Modesto City Elementary School District
Serves Modesto, and parts of Ceres.
Modesto’s School Grade C better than 33% of California school districts
What stands out about Modesto City Elementary School District
- Its letter, C−: results better than 18% of California districts
- Math proficiency 15 pts below the state
- Reading proficiency 20 pts below the state
- 22 students per teacher
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
C−: better than 18% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Modesto. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. CA
2021–2297% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Graduation rate 90% at Modesto City High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
About steady since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
26 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.