Schools · Modesto
Modesto, CA schools
Modesto’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 26% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 30 schools through grade 6, then one of 7 middle schools and one of 6 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Modesto’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Modesto’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 80% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresCGraduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 20%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (541)Better than 5%
High confidence. Built on 10,277 tested students and a graduating class of 3,628; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Modesto kids go to school
Grades 7–8
7 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Sylvan Union Elementary School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Close to the state in reading
Reading (grades 9–12, Modesto City High)48%
State average 48.5%
Reading (grades K–6, Modesto City Elementary)26%
State average 48.5%
Reading (grades 7–8, Sylvan Union Elementary)12%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades 9–12, Modesto City High)23%
State average 33.4%
Math (grades K–6, Modesto City Elementary)15%
State average 33.4%
Math (grades 7–8, Sylvan Union Elementary)2.5%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
87% graduate on time
Graduation rate
87%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
3,628
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #443 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Three districts serve Modesto
Modesto City High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 8 schools · 15,334 students
B-Modesto City Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 26 schools · 14,444 students
C-Sylvan Union Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 13 schools · 7,974 students
$16,474 per studentCA $21,206D-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 66 schools in Modesto
Showing 1–30 of 66 schools
Great Valley AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 972 students
CharterBret Harte ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 867 students
C-PublicFairview ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 786 students
C-PublicFranklin ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 777 students
C-PublicFreedom ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 713 students
PublicAlberta Martone ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 627 students
B-PublicJohn Fremont ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 625 students
B-PublicJosephine Chrysler ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 621 students
C-PublicJames Marshall ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 611 students
C-PublicAgnes M. Baptist ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 606 students
B+PublicOrchard ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 579 students
D-PublicBurbank ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 572 students
C-PublicJohn Muir ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 567 students
C-PublicRose Avenue ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 561 students
CPublicMary Ann Sanders ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 558 students
D-PublicSonoma ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 536 students
APublicMary Lou Dieterich ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 532 students
BPublicGeorge Eisenhut ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 513 students
C-PublicChristine Sipherd ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 505 students
PublicHarriette Kirschen ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 503 students
C-PublicShackelford ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 495 students
DPublicSherwood ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 489 students
C-PublicCapistrano ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 469 students
PublicElihu Beard ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 467 students
C-PublicStockard Coffee ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 461 students
D-PublicBernard L. Hughes ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 455 students
PublicEl Vista ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 447 students
CPublicStandiford ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 433 students
CPublicCatherine Everett ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 428 students
CPublicAspire University CharterElementary · Grades K–5 · 423 students
CharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.