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Wagner-Holt Elementary
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Wagner-Holt Elementary
As a mid-tier elementary campus in Stockton, California, Wagner-Holt Elementary enrolls 417 students from grades K through 6, part of Lodi Unified.
Lodi Unified runs 46 schools in total, collectively educating 27,047 students. Wagner-Holt Elementary is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Wagner-Holt Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 20% Asian, 13% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Wagner-Holt Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 85% of students at Wagner-Holt Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than San Joaquin County's rate of about 66%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wagner-Holt Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.1%.
Around the school, census data for San Joaquin County shows the typical household earns roughly $92,179 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, San Joaquin County runs 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), of which Wagner-Holt Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Delta Sierra Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wagner-Holt Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 23.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 19%: 512 students in 2018 compared to 417 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 18% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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