Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MODESTO CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062513003738
William Garrison Elementary
1811 Teresa St., Modesto, CA 95350 · (209) 574-8132 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
302 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 86 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 83% larger than its 6th grade class (47).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
28.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.0pp since 2014
Math
12.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.0pp 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 12 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.2% | 19.8% | 19.8% | 52.2% |
| Math | 4.3% | 7.6% | 27.2% | 60.9% |
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 | 28.0% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 19.2% |
| 2022-23 | 20.6% | 12.6% |
| 2021-22 | 24.3% | 13.9% |
| 2020-21 | 19.9% | 11.3% |
| 2018-19 | 16.8% | 13.1% |
| 2017-18 | 26.1% | 14.4% |
| 2016-17 | 21.9% | 15.2% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 William Garrison Elementary
William Garrison Elementary's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Garrison Elementary this school | 352 | 85.8% | 21.0% |
| Del Rio Elementary Oceanside | 353 | 81.6% | 35.6% |
| Rhoda Maxwell Elementary Woodland | 395 | 83.5% | 25.2% |
| Vanalden Avenue Elementary Reseda | 369 | 88.1% | 36.5% |
| John Reed Primary Rohnert Park | 376 | 83.5% | 16.4% |
| Leroy Anderson Elementary San Jose | 377 | 85.4% | 32.5% |
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 William Garrison Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #4,493 of 5,151 | #82 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #4,949 of 5,172 ▼ 684 | #98 of 100 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #4,174 of 5,172 ▲ 150 | #76 of 100 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #3,054 of 5,116 | #63 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #4,258 of 5,915 | #87 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #79 of 5,352 | #2 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #2,558 of 5,354 | #44 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.8% | #1,580 of 5,625 | #28 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #670 of 1,139 | #18 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
352
+16 (+5%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 352 | 21.4 | 16.5:1 | 86% (302) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 15.8 | 19.8:1 | 94% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 330 | 15.1 | 21.8:1 | 91% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 16 | 21.0:1 | 90% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 330 | 17 | 19.4:1 | 96% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 17 | 21.1:1 | 92% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 317 | N/A | N/A | 94% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 502 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 83% (417) |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 21 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William Garrison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (330 to 352); teachers up 26% (17 to 21.4).
About William Garrison Elementary
This page covers William Garrison Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school in Modesto, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 352 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Modesto City Elementary runs William Garrison Elementary along with 25 other schools, enrolling 14,444 students in total.
About 66% of the student body at William Garrison Elementary is Hispanic. Other students are 13% White, 11% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. By comparison, Stanislaus County residents are about 50% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.5 students per teacher. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 86% of students at William Garrison Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 71% for public schools in Stanislaus County.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, William Garrison Elementary would be expected to post about 29.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.0%.
Census data for Stanislaus County show median household income comes to about $81,468, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 190 public schools in the county, enrolling about 106,477, William Garrison Elementary among them.
William Garrison Elementary's closest public school neighbor is John Fremont Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of William Garrison Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, William Garrison Elementary is behind the 30.0% nearby average, ranking 7th of 8.
In the federal locale system, William Garrison Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment increased 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 16.5:1, from 21.0:1.
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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
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Nearby schools
- John Fremont Elementary0.8 mi · 625
- Catherine Everett Elementary0.9 mi · 428
- Stanislaus County West Campus0.9 mi · 56
- Roosevelt Junior High1.1 mi · 818
- Alberta Martone Elementary1.3 mi · 627
- Josephine Chrysler Elementary1.3 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About William Garrison ElementaryHow large is William Garrison Elementary?
William Garrison Elementary enrolls approximately 352 students in grades KG-06.
Is William Garrison Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
William Garrison Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at William Garrison Elementary?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at William Garrison Elementary.
What is the student diversity at William Garrison Elementary?
Student demographics at William Garrison Elementary are roughly 13% White, 66% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is William Garrison Elementary in?
William Garrison Elementary is part of Modesto City Elementary.
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