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What do students at Weston Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIPON UNIFIED·NCES 063288008953
Weston Elementary
1660 Stanley Dr., Ripon, CA 95366 · (209) 599-7113 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
121 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 20% larger than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
62.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.0pp since 2014
Math
55.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.1% | 37.0% | 22.4% | 15.5% |
| Math | 27.1% | 28.1% | 22.1% | 22.8% |
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 | 62.0% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 62.4% | 54.8% |
| 2022-23 | 65.2% | 57.9% |
| 2021-22 | 61.3% | 56.4% |
| 2020-21 | 63.0% | 52.5% |
| 2018-19 | 69.8% | 57.3% |
| 2017-18 | 59.5% | 50.2% |
| 2016-17 | 58.4% | 51.5% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Weston Elementary
Weston Elementary's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weston Elementary this school | 464 | 26.1% | 58.6% |
| Walnut Canyon Elementary Moorpark | 486 | 27.8% | 69.9% |
| De Laveaga Elementary Santa Cruz | 481 | 27.7% | 51.6% |
| Dixon Montessori Charter Dixon | 471 | 25.7% | N/A |
| Mary E. Silveira Elementary San Rafael | 412 | 26.0% | 53.4% |
| Peach Hill Academy Moorpark | 420 | 26.2% | 62.3% |
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 Weston Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #1,194 of 5,151 | #13 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #1,309 of 5,172 ▼ 70 | #13 of 138 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,201 of 5,172 ▼ 96 | #13 of 138 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #1,707 of 5,116 | #48 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #2,867 of 5,915 | #96 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,939 of 5,352 | #56 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #1,519 of 5,354 | #56 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.1% | #4,925 of 5,625 | #143 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #587 of 1,139 | #17 of 32 |
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
464
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 464 | 20.2 | 22.9:1 | 26% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 19.2 | 22.9:1 | 22% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 19 | 23.8:1 | 30% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 18 | 25.4:1 | 30% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 17.4 | 24.7:1 | 31% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 16 | 26.0:1 | 33% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | N/A | N/A | 41% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 477 | 23 | 20.7:1 | 21% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 22 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weston Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (429 to 464); teachers up 16% (17.4 to 20.2).
About Weston Elementary
Weston Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Ripon, California. It had 464 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 8.
Weston Elementary falls under Ripon Unified, which has 7 schools enrolling 3,378 students.
White students make up 46% of enrollment at Weston Elementary, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 38% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of San Joaquin County's population at about 32%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 22.9:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. A total of 121 students, or 26%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in San Joaquin County, the average is 66%.
Weston Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.6% is 5.7 points below the 64.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In San Joaquin County, median household income comes to about $92,179, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. San Joaquin County counts 251 public schools with about 153,026 students.
Weston Elementary is about 0.8 miles from Harvest High, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Weston Elementary ranks 2nd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 58.6% against a local average of 51.6%.
Its location is classified as Town: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Weston Elementary was 458 in 2020-21 and 464 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (22.9:1) than in 2020-21 (25.4:1).
On allk12, people connected to Weston Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
San Joaquin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
797,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
251
153,026 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ripon Unified
- Ripon HighHigh · 1,051 students
- Ripona ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Park View ElementaryElementary · 467 students
- Ripon ElementaryElementary · 460 students
- Colony Oak ElementaryElementary · 447 students
- Harvest HighHigh · 16 students
Other schools in Ripon
- California Online Public Schools Northern CaliforniaCombined · 1,507 students
- Ripon HighHigh · 1,051 students
- Ripona ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Park View ElementaryElementary · 467 students
- Ripon ElementaryElementary · 460 students
- Colony Oak ElementaryElementary · 447 students
Other Weston Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Weston Elementary. Weston Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Weston ElementaryWeston, WI · 519 students
- Weston Elementary SchoolManchester, NH · 438 students
- Weston Elementary SchoolManville, NJ · 404 students
- Weston Elementary SchoolIMLAY CITY, MI · 389 students
- Weston Elementary SchoolBURTON, MI · 380 students
Nearby schools
- Harvest High0.8 mi · 16
- Ripon Elementary0.9 mi · 460
- Ripon High1.0 mi · 1,051
- California Online Public Schools Northern California1.0 mi · 1,507
- Ripona Elementary1.6 mi · 473
- Park View Elementary1.9 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Weston ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Weston Elementary?
Weston Elementary enrolls approximately 464 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Weston Elementary serve?
Weston Elementary serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Weston Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Weston Elementary is approximately 22.9:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Weston Elementary?
At Weston Elementary, the student body is approximately 46% White, 38% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Weston Elementary public or private?
Weston Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ripon Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.