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Buren Elementary
Van Buren Elementary's state test result (16.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Buren Elementary this school | 473 | 91.3% | 16.2% |
| Cleo Gordon Elementary Fairfield | 464 | 90.5% | 17.6% |
| KIPP University Park Stockton | 427 | 91.3% | N/A |
| York Hawthorne | 449 | 91.1% | 40.7% |
| Washington Hawthorne | 418 | 90.2% | 43.7% |
| Highland Elementary Vallejo | 510 | 86.9% | 9.1% |
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 Buren Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #4,870 of 5,151 | #122 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #4,691 of 5,172 ▲ 160 | #107 of 138 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #4,882 of 5,172 ▲ 85 | #121 of 138 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.2pp | #892 of 5,116 | #13 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #2,763 of 5,915 | #94 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,836 of 5,352 | #52 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #2,725 of 5,354 | #99 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.3% | #924 of 5,625 | #10 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #2,123 of 3,837 | #33 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
473
-54 (-10%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 473 | 20.8 | 22.8:1 | 91% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 20.1 | 24.7:1 | 93% (459) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 20 | 26.4:1 | 91% (482) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 24 | 22.0:1 | 92% (485) |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 19.2 | 28.8:1 | 90% (495) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 17 | 34.6:1 | 83% (488) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | N/A | N/A | 96% (542) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 99% (531) |
| 1990-91 | 704 | 25 | 28.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Van Buren Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (552 to 473); teachers up 8% (19.2 to 20.8).
About Van Buren Elementary
Van Buren Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Stockton, California. There are 473 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 8.
Van Buren Elementary reports to Stockton Unified, which has 54 schools and 33,590 students.
Of every 100 students at Van Buren Elementary, about 67 are Hispanic. The school is also 18% Black, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 43%. The diversity index for Van Buren Elementary is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 22.8:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. On the income side, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in San Joaquin County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Van Buren Elementary is 9.8 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 16.2% actual, 26.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
The school's county is San Joaquin County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $92,179, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Joaquin County's 251 public schools enroll about 153,026 students and include Van Buren Elementary.
Aspire APEX Academy is the nearest public school to Van Buren Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Van Buren Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Van Buren Elementary is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment decreased 10% over 4 years, reaching 473 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Van Buren Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Stockton Unified
- Edison HighHigh · 2,355 students
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,065 students
- Cesar Chavez HighHigh · 2,021 students
- Stagg Senior HighHigh · 1,677 students
- Commodore Stockton SkillsElementary · 971 students
- King ElementaryElementary · 942 students
Other schools in Stockton
- Lincoln HighHigh · 2,801 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,355 students
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,065 students
- Cesar Chavez HighHigh · 2,021 students
- Bear Creek HighHigh · 1,925 students
- Stagg Senior HighHigh · 1,677 students
Other Van Buren Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 10 states are named Van Buren Elementary. Van Buren Elementary is the 4th largest of the 14.
- Van Buren ElementaryPlacentia, CA · 538 students
- Van Buren ElementaryJurupa Valley, CA · 455 students
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolPlainfield, IN · 514 students
- VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBALDWINSVILLE, NY · 488 students
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolVan Buren, OH · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Aspire APEX Academy0.2 mi · 376
- Aspire Stockton 6-12 Secondary Academy0.2 mi · 326
- Edward C. Merlo Institute of Environmental Studies0.4 mi · 200
- Monroe Elementary0.5 mi · 426
- Alexander Hamilton Elementary0.6 mi · 599
- Aspire Rosa Parks Academy0.7 mi · 403
Frequently asked questions
About Van Buren ElementaryHow many students attend Van Buren Elementary?
Van Buren Elementary enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-08.
Is Van Buren Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Van Buren Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Van Buren Elementary have?
Van Buren Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Van Buren Elementary?
Student demographics at Van Buren Elementary are roughly 2% White, 67% Hispanic, 18% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Van Buren Elementary in?
Van Buren Elementary is part of Stockton Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.