Agnes M. Baptist Elementary, Modesto CA

Original Research by School Decision on Agnes M. Baptist Elementary

Agnes M. Baptist Elementary sits on Cheyenne Way in Modesto's northside, serving kindergarten through sixth grade as part of Stanislaus Union Elementary School District. The school is a regular public school, not a charter.

Modesto itself is a mid-sized Central Valley city where agriculture and food processing drive the economy. E. & J. Gallo Winery is the region's signature employer, joined by Save Mart Supermarkets, Sutter and Doctors Medical Center, Del Monte, Frito-Lay, and a cluster of distribution and packaging firms. Downtown holds city and county government, two performing arts theaters, and the Gallo Center for the Arts. Residents outside the walkable downtown core rely heavily on cars for daily errands, though a regional transit authority runs fixed routes connecting to the downtown Transportation Center and the Amtrak station nearby. A major housing project is underway west of that station, and the city is also amending zoning to allow more density citywide, signaling a slow expansion of supply in a market that has seen very little new construction in recent years. Housing prices here are well below the California statewide benchmark, though still above the national midpoint, and rents have been roughly flat recently.

On the academic picture, state testing results are available for grades three through six on the California CAASPP. In reading and language arts, performance ranges from just above the midpoint to the upper forties across the tested grades, with third grade coming in highest and fourth grade lower. Math tells a similar story: third grade reaches near sixty percent proficient, a noticeably stronger result, while fourth and fifth grade fall into the upper thirties. Sixth grade math sits in the mid-forties. Science, tested in fifth grade via the California Science Test, comes in at roughly a third of students meeting the standard. Taken together, across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile relative to districts in Stanislaus County, a meaningful position in a county with nearly forty districts. That said, the absolute proficiency levels in several grades and subjects remain below the majority threshold, so parents who want to understand where their child might need additional support should ask the school directly about intervention programs and how individual progress is tracked.

The student body is moderately sized for an elementary school serving this grade band. Students are predominantly Hispanic, with meaningful shares identifying as Asian, white, and multiracial. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic makeup of this part of Modesto. Data on English learner rates and students with IEPs were not available in the data provided, which is worth following up on directly with the school if those programs are relevant to your child.

Families buying or renting near this school should know that the district has two active bond measures on the books. Voters approved Measure Y in 2020 and Measure R in November 2024, publicly reported as authorizing funds for HVAC replacement, classroom modernization for STEAM programs, and student safety upgrades across the district's six schools including Agnes M. Baptist. Both are general obligation bonds repaid through property taxes, so they carry an ongoing cost for homeowners in the district. On the upside, the approvals point to a community willing to invest in facilities, and the multi-year upgrade work is now underway.

No information was available on course-access programs, staffing ratios, attendance or chronic absenteeism, or discipline practices. Graduation rate is not applicable here, as the school serves only through sixth grade. Trend data beyond the current school year was not available, so the direction of academic progress over time cannot be assessed.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 360%

School 60% · District 38% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 31% · ▲ 7 pts above district

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

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 27% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 644%

School 44% · District 33% · ▲ 11 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 34% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 33% · ▲ 10 pts above district

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

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 39% · ▲ 8 pts above district

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

Grade 656%

School 56% · District 42% · ▲ 14 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 25% · ▲ 10 pts above district

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

This schoolStanislaus Union 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-income50%Higher-income65%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income50%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income30%Higher-income83%53 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income45%Higher-income79%34 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income53%Higher-income77%24 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income30%Higher-income57%27 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income22%Higher-income70%48 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income35%Higher-income64%29 pp gap