Stockard Coffee Elementary, Modesto CA

Original Research by School Decision on Stockard Coffee Elementary

Stockard Coffee Elementary is a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade school in Modesto, California, serving a community where over half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is small to mid-sized for the grade band, with a student body that is roughly half Hispanic, a quarter white, and the remainder distributed across Asian, multiracial, and other backgrounds.

State test results show low proficiency across the tested grades and subjects. In English language arts, third and fifth graders score around the lower end, while fourth grade performs better at roughly the midpoint. Math proficiency is consistently low, dropping significantly by fifth grade. Science performance at fifth grade is quite low. Across all tested subjects and grades combined, the school's overall proficiency sits above the midpoint among Stanislaus County's elementary and secondary schools, though that comparison group spans a wide range of school types and sizes.

The data provided does not include trend information across multiple years, so it is not possible to say whether results are rising, falling, or stable. State testing data was available only for the most recent school year. Information about special education enrollment, English learner numbers, chronic absenteeism, discipline, and specific staffing was not available. The school's website location was not provided in the available materials.

Modesto itself is a mid-sized Central Valley city anchored by agriculture and food processing, with E. & J. Gallo Winery and Save Mart Supermarkets as major employers. The city is car-dependent outside of downtown, though downtown is pedestrian-friendly and hosts government offices, theaters, and the Gallo Center for the Arts. Housing is tight; recent construction has been sparse, and home prices are substantial relative to household income in the region. A large new residential development called The Crossings is under construction, and the city is working to increase zoning allowances for duplex conversions to ease the shortage.

Sylvan Union Elementary School District, which operates Stockard Coffee, spans multiple communities including Modesto and Riverbank. Current public information about district-level strategic priorities, recent bond measures, or major curriculum or programmatic changes was limited, so the district context is best understood through direct outreach to the school and district offices.

A parent considering this school should look directly into the state test results with the school to understand what instruction is underway to address the gap between current and target proficiency, particularly in math at upper elementary grades and across science. The socioeconomic profile and free-or-reduced-lunch rate suggest a student population with higher resource needs; understanding what support services and intervention programs are in place would be useful. A visit to the school and conversations with current families would help round out the picture beyond what the state assessment data alone can show.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 343%

School 43% · District 43%

even with state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 33% · ▲ 11 pts above district

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

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 35% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 39% · ▼ 5 pts below district

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

Grade 454%

School 54% · District 37% · ▲ 17 pts above district

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

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 43% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Science

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 28% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

This schoolSylvan 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-income31%Higher-income41%10 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income49%Higher-income63%14 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income32%Higher-income54%21 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income36%Higher-income55%19 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income31%Higher-income67%36 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income25%Higher-income38%13 pp gap