Walnut Elementary Education Center

As a sizable elementary school in Turlock, California, Walnut Elementary Education Center caters to 900 students from grades K through 6, run under Turlock Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 94% bigger than typical.

Turlock Unified comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 13,478 students; Walnut Elementary Education Center is among them.

Looking at the student body, Walnut Elementary Education Center lists that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 30% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 6% multiracial. Compared to Stanislaus County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at Walnut Elementary Education Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Stanislaus County's rate of about 71%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walnut Elementary Education Center performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.5%, the actual is 59.2%, a residual of +3.7 points.

Around the school, Stanislaus County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), Walnut Elementary Education Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Turlock Junior High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walnut Elementary Education Center. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walnut Elementary Education Center ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.8%.

Walnut Elementary Education Center operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Walnut Elementary Education Center has showed little movement, going from 911 students in 2018 to 900 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 57% to 44%.

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