William Garrison Elementary

As a modestly sized elementary-level community in Modesto, California, William Garrison Elementary serves 352 students from grades K through 6, run under Modesto City Elementary. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so William Garrison Elementary sits 24% below that benchmark.

William Garrison Elementary is one of 26 schools operated by Modesto City Elementary, a district that instructs 14,444 students overall.

On demographics, William Garrison Elementary reports that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 13% White, 11% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 50%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Stanislaus County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, William Garrison Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.4%, the actual is 22.0%, a residual of -6.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Stanislaus County) reports that median household earnings sit near $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Stanislaus County runs 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), of which William Garrison Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: John Fremont Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, William Garrison Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 7%: 330 students in 2018 compared to 352 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 61% to 66% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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