Shasta Elementary, Manteca CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Shasta Elementary

Shasta Elementary serves kindergarten through eighth grade in Manteca, a fast-growing city in San Joaquin County about seventy miles east of San Francisco. The school sits in an economically pressured community: a substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller populations of white, Asian, and other students. The school's location on East Edison Street places it in a working-class residential area of a city that has seen rapid home construction and population growth in recent years.

Academic performance at Shasta is low across the board. On the most recent state assessments, proficiency in mathematics ranged from about one-sixth to one-fifth of students across grades three through eight, with slightly lower marks in the earlier grades. English language arts showed somewhat more strength, particularly in the upper middle grades where proficiency reached above one-third, but started very low in grade three at roughly one in thirteen students. Science proficiency was measured in grades five and eight and sat in the mid-range of low, around one-quarter to one-third. These results place the school in the bottom quartile when compared to other districts in San Joaquin County on a proficiency index.

The school sits within Manteca Unified, a district serving roughly five hundred schools across Manteca, Lathrop, French Camp, and Stockton. The district is grappling with rapid growth: three new elementary-through-eighth-grade campuses are under construction to accommodate enrollment expansion, and the state has mandated that the district add transitional kindergarten for four-year-olds district-wide by a specified deadline, which will add capacity pressures. The district made a significant shift in reporting for elementary grades, replacing traditional A-F letter grades with standards-based report cards in the current school year, meaning parents see proficiency descriptors tied to grade-level standards rather than letters. This is a substantial change in how families track progress.

Families in Manteca face multiple property-tax obligations. The district's Measure A bond, approved by voters in 2020 to modernize aging campuses, is a multi-decade tax commitment. Additionally, homes in many newer Manteca subdivisions carry Mello-Roos or Community Facilities District taxes layered on top, and families paying those taxes receive priority enrollment at specific schools, while others without the tax may face busing to more distant schools.

Shasta's setting in a low-proficiency school in an economically strained area with substantial housing cost pressures and complex tax overlays presents a clear picture for families considering enrollment. A parent should look into the school's specific support programs, staffing, and intervention approaches with the Manteca Unified administration, as state data alone does not explain the drivers of these low results or what targeted help is available.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 317%

School 17% · District 26% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 415%

School 15% · District 24% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 520%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 10 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 615%

School 15% · District 22% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 720%

School 20% · District 21% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 818%

School 18% · District 22% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 38%

School 8% · District 26% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 424%

School 24% · District 27% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 35% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 32% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 743%

School 43% · District 39% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 40% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 20% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 19% · ▲ 9 pts above district

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

Social studies

Grade 820%

School 20% · District 41% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

This schoolManteca Unified, 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-income8%Higher-income6%2 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income23%Higher-income33%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income29%Higher-income54%25 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income31%Higher-income20%11 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income47%Higher-income29%18 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income39%Higher-income37%2 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income15%Higher-income28%13 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income12%Higher-income33%21 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income19%Higher-income23%4 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income15%Higher-income13%3 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income21%Higher-income14%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income15%Higher-income30%15 pp gap