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Turlock Unified School District

Public school districtGrades K–12

Serves Turlock.

Turlock’s School Grade B better than 57% of California school districts

Students
13,478
Schools
14
Spent per student
$18,145
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
22:1
Free or reduced lunch
64%
Debt
$95.1M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Turlock Unified School District

  • Its letter, B: results better than 57% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 8 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 7 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 9 pts above the state
  • Spends 14% less per student than the CA average
  • 22 students per teacher
  • Debt of $95.1M, about $7,057 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B: better than 57% 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.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
B−
GraduationFour-year graduation well above the state, class of 2023
B+
The town it serves, and its School Grade

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Turlock. Grade by grade →

K–69 schoolsThis district
7–82 middle schoolsThis district
9–122 high schoolsThis district

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency25%
State average 33.1% · 6,874 students tested
Reading / language arts40%
State average 46.7% · 6,844 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)95%
State average 86.2% · 1,223 in the class

97% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$18,145 per student · 14% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 67%Support & administration 29%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 27%State 63%Federal 10%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
13,631’20
13,518’21
13,359’22
13,364’23
13,478’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 61%White 26%Asian 7%Two or more races 4%Black 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

14 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.