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Alumni: what's one memory from Walter M. Brown Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
645
Elementary
DISTRICT 748 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TURLOCK UNIFIED·NCES 060015811513
Walter M. Brown Elementary
1400 Georgetown St., Turlock, CA 95382 · (209) 634-7231 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
22.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
470 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 | 124 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 41% larger than its 6th grade class (88).
Student demographics
62%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
Walter M. Brown Elementary→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
26.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.6pp since 2014
Math
21.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 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 | 7.4% | 19.1% | 25.3% | 48.2% |
| Math | 6.7% | 14.6% | 22.4% | 56.3% |
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 | 26.4% | 21.3% |
| 2023-24 | 23.2% | 17.2% |
| 2022-23 | 21.7% | 14.1% |
| 2021-22 | 26.4% | 15.9% |
| 2020-21 | 28.1% | 15.4% |
| 2018-19 | 32.3% | 20.6% |
| 2017-18 | 36.1% | 20.6% |
| 2016-17 | 32.2% | 12.8% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Walter M. Brown Elementary
Walter M. Brown Elementary's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter M. Brown Elementary this school | 645 | 72.9% | 22.3% |
| Callie Kirkpatrick Elementary Menifee | 664 | 70.6% | 36.7% |
| Foothill Elementary Corona | 640 | 70.6% | 42.5% |
| Columbia Elementary Bakersfield | 601 | 69.7% | 40.0% |
| Brookside Elementary Beaumont | 691 | 75.3% | 55.0% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary Corona | 673 | 70.1% | 57.4% |
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 Walter M. Brown Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #4,365 of 5,151 | #81 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #4,179 of 5,172 ▲ 295 | #73 of 100 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #4,335 of 5,172 ▲ 142 | #83 of 100 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #2,381 of 5,116 | #49 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #1,051 of 5,915 | #22 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,362 of 5,352 | #42 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #1,610 of 5,354 | #18 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.9% | #2,783 of 5,625 | #59 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #776 of 1,139 | #21 of 36 |
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
645
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 709
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 645 | 29 | 22.2:1 | 73% (470) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 29 | 21.4:1 | 74% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 28 | 22.9:1 | 66% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 29 | 21.4:1 | 63% (389) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 28 | 22.0:1 | 71% (439) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 27 | 24.5:1 | 70% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 709 | N/A | N/A | 68% (479) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walter M. Brown Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (616 to 645); teachers up 4% (28 to 29).
About Walter M. Brown Elementary
Walter M. Brown Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in California, located in Turlock. The school counts 645 students across kindergarten through 6. The school's enrollment is 39% bigger than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
The district for Walter M. Brown Elementary is Turlock Unified, with 14 schools and 13,478 students.
Walter M. Brown Elementary is 54% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 27% White, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Walter M. Brown Elementary's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 22.2:1 comes from the school's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The lunch program counts 73% of students at Walter M. Brown Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 71% average for public schools in Stanislaus County.
The allk12 Grade for Walter M. Brown Elementary is D. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Walter M. Brown Elementary is -14.6 points, in the bottom 10% of California. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 22.3%, and the predicted rate is 36.8%.
Walter M. Brown Elementary is located in Stanislaus County, where the median household income is $81,468, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Walter M. Brown Elementary, Stanislaus County has 189 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Walter M. Brown Elementary to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Turlock Junior High. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Walter M. Brown Elementary comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Walter M. Brown Elementary is Suburb: Small, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at Walter M. Brown Elementary grew 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 622 to 645 students.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Walnut Elementary Education CenterElementary · 900 students
- Osborn Two-Way Immersion AcademyElementary · 831 students
- Julien ElementaryElementary · 826 students
Other schools in Turlock
- Turlock HighHigh · 2,479 students
- John H. Pitman HighHigh · 1,986 students
- Turlock Junior HighMiddle · 1,294 students
- Walnut Elementary Education CenterElementary · 900 students
- Osborn Two-Way Immersion AcademyElementary · 831 students
- Julien ElementaryElementary · 826 students
Nearby schools
- Turlock Junior High0.8 mi · 1,294
- Walnut Elementary Education Center1.0 mi · 900
- Crowell Elementary1.1 mi · 758
- John H. Pitman High1.1 mi · 1,986
- Sandra Tovar Medeiros Elementary1.2 mi · 753
- Dennis G. Earl Elementary1.6 mi · 817
Frequently asked questions
About Walter M. Brown ElementaryHow many students attend Walter M. Brown Elementary?
Walter M. Brown Elementary enrolls approximately 645 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Walter M. Brown Elementary serve?
Walter M. Brown Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Walter M. Brown Elementary have?
Walter M. Brown Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Walter M. Brown Elementary?
Student demographics at Walter M. Brown Elementary are roughly 27% White, 54% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Walter M. Brown Elementary public or private?
Walter M. Brown Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Turlock Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.