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What's one thing Walnut Elementary Education Center gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
900
Elementary
DISTRICT 748 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TURLOCK UNIFIED·NCES 060015812175
Walnut Elementary Education Center
4219 North Walnut Rd., Turlock, CA 95382 · (209) 664-9907 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL900 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
25.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
362 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 120 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 128 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (128).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Walnut Elementary Education Center→Turlock Junior High
Based on grade levels within Turlock Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
64.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.6pp since 2014
Math
58.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.4% | 30.3% | 21.6% | 13.8% |
| Math | 32.9% | 25.9% | 26.1% | 15.2% |
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 | 64.6% | 58.7% |
| 2023-24 | 61.5% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.9% | 58.9% |
| 2021-22 | 64.7% | 57.2% |
| 2020-21 | 64.3% | 52.0% |
| 2018-19 | 64.6% | 55.1% |
| 2017-18 | 62.1% | 53.9% |
| 2016-17 | 59.9% | 51.8% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Walnut Elementary Education Center
Walnut Elementary Education Center's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Elementary Education Center this school | 900 | 40.2% | 60.5% |
| Hidden Valley Elementary Martinez | 831 | 44.4% | 52.8% |
| Creekview Ranch Roseville | 838 | 45.9% | 57.0% |
| Stonegate Elementary West Sacramento | 928 | 41.9% | 45.0% |
| Coyote Ridge Elementary Roseville | 815 | 47.6% | 50.6% |
| Rio Seco Elementary Santee | 913 | 42.5% | 60.7% |
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 Walnut Elementary Education Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #1,092 of 5,151 | #3 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #1,124 of 5,172 ▲ 15 | #2 of 100 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #1,042 of 5,172 ▲ 109 | #3 of 100 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #3,108 of 5,116 | #64 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 900 | #169 of 5,915 | #3 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #4,675 of 5,352 | #93 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #905 of 5,354 | #6 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #4,328 of 5,625 | #99 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #3,729 of 3,837 | #52 of 56 |
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
900
+20 (+2%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 871
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 900 | 35.3 | 25.5:1 | 40% (362) |
| 2023-24 | 899 | 35.3 | 25.5:1 | 38% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 836 | 35 | 23.9:1 | 37% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 880 | 37 | 23.8:1 | 23% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 911 | 36 | 25.3:1 | 25% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 910 | 36 | 25.3:1 | 25% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 871 | N/A | N/A | 29% (252) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walnut Elementary Education Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (911 to 900); teachers down 2% (36 to 35.3).
About Walnut Elementary Education Center
Walnut Elementary Education Center is a large elementary school in Turlock Unified, located in Turlock, California. A total of 900 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 6. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 94% higher.
Enrollment across the 14 schools in Turlock Unified totals 13,478 students.
At Walnut Elementary Education Center, the largest share of students is White, at 44%. It is also 30% Hispanic, 18% Asian, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, Stanislaus County is about 43% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 25.5:1, with 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.2 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 40% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Stanislaus County average 71%.
Walnut Elementary Education Center is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 72% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Walnut Elementary Education Center scores 60.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 56.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Stanislaus County, the median household income is $81,468, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. In all, Stanislaus County has 190 public schools and roughly 106,477 students.
The closest public school, Turlock Junior High, is about 0.3 miles from Walnut Elementary Education Center. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Walnut Elementary Education Center is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 880 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 900. The number of students per teacher rose from 23.8 to 25.5 over 4 years.
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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 Turlock Unified
- Turlock HighHigh · 2,479 students
- John H. Pitman HighHigh · 1,986 students
- Turlock Junior HighMiddle · 1,294 students
- Osborn Two-Way Immersion AcademyElementary · 831 students
- Julien ElementaryElementary · 826 students
- Dennis G. Earl ElementaryElementary · 817 students
Other schools in Turlock
- Turlock HighHigh · 2,479 students
- John H. Pitman HighHigh · 1,986 students
- Turlock Junior HighMiddle · 1,294 students
- Osborn Two-Way Immersion AcademyElementary · 831 students
- Julien ElementaryElementary · 826 students
- Dennis G. Earl ElementaryElementary · 817 students
Nearby schools
- Turlock Junior High0.3 mi · 1,294
- John H. Pitman High0.6 mi · 1,986
- Sandra Tovar Medeiros Elementary0.6 mi · 753
- Walter M. Brown Elementary1.0 mi · 645
- Dennis G. Earl Elementary1.5 mi · 817
- Crowell Elementary2.0 mi · 758
Frequently asked questions
About Walnut Elementary Education CenterWhat is the total enrollment at Walnut Elementary Education Center?
Walnut Elementary Education Center enrolls approximately 900 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Walnut Elementary Education Center serve?
Walnut Elementary Education Center serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walnut Elementary Education Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walnut Elementary Education Center is approximately 25.5:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Walnut Elementary Education Center?
Walnut Elementary Education Center reports a student body of 44% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Black, 18% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Walnut Elementary Education Center in?
Walnut Elementary Education Center is part of Turlock Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.