Wakefield Elementary

Wakefield Elementary is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in Turlock, California, operated by Turlock Unified, instructing 601 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 29% larger than typical.

Within Turlock Unified, which oversees 14 schools and 13,478 students, Wakefield Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wakefield Elementary lists that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Stanislaus County as a whole is about 50% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Wakefield Elementary shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wakefield Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 32.5%; this one comes in at 16.2%, -16.3 points off the demographic line.

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

The closest other public school is Fusion Charter, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wakefield Elementary at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 26.9%.

Wakefield Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 622 students in 2018 compared to 601 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.