Virginia Parks Elementary

Virginia Parks Elementary is a moderately sized elementary school in Modesto, California, overseen by Ceres Unified. The school educates 643 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Virginia Parks Elementary sits 38% larger than that benchmark.

Within Ceres Unified, which oversees 23 schools and 13,665 students, Virginia Parks Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Virginia Parks Elementary logs that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 11% White, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 50%.

On the resource side, On paper, Virginia Parks Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Stanislaus County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Virginia Parks Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Stanislaus County) records that median household earnings sit near $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Virginia Parks Elementary is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

The closest other public school is Aspire Summit Charter Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Virginia Parks Elementary. On composite proficiency, Virginia Parks Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 24.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 691 students in 2018 compared to 643 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 21% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.