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Enrollment
744
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATTERSON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 063003012186
Walnut Grove Elementary
775 North Hartley St., Patterson, CA 95363 · (209) 892-4770 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
606 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 114 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (114).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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 Grove Elementary→Creekside Middle
Based on grade levels within Patterson Joint Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
27.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.9pp since 2014
Math
18.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.4pp since 2014
What 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 18 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.1% | 19.8% | 24.9% | 47.2% |
| Math | 4.4% | 14.0% | 27.4% | 54.2% |
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 | 27.9% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 18.6% |
| 2022-23 | 28.7% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 21.2% |
| 2018-19 | 33.5% | 19.3% |
| 2017-18 | 32.3% | 20.3% |
| 2016-17 | 24.7% | 18.5% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Grove Elementary
Walnut Grove Elementary's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Grove Elementary this school | 744 | 81.5% | 22.4% |
| Alameda Elementary Downey | 744 | 84.5% | 45.8% |
| Fenton Avenue Charter Lake View Terrace | 746 | 82.7% | N/A |
| Mountain View Elementary Riverside | 851 | 82.8% | 33.8% |
| Valley View Elementary Riverside | 675 | 81.8% | 25.6% |
| Ann B. Leavenworth Fresno | 748 | 81.6% | 39.2% |
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 Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #4,341 of 5,151 | #80 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #4,455 of 5,172 ▼ 131 | #85 of 100 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #4,188 of 5,172 ▲ 169 | #77 of 100 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #847 of 5,116 | #15 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 744 | #556 of 5,915 | #15 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,813 of 5,352 | #50 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.5% | #4,059 of 5,354 | #79 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.5% | #2,045 of 5,625 | #41 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #2,605 of 3,837 | #27 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
744
+16 (+2%) vs 2020
+23% since 2010-11, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 744 | 32.7 | 22.8:1 | 81% (606) |
| 2023-24 | 698 | 31.5 | 22.2:1 | 89% (622) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 32.6 | 20.4:1 | 82% (549) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 36 | 20.2:1 | 78% (566) |
| 2017-18 | 833 | 35 | 23.8:1 | 79% (658) |
| 2015-16 | 711 | 29 | 24.5:1 | 79% (561) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | N/A | N/A | 99% (598) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walnut Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (833 to 744); teachers down 7% (35 to 32.7).
About Walnut Grove Elementary
Walnut Grove Elementary is one of the public schools in Patterson, California. It is a high-enrollment elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 744 students. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 60% higher.
The district, Patterson Joint Unified, operates 11 schools serving 6,064 students.
Walnut Grove Elementary is 85% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% White, 4% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Stanislaus County's population at about 50%. The diversity index for Walnut Grove Elementary is 27%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Walnut Grove Elementary reports a ratio of 22.8 students per teacher, from 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. Lunch program data show 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 71% average for public schools in Stanislaus County is 10 points.
On BeatsExpectations, Walnut Grove Elementary is 9.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Census data for Stanislaus County show the median household earns about $81,468 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Walnut Grove Elementary, Stanislaus County has 190 public schools.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, West Valley Learning Center, is the closest to Walnut Grove Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Walnut Grove Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 22.4% is below the 31.3% average for nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 728 to 744. By 2024-25, the school had 22.8 students per teacher, compared with 20.2 in 2020-21.
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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 Patterson Joint Unified
- Patterson HighHigh · 1,830 students
- Creekside MiddleMiddle · 907 students
- Apricot Valley ElementaryElementary · 788 students
- Las Palmas ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Northmead ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- Grayson ElementaryElementary · 266 students
Other schools in Patterson
- Patterson HighHigh · 1,830 students
- Creekside MiddleMiddle · 907 students
- Apricot Valley ElementaryElementary · 788 students
- Las Palmas ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Northmead ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- West Valley Learning CenterElementary · 147 students
Other Walnut Grove Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Walnut Grove Elementary. Walnut Grove Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 13.
- Walnut Grove ElementaryPleasanton, CA · 629 students
- Walnut Grove ElementaryWalnut Grove, CA · 131 students
- Walnut Grove Elementary SchoolSuwanee, GA · 819 students
- Walnut Grove Elementary SchoolBargersville, IN · 735 students
- Walnut Grove Elementary SchoolCovington, GA · 721 students
Nearby schools
- West Valley Learning Center0.1 mi · 147
- Northmead Elementary0.9 mi · 528
- Open Valley Independent Study0.9 mi · 100
- Del Puerto High0.9 mi · 92
- Patterson High1.1 mi · 1,830
- Las Palmas Elementary1.1 mi · 642
Frequently asked questions
About Walnut Grove ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Walnut Grove Elementary?
Walnut Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 744 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Walnut Grove Elementary serve?
Walnut Grove Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walnut Grove Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walnut Grove Elementary is approximately 22.8:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Walnut Grove Elementary?
Walnut Grove Elementary reports a student body of 5% White, 85% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Walnut Grove Elementary in?
Walnut Grove Elementary is part of Patterson Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.