Anthony C. Traina Elementary, Tracy CA

Original Research by School Decision on Anthony C. Traina Elementary

Anthony C. Traina Elementary sits on Windsong Drive in Tracy, California, serving kindergarten through eighth grade within the Jefferson Elementary School District. The school draws students from what is publicly described as a community that blends master-planned suburban neighborhoods with a historic downtown, positioned along Central Valley corridors with commuter access toward the Bay Area. Tracy's economy leans heavily on logistics and distribution, and its residential landscape has been expanding steadily through large planned developments on the city's southwest and northwest edges.

The school's enrollment is sizeable for a K-8 campus. Its student body is notably diverse: Asian and Hispanic students together make up a large majority of enrollment, with white, Black, and multiracial students also represented in meaningful shares. Roughly two-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a mixed-income community. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in what was provided.

On the most recent California state assessments, Traina's performance lands above the midpoint among districts in San Joaquin County when proficiency is averaged across tested subjects and grades. That positioning is worth understanding in context. Math results vary noticeably by grade: third and fourth graders score around the midpoint of what California defines as proficient, seventh graders somewhat higher, while fifth and eighth graders score more modestly. In English language arts, seventh graders again post the strongest results among the grade levels tested, while third grade ELA sits at the lower end of the school's range. Science results at the tested grades come in below half of students meeting proficiency. Social studies data available in the provided records reflects an assessment from well over a decade ago and does not describe current performance. Multi-year trend data was not available beyond a single testing cycle, so it is not possible to characterize whether results are improving, holding, or declining. Parents who want a fuller trajectory picture may want to ask the school directly.

A graduation rate does not apply here because Traina serves only through eighth grade.

The surrounding Tracy housing market is expensive relative to national norms. Home values in the school's zip code are roughly double the national median, and estimated monthly ownership costs run substantially higher than what a typical U.S. household earns. Rents are also well above national averages, though they have edged upward only modestly year over year. Home values in the area have dipped slightly compared to the prior year, while the broader California market has also softened. For families considering a move, the affordability math in Tracy is challenging even though Tracy is substantially less expensive than most of the Bay Area.

Tracy itself is growing actively. The Jefferson Elementary School District opened Corral Hollow Elementary in 2024, its first new campus in decades, built within the Tracy Hills development on the southwest side. A second new K-8 campus, Franklyn Cole Elementary, planned for the Ellis development off Corral Hollow Road, has been pushed from its original opening to August 2027 due to infrastructure delays. Families buying into that corridor should factor the delay into their planning. Traina itself serves an established part of Tracy's residential fabric and is not one of the newly constructed campuses.

Program offerings specific to Traina were not available in the data provided, so it is not possible to describe enrichment programs, intervention supports, or any specialized pathways the school may offer. Discipline and attendance data were also absent. Parents looking for detail on classroom approach, after-school programming, or specific support services for students with learning differences would want to contact the school or district directly.

What the data does support is a picture of a diverse, mid-sized K-8 school in a growing Central Valley city, with academic results that sit in a relatively solid position among San Joaquin County districts, uneven across grades and subjects, in a housing market that demands careful financial planning.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 62% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 62% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 52% · ▼ 21 pts below district

even with state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 636%

School 36% · District 60% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 759%

School 59% · District 63% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 839%

School 39% · District 52% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 334%

School 34% · District 51% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 55% · ▼ 13 pts below district

even with state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 64% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 647%

School 47% · District 66% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 764%

School 64% · District 67% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 847%

School 47% · District 64% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 55% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 840%

School 40% · District 51% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 56% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

This schoolJefferson Elementary, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income26%Higher-income46%20 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income28%Higher-income57%29 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income46%Higher-income56%11 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income34%Higher-income61%26 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income53%Higher-income76%23 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income27%Higher-income69%42 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income43%Higher-income64%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income36%Higher-income65%29 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income28%Higher-income34%6 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income19%Higher-income55%35 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income44%Higher-income75%31 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income28%Higher-income51%23 pp gap