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What's the biggest difference between Von Renner Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWMAN-CROWS LANDING UNIFIED·NCES 062720004101
Von Renner Elementary
1388 Patchett Dr., Newman, CA 95360 · (209) 862-2868 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test 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.
- AThree-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
21.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
367 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 111 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Von Renner Elementary→Yolo Junior High
Based on grade levels within Newman-Crows Landing Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.7pp since 2014
Math
27.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.1% | 24.6% | 21.1% | 40.2% |
| Math | 8.6% | 19.1% | 31.3% | 41.0% |
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 | 38.7% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 26.7% |
| 2022-23 | 36.9% | 19.5% |
| 2021-22 | 30.1% | 15.6% |
| 2018-19 | 26.1% | 20.4% |
| 2017-18 | 22.9% | 23.6% |
| 2016-17 | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Von Renner Elementary
Von Renner Elementary's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Von Renner Elementary this school | 530 | 69.2% | 31.6% |
| De Anza Magnet El Centro | 504 | 68.7% | 41.4% |
| Ladera Palma Elementary La Habra | 583 | 70.3% | 45.4% |
| Harding Elementary El Centro | 601 | 70.5% | 32.5% |
| Riverbank Language Academy Riverbank | 557 | 72.7% | 45.3% |
| EJE Elementary Academy Charter El Cajon | 582 | 67.0% | N/A |
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 Von Renner Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #3,319 of 5,151 | #47 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #3,447 of 5,172 ▼ 19 | #52 of 100 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #3,079 of 5,172 ▲ 372 | #41 of 100 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.3pp | #581 of 5,116 | #15 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #2,090 of 5,915 | #48 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #1,638 of 5,352 | #26 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.4% | #4,968 of 5,354 | #94 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.2% | #2,996 of 5,625 | #66 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #1,011 of 1,139 | #33 of 36 |
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
530
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 659
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 530 | 25 | 21.2:1 | 69% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 25 | 21.1:1 | 58% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 545 | 25 | 21.8:1 | 62% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 24 | 22.8:1 | 74% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 24 | 21.8:1 | 81% (424) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 21 | 22.7:1 | 78% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | N/A | N/A | 85% (552) |
| 2000-01 | 913 | 44 | 20.8:1 | 69% (628) |
| 1990-91 | 659 | 27 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Von Renner Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (522 to 530); teachers up 4% (24 to 25).
About Von Renner Elementary
Newman, California, is home to Von Renner Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 530 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
District-wide, Newman-Crows Landing Unified has 9 schools and 3,085 students.
Of every 100 students at Von Renner Elementary, about 95 are Hispanic. The school is also 4% White. That is higher than the 50% Hispanic share among all Stanislaus County residents. A diversity index of 9% means there is a 9% chance two randomly chosen students at Von Renner Elementary are from different groups.
Von Renner Elementary lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 21.2 students per teacher. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.1 students per teacher. About 69% of students at Von Renner Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Stanislaus County is similar, at 71%.
Among California public elementary schools, Von Renner Elementary outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Von Renner Elementary would score about 39.0%. It scores 31.6%, 7.4 points below that figure.
For Stanislaus County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $81,468 a year, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Von Renner Elementary, Stanislaus County has 190 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Yolo Junior High is closest at about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Von Renner Elementary is 2nd of 5 nearby schools with test data.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
From 547 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 530 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 22.8:1 to 21.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newman-Crows Landing Unified
- Orestimba HighHigh · 925 students
- Yolo Junior HighMiddle · 738 students
- Hurd Barrington ElementaryElementary · 428 students
- Hunt ElementaryElementary · 268 students
- Bonita ElementaryElementary · 134 students
- West Side Valley High (Continuation)High · 41 students
Other schools in Newman
- Orestimba HighHigh · 925 students
- Yolo Junior HighMiddle · 738 students
- Hurd Barrington ElementaryElementary · 428 students
- Hunt ElementaryElementary · 268 students
- West Side Valley High (Continuation)High · 41 students
- Newman-Crows Landing Independent StudyCombined · 20 students
Nearby schools
- Yolo Junior High0.5 mi · 738
- Hunt Elementary0.8 mi · 268
- Foothill Community Day0.8 mi · 1
- West Side Valley High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 41
- Newman-Crows Landing Independent Study0.9 mi · 20
- Orestimba High0.9 mi · 925
Frequently asked questions
About Von Renner ElementaryHow many students attend Von Renner Elementary?
Von Renner Elementary enrolls approximately 530 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Von Renner Elementary serve?
Von Renner Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Von Renner Elementary have?
Von Renner Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Von Renner Elementary?
Student demographics at Von Renner Elementary are roughly 4% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Von Renner Elementary in?
Von Renner Elementary is part of Newman-Crows Landing Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.