Walter Woodward Elementary

Walter Woodward Elementary, a roomy primary school in Manteca, California, part of Manteca Unified, educates 1,056 students, covering grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Walter Woodward Elementary sits 127% bigger than that benchmark.

Manteca Unified comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 25,347 students; Walter Woodward Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Walter Woodward Elementary reports that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 27% Asian, 18% White, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. Compared to San Joaquin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at Walter Woodward Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Walter Woodward Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.7%, the actual is 35.0%, a residual of -9.7 points.

Around the school, San Joaquin County reports that median household income runs about $92,179, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Joaquin County runs 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), of which Walter Woodward Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Veritas Elementary, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Walter Woodward Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 31.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 28%: 826 students in 2018 compared to 1,056 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 31% to 18% across the same window.

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